What??  How can that possibly be, you say?  Ok…so that isn't the literal truth, but my dear little dog did get me to thinking.  She may not have caused me to gain weight, but if I don't stop acting like a dog I will find it very difficult to lose weight.  So let me explain and you will see the connection.

First - about my dog.  She is a 5-year-old Schnauzer-Pomeranian mix, but not a tiny dog as you might imagine; rather, she is medium-sized at 48 pounds.   She has a solid little tank body, as Schnauzers do, and it proves that people select dogs that resemble themselves.  I am of German/English descent, and even at my ideal weight I am not delicate and reed-like; rather,  I have a wide-shouldered, slim-hipped, solid build.  So neither Bisquit nor I are slender, delicate flowers…and we like to eat!

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My observations about my dog showed me 8 deadly habits that cause weight gain and prevent weight loss.  They are:

1. She lives primarily to eat
2. She wolfs down her food (no pun intended) within seconds, without savoring it or enjoying the flavors and textures
3. She insists on a treat each time she comes in from outside
4. She asks to go out multiple times per day just so she can get multiple treats per day
5. She begs for food at every opportunity
6. She steals food if it is left within her reach
7. She eats fallen fruit in the yard, old fast-food wrappers that blow in, even grass and weeds
8.  She sleeps most of the day, only waking up for breakfast and dinner or when she hears the refrigerator or cabinet door open

Observations of her good diet habits:

1. She drinks a lot of water
2. She eats healthy food and treats (because I control what those are)

I then made some observations about my own eating habits.  I won't repeat them here.  Let's just say that they are nearly identical to my dog's eating habits…transposed into more human-like behavior.  For example, I have not yet stooped to foraging in the back  yard for my snacks.  And I don't have a caring person controlling what and when I eat as she does.  My husband has offered, but I reminded him that it was entirely too dangerous.

The moral of this little story is simple.  While fancy, and expensive, and often complicated, diet plans and programs can help you lose weight and provide tips, tools and motivation, they are voluntary rather than mandatory .  All it really takes is a little self-examination – or observation of the eating habits of others - and it will become clear that all you have to do is use some common sense and some self-control.  And isn't THAT disgusting!

Next time I'll share some observations I made about my husband's eating habits…

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