Dieting Trick that works

Quick boost for healthy eating
There are so many books on dieting and everyone has a plan or a pill. The bottom line is that it takes eating right and exercise to lose those extra calories that are stored in the body. But, I found a book that talks about a trick to boost healthy eating, a trick in the sense that it takes a big problem and breaks it into smaller, more manageable steps. The book is "The No-Grain Diet" and it is not for weight loss, but for getting healthy.It explains in great detail how the grains and sugars we eat train the body into expecting them, almost like an addiction. But, if you can stop eating them cold turkey for ONLY 72 hours, you will lose your cravings! I tried it and it worked. After 3 days I could look at chocolate cake and TAKE it or LEAVE it. It was awesome. The cravings for cake seem to come back a little at "that time of the month", but I can do without grain most of the time. And if I fall off the wagon and eat a bunch of cakes and cookies, I can do the 72 hour "cleanse" again and VOILA, they don't tempt me anymore. So, here is the recipe - it's easy to understand, difficult to be faithful to, but you only have to do it for 3 days: Fruits, vegetables, meat, nuts, fish. No sugar, wheat, processed food (because they usually have wheat or gluten), no fruit juice (corn syrup and fructose are sugar), no cookies, cakes, pudding, bread, pasta, rice, oatmeal, rye, barley, etc. After the 3 days, you can eat rice, oatmeal and some small amounts of real cane sugar or stevia, but the main point is that after this point, it won't be as difficult because you won't have to fight the cravings! And don't worry about fat or calories for now, this is one step at a time. For more info, I read the book "The No-Grain Diet" and the "recipe" is explained fully by Dr. Joseph Mercola. Also helpful is the website: http://www.paleodiet.com/

New information has been discovered that shows evidence that sugar and wheat both have addictive properties. They both bind to receptors in the brain that induce a mild reward impulse. This makes the brain crave these foods more. Since wheat and sugar are both empty calorie foods, neither are necessary or even good for you to eat. I'm not suggesting eliminating them completely (although Dr. William Davis "Wheat Belly" certainly recommends that everyone eliminate wheat), but they should be consumed in very small amounts. Just eliminating these foods will reduce your calorie intake significantly, and this will help you lose weight. If you don't get enough calories without the sugar and wheat, you can add more nuts, seeds, fish, vegetables, and meat.

Lose 20 pounds in one month?

Somebody asked me about losing 20 pounds in 1 month. While this would be nice, it is very bad for your health; and probably bad for your mind too. This is an unrealistic goal and sets you up for failure from the beginning. Did you watch "The Biggest Loser", the reality show where obese people were trying to lose weight? They worked out until they dropped and dieted with professional nutritionists and personal trainers. The average per week loss was probably around 5 pounds - 20 pounds in one month. But these people had doctors monitoring them, personal trainers helping them work out for hours and nutritionists helping them with meals. Plus, most of them had over 100 pounds to lose. This kind of weight loss is NOT healthy without close professional supervision. The metabolism drops and the chances of hurting yourself is great. Once the metabolism drops, you have to work out harder and longer to lose the same amount of weight, rather, if you keep your metabolism high, your muscles burn calories even when you are not working out, and as you DO work out, the muscles get bigger and burn even MORE calories.

It is much wiser if you are going to try to lose weight yourself to try for 5 pounds a month. This is not dangerous to your physical health as well as not unrealistic for your mental health. Set yourself small goals and when you reach them, reward yourself. And if you fall off the bandwagon, just get back on. Remember "losers" never quit. They just try again.

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