How to Change Your Conditioned Responses to Certain FoodsWritten by Caryl Ehrlich
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Skip-A-Day As you lose weight and become smaller, your food requirements will be smaller, too. The next level would be to Skip-A-Day. If you had one category of food yesterday, don’t have it today. And if you have it today, don’t have it tomorrow. Skipping days will force you to seek more variety and ultimately lessen hold some items have on you. Choosing any item three or four times a week works out well for most people, but for good health, red meat (beef) or cheese should be your choice no more than once a week. If you are sensitive to refined flour most often found in bread and pasta, choosing it once every third or fourth day might work best. Choosing a baked potato, corn, or a yam every other day in lieu of pasta might be a better choice still. Some days having a dark vegetable instead of another salad may be exactly what is needed and will help you achieve Skip-A-Day suggestion. If you select same category of food every day, you’re eating it 365 days a year, and at end of year you’ll have eaten loaves of bread, vats of coffee, pounds of chocolate, gallons of soda, troughs of salad. By choosing these items every other day, you’re only having them 182 ½ times a year. That shows up as a noticeable loss of weight and inches. Choose an item every third or fourth day and results will be obvious that much sooner. Choosing same foods all time cheats you out of valuable nutrients you’d find in a wider variety of food. Scatter Shake it all up. If you have coffee at breakfast one morning, select it for lunch or dinner next time, or not at all. This reduces your reliance on coffee to get you up in morning. By Skipping and Scattering, you’ll get in mind set of sometimes I have it, and sometimes I don’t. This helps prove that opposite of “I love this food,” is not “hate,” but rather indifference. * * * * * When I drank alcohol regularly and frequented a restaurant near my apartment, bartender actually knew my usual drink. I was embarrassed to know that someone was watching what I was eating and drinking, that my compulsive, ritual, behavior was noticed by someone else. More embarrassing was that cashier in a local health and beauty aids shop knew my usual choice of candy. I remember deciding to have a no-dessert (candy for me) day, and as I stood at checkout counter, cashier reached down to my favorite candy. He put foil-wrapped bar on counter, and said: “You forgot your candy.” I was so embarrassed that I meekly paid for it along with my other purchases and left store. Charting these foods might show this type of behavior but it might also show that you’re not having enough salads, starches, or dark vegetables, and those items might need to be increased. Yes, I ate candy, but next time – there’s always a next time – I had repatterned enough that I was able to leave store sans unplanned food. I kept reminding myself (mental repatterning): “I’m not hungry, I only eat when I’m hungry, and besides, I want to weigh __________ pounds.
This article is an excerpt from the book Conquer Your Food Addiction authored by Caryl Ehrlich. Visit her at http://www.ConquerFood.com to know more about weight loss and keep it off without diet, deprivation, props, or pills. Contact her at Caryl@ConquerFood.com or call 212-986-7155.
| | Your Health Resolutions for a Healthy Chinese New YearWritten by Maricon Williams
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Every time we enter a fresh year, numbers of resolutions are forthcoming and we ponder on how to do it efficiently… The need to change for better is inevitable and we have to overcome it successfully…Health and longevity are one of our topmost concern and we should start ball rolling before it shun us down. One thing about resolutions is that motivation should be present. It may mean physically, mentally and emotionally directed to your resolutions so that you will not fail or it will not fail you. Be a positivist. Sometimes we should remind ourselves how lucky we are so that we can see things in a positive perspective. Open yourself to new ideas and experiences. Eat a balanced diet. Drink tea rather than coffee. According to experts, many health problems, especially cancers, can be prevented or corrected with proper nutrition. Exercise regularly. Explore life and explore your surroundings. Pamper yourself and try to detoxify. If you want a relaxing moment, try yoga. It is a quiet and invigorating exercise to achieve peace of mind and tranquility. Peace starts from within. Try to forgive…try to give… Don’t suppress your feelings inside. Studies have confirmed that repressed emotions especially anger can negatively affect health…Tell your loved one how you feel before it’s too late… Sound mind and sound body is key to a balanced approached to life. Fountain of youth has not been found yet, so for meantime best solution is to take impeccable care of ourselves. It’s been a long journey but before we part, celebrate with me soundly in this gaiety. Sip a cup of green tea… Pickup those fancy chopsticks and eat with me jovially and healthily… Kung Hei Fat Choi Everyone!
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