How to Reach Your Ideal Weight Part 2

    Today we eat for mere gratification, something previous generations were not able to do.  Our eating habits are formed at infancy and are cultivated throughout childhood and youth.  Many are lured to their doom by their appetites.   Don't be fooled by the grumblings of your stomach.  Real hunger comes without notice and with a craving for a specific wholesome food that is need by the body.   Do not eat if not hungry!  Hunger is the voice of nature telling us that food is required.  There is no true guide as when to eat.  So the next time your stomach growls think about are you truly hungry, does my body need something or is my appetite trying to sabotage my weight loss.

  High fiber foods promote weight loss in many ways.  First they require much more chewing and therefore discourages overeating by normalizing the hypothalamus or "appetite center."  They are bulk foods that literally fill you up.  They are much lower in calories and do not contain empty calories.  Not only are they high in vitamins and minerals the nutrition is in its proper balance.  The fiber rich foods on the Ideal Diet are not served with fattening condiments.  Fiber absorbs large quantities of water as it passes through the intestines prolonging the feeling of fullness.  It inhibits the absorption of dietary fats.  Increased digestive time reduces amount of calories consumed.  They do not strain the digestive system.  Lastly they promote emotional balance as the consumer knows they have eaten the best possible foods for their health.

     If you are one of those people that as soon as you finish a meal you start thinking about the next meal the mono meal concept may help you to divert your thoughts to other things other than food and help you to lose weight.  What is meant by the mono meal is when you eat pick one item and eat a meal of just that item for all your meals that day.  This way when you wake up you know what you are going to eat that day and you can then think of everything else throughout the day.  This helps you to not overeat and and no longer be a slave to the food fix.

     Nutrition is the sum of all the processes whereby the body is supplied with all its needs.  Food nutrients are the micro elements from food that result from digestion and that are assimilated into the cells and used by the body at the cellular level.  It is not what we eat, but what we appropriate at the cellular level that determines our level of nutrition.  Once you have achieved your ideal weight and nutrition you will have developed new eating habits that will keep you from returning to the destructive habits you had before.  Continue to seek energy enhancers and avoid energy robbers.  Keep stretching, aerobic exercising and weight training.  Be careful to follow the Ideal Diet.  Don't let yourself start back on the SAD diet that got you overweight, unhealthy and toxic.  Go easy on sweet fruits,  nuts, seeds and avocados until your weight has truly stabilized at your ideal weight.  Remember weight can be regained easily.  Take care to stay well!

     This ends my blog on how to reach your ideal weight.  I will be not be blogging for a few days as I will be testing on the information I have shared with you in these lasts few blogs.  When I return we will be talking about setting up "The Victory Kitchen."  Get ready to clean out your kitchen of all the SAD diet products and fill it up with good healthy living foods.  Say goodbye to "SAD Food Land"  and hello to "The Victory Kitchen" and "Garden" if you can plant one and grow some of your own food.  Of the 1100 meals we eat, approx 900 are made right in our own kitchens.  In order to claim victory over our weight and health we have to set up an "Ideal Food Fortress."  So get ready to make a clean sweep of all the SAD vestiges and turn your kitchen into a "Victory Kitchen!"  As always I hope you have learned something new and are enjoying the blogs.

Yours in health, happiness and freedom,

Cherise