Here is a quick YouTube video with some great common sense tips on how you can start the New Year off right by developing healthy eating habits.
If you’ve been struggling with a food addiction, you may find this information very helpful.
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Overeating at Bedtime
I don’t know why but it seems that even as adults, some of us just don’t want to go to bed, no matter how tired we are. Maybe it’s what bedtime represents–the end of a day that we don’t want to end.
Even on the most unproductive of days, it’s hard to say good-night and call it a day. And what better way to avoid going to bed than by eating?
Evenings can get lonely. When you’ve had a great day but have no one to share it with, food is often the substitute. Whether you are an emotional eater, a person with a food addiction, or just a regular person who doesn’t want the day to be over, night time eating can be a menace.
For one person, it could be that extra five pounds–I wish. For me, it’s that extra twenty-five pounds, and for someone else, it might be an extra fifty or more pounds. Being overweight is a problem for many people, and it doesn’t matter how much extra weight we’re carrying.
Overeating at bedtime is a big mistake. It’s a real temptation. Even when we go the entire day without binging, craving or faltering, when darkness falls, the comfort of food beckons.
Of course, the simplest thing is just to go to bed when you’re tired. Let the day be what it is, have a cup of tea, or take a nice bath, read a book. Relax for an hour and embrace sleep.
Sleep rejuvenates the body in a way that nothing else can. Make sleep a priority if you want to take the weight off and keep it off. Yes, it’s true, especially for food addicts.
A food addiction will not make you skinny like some other addictions may, but you’ll miss the problems that inevitably accompany other addictions .
Tonight, the remedy is simple. Get some sleep. When you’re sleeping, you’re not eating. And more importantly, you are re-charging your batteries. All that renewable energy will help you burn fat.
So go to bed already. No more food for the night, just sweet dreams. They have no calories.
Happy New Year! Let’s Lose Some Weight!
Well, here we are once again, standing on the edge of a brand new year. This is the time when people make their list of New Year’s resolutions and hope to heck they can keep at least one of them.
According to usa.gov, the resolution that tops the list of the most popular New Year’s resolutions is “Lose Weight”. But did we really need a survey to tell us that?
In the multibillion dollar weight loss industry there is probably a plan for everyone. The hard part is finding the one that will work for you.
There are many people who would like to drop a few pounds. Some will talk about it and wish for it, and some will actually do it. There is a lot of trial and error involved in weight loss, which is what makes it so frustrating.
We see ads and commercials every day that tell us, “If I can do it, anybody can do it” but that isn’t necessarily true, is it. After all, we are individuals whose bodies do not all respond in like ways to all foods and weight loss treatments.
There is one thing, however, that works for everyone. When you have had a problem with overeating, binging or food addiction, chances are good that you have a lot of buildup in your colon.
When we consume more food than the body can digest, more energy than it can burn, the result is the storage of fat. But that’s not all that happens.
We have internal plumbing in the form of intestines. Those drain pipes get pretty slimed up as we stuff ourselves with cheeses, chips, sweets, pasta, dairy and who knows what else.
Water, fresh fruit and vegetables help to clean out some of the buildup but sometimes that’s not enough.
The large bowel, or colon, holds the key to to your energy and good health. If you have low energy, gas and bloating, indigestion, irregularity or acid reflux, you may need to check your plumbing.
The best weight loss results start with cleaning out the colon. Once the pipes are unclogged, things will flow more smoothly, your health will return and losing weight will be easier.
Click here to learn more about how to cleanse your colon and start losing those unwanted pounds.
Food Addiction Never Takes a Holiday
So if you have a binge eating disorder or a food addiction, pay close attention to this important message. Okay, just having some fun. I’ve been Christmasing in blizzardy, rural Kansas without wireless service for the past 8 days. It was fantastic!!
The truth is, I love the Christmas holidays because they are so festive and happy. I love the spiritual high, the music and I love the food.
I’m not much of a party girl, so I don’t have to contend with some of the most tempting holiday fare. I do remember those days, though, and how hard it was to turn down the many offers of food and drink.
Now when I’m celebrating at someone else’s house or party, I take a few precautions that I’ll share with you.
Beware of friends, family, and anyone with a tray of food who try to bully you into eating when you are not hungry. Be nice but beware.
Food addiction and emotional eating run rampant during the holidays because holidays are packed full of feelings. Some of those feelings will bring you happiness and peace. Others will trigger an uncontrollable urge to eat.
Since there’s still another week to go before New Year’s resolutions promise to undo all the “bad stuff” from the holidays, my advice is to have fun. Truly enjoy yourself. You can do that without stuffing your face–at least some of the time.
When you eat in order to gain the approval of someone you love, you both get hurt. You get angry with yourself and build resentment for the food bully. If you want the food and ask for it, that’s another story, and that’s perfectly fine.
Walk your own path. Walk the path that takes you in the direction of your goal. If what you are doing or planning to do will keep you from achieving your goal, then you are going the wrong way.
If you have a food addiction, treat that with respect. Food addiction is hard enough without feeling that you are required to sabotage yourself and your valiant efforts in order to please someone.
People do things because of who they are, not because of what someone else does. There is no reason you can’t eat, drink, and be merry like anyone else. Unless you are a food addict.
So keep that in mind all through the holidays and the whole year. Enjoy the food and festivities. Eat something “sinful” and enjoy it. Stuff, stuff, stuff with happiness.
Just because food addiction never takes a holiday doesn’t mean you can’t.