You may have heard about Cortisol, the hormone that is associated with the fight or flight response to stress. There are several weight management products that are specifically designed to deal with belly fat caused by Cortisol.
This video talks about a medical condition that causes obesity in some people, even when they have never had a weight problem in the past.
I have begun to notice more often now how the habits of parents with food addictions and emotional eating problems pass their eating habits along to their children.
It isn’t just the number of obese children and the diseases like diabetes and other serious illnesses that should concern us.
Life can be so much more interesting, adventurous and just plain fun when we are healthy and fit. Here is a video that has important information about childhood obesity. I will be covering this subject often in upcoming blog posts.
Don’t kid yourself. The best way to keep overeating from burying you is to just not start. It’s easy to convince yourself that a little extra pasta won’t hurt.
A few more M & M’s, eating just enough ice cream to make it look even in the carton, or one more candy from a box of chocolates is just enough to send you over the edge, so don’t start.
Eating stops when your stomach signals you that it is full. Overeating starts when we ignore the body’s signals. Cross that fine line and you’re in trouble.
So don’t cross it. Ha! Easier said than done. So what’s the answer? Can you repeat the question?
And that is precisely the kind of self-talk that gets us into the overeating mess. And it is a mess, that’s for sure. Easy to get into and hard to get out of, just like any other habit.
And therein lies the answer. Don’t even start letting it become a habit. As soon as you recognize that you are overeating, stop.
Focus on recognizing when you begin to overeat. Recognizing is not the same as realizing. Recognizing means you can see it coming and can do something about it. Realizing means you waited too long.
While you see your chance, take it. Stop overeating before it becomes a habit. If you can do that, you will buy yourself some time to figure out a real solution and avoid a real problem.
I’m talking about obesity. Habitual overeating is what gives obesity its foothold. If you have the discipline to stop the overeating cycle at the recognition stage, you will be empowered to one day break it altogether and create your life anew.
Don’t let the word “diet” mislead you when watching this YouTube video. For food addicts, emotional eaters, and anyone struggling to lose weight, the information about how to recognize fats is priceless.
Zoe Harcombe is an author, Nutritionist & Obesity Researcher, and founder of The Harcombe Diet. I am blown away by the brilliant analogy she uses to identify fats and distinguish them from carbohydrates.