Your Eyes, Hands, Mouth, and Brain Could be the Cause and Cure of Your Weight Problem
by Trevor
Adheen
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Everyday we are tempted to take a chance to take a short cut to
accomplish tasks because we condition ourselves to do so. We want the easy
life. We want to get something or achieve something effortlessly. For
example: most of us are careless about our eating habits. This leads us to
big trouble personally and to others as well. In the case of eating, we
overeat and we get overweight. As for affecting others, our bodies become
lethargic and our brain functions lose its sharpness. We get obnoxious and
treat others harshly, curtly, bully, or just aggravate them. Our physical
body is not in tune and starts to act abnormally.
As humans, we have that temptation to take short cuts. It is almost as
if it was built inside us. Unless of course, we have disciplined ourselves
to the point where we are conscious about almost everything we do, in
which case we stay on target and in control and everything turns out
satisfactorily. Many of us do not have this control. Why? Because we are
lazy.
Unless you are poor, and food is scare, and you must eat like a glut
out of necessity to stay alive then, there is no real need to gorge
yourself with unnecessary amounts of food, periodically, from morning till
night. Many of us do, because we created a bad habit to eat without
thinking and not realize the impact and drawback it would have with our
bodies.
As images of food surrounds us during or daily activities like when we
drive, watch television, listen to radio broadcasts etc., our eyes, ears
and brain pick up pictures of food that tempts us to satisfy this
imaginary need for food. It is no surprise then that we have the urge to
eat very often. Not that we are hungry, but because we succumb to
temptation and we oblige our stomachs by filling it with food we really do
not need. These food images tempt us and we cannot resist, having no
conscious control, so we eat ourselves into a huge weight problem over a
long period of time then we complain and spend unnecessary money to join a
gym and start an exercise program.
This exercise program would fail because we continue to eat like we did
before. And, since exercising takes some effort, it becomes a daunting
task to take off the added pounds and our interest to lose weight
gradually wanes and we give up. Again, we take the short cut and put the
blame on the exercise program or something else for not accomplishing our
intended purpose.
So, now that you know the culprits that create the imaginary hunger are
temptation, lack of self discipline and control, and recognizing that we
must be conscious about all of this, you can guard against it and stay
slim and trim throughout the year…and onwards. The answer lies within
you.
First, you must identify with the temptation and how it manifests
itself in your being and work from there. We just covered this. Once you
get to know this you would consciously move away from succumbing to the
temptation. You already would have won the over eating battle half way,
when you do this.
Again, here are the mechanics of how it happens:
At the sight of food images your eyes sends messages to your brain
which activates the stomach lining and secrets gastric juices invoking the
need for food. Your brain also sends a signal to your arm to put the food
in your mouth. This is done automatically. And, you repeat it day after
day.
Over a period of weeks or months your clothes get tighter, you behave
sluggishly and get in a crabby mood. The weight begins to build gradually.
The bad thing is that your body adjusts for the changes more and more
everyday and you can handle the changes that would eventually take its
toll on your body over a longer period of time.
Your stomach and buttocks and many other parts of your body start
bulging and you now have a weight problem. And, then you notice it and
decide to take action.
So, here is your starting plan to curb this bad habit:
1. Write out on a piece of paper your mission to remove the obsession
to eat unnecessarily. Two lines for the most. Become conscious of the food
images and messages you get from the media and resist the urges and
temptation to eat unduly.
2. Write down a script of about two paragraphs telling yourself that
you would heighten your awareness of subliminal food messages, eat healthy
nutritional meals and the approved amount, and be disciplined about this
nutritional plan. Exercise daily to burn excess fat and to stay trim and
fit. Indicate also that if you fail you’ll punish yourself and indicate
what that would be. Of course, be true to your self in this venture.
When you follow this path you should see dramatic results within a few
weeks.
If you have difficulty or are less inclined to setting up a diet plan
like this for yourself to manage your weight problem then I suggest that
you let the professionals help you with your nutritional plan. It would be
worth every penny.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
The author is an advocate for healthier living through good diet, body
fitness and conditioning. He is an avid researcher/teacher into the deep
understanding of the human body, both in physical and psychological terms,
and to pass this knowledge on to others who can benefit from the knowledge
gained. Just visit: http://www.1stdiabeticsupplysuperstore.com/diabetic-diet-nutrition.htm
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