A new answer to lasting weight loss is emerging in the nutrition field, and it's revolutionizing weight loss. You'll find it to be a real surprise.
A Pleasurable New Path to Weight Loss
Research shows that our brain actually has to experience PLEASURE and SATISFACTION in order to absorb nutrients.
When we eat in a stressed, rushed state our brain doesn't even recognize the we've eaten anything. So it gives us a clear message: I'm still hungry! So we eat more, and more.
So there's a clear connection between the typical deprivation diets and our fast-paced lifestyles, and the fact that we can't lose weight, or KEEP it off.
How do YOU eat?
Let's look next at how YOU eat. Here are some questions for you:
Do you eat when you're feeling depressed, angry, anxious, or stressed? Do you eat quickly? Are you a multi-tasker when you eat? (Do you read, work at the computer, etc.?) Do you eat in front of the television or while driving? Do you feel that you just don't have time to eat a "regular sit-down meal"? My guess is that you will say "yes" to at least one of these...if not ALL of them!
Stress and speed are ingrained into our culture, and it's making us fat! How do you think the French and Italians would respond to the same questions? My guess is that they would say "No" to all of the questions. And despite the fact that they eat diets that most people would consider "sinful", they are very thin, healthy people.
The reason for this lies in HOW they eat. They are eat in a relaxed state. They take plenty of time for their meals. They don't eat low carb, low fat, or low calorie diets...instead they eat a HIGH PLEASURE diet!
"So what's the big deal? Isn't it all about WHAT you eat, not HOW you eat, or how you FEEL?"
It's actually a VERY big deal.
When you are rushed, not paying attention to what you're eating, or feeling a negative emotion when you eat, you're doing worse things to your body--and weight loss efforts--than eating any kind of "bad" food.
Nutritional researchers have discovered that the brain MUST experience pleasure and satisfaction while eating. Why? So that our body can properly absorb the essential nutrients.
Otherwise our brain thinks we have eaten nothing. So we get a loud-and-clear signal: I'M STILL HUNGRY! So we eat more...and more...but we're still not satisfied.
The other factor is how we FEEL when we eat. If we are feeling stressed, in a rush, angry, depressed--or any other negative emotion--our bodies go into a "flight-or-fight" response. This shuts down our digestion AND metabolism, which means we are not burning calories or losing weight.
Millions of people in the U.S. are stressed, overworked, depressed--and overweight. Do you see how this becomes a vicious cycle? But there is a solution. And it's really quite simple (and fun!).
Sensual Eating is the Solution
Current weight loss solutions employ guilt and deprivation, and that's precisely why they fail. We are wired to FEEL GOOD, and that is what we constantly seek. By depriving ourselves (and thereby being stressed and miserable) we set ourselves up for failure.
The new weight loss solution is PLEASURE and RELAXATION. But those words go against everything we've been taught about weight loss, don't they? Not anymore.
So how do you become a Sensual Eater?
Start by being aware. There are several key areas of awareness before, during, and after you eat.
They are:
your emotional state your state of relaxation your breathing smell of the food feel of the food, both with your hands as you're preparing it, and in your mouth look, or the visual aspect of the food taste of the food ambiance, or what sounds and activities are going on around you while you're eating You can boil these down to TWO things: relaxation and enjoyment.
They sound so simple, but few people actually practice this way of eating. (And it shows. We are the most overweight people of all the nations in the world.)
So become a "sensual eater" today, and free yourself from guilt and deprivation. You'll lose weight with pleasure!
Nicorette
Nicotrol
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