Using CONTROL to try and lose weight in the form of diets is done from a place of fear and not love for yourself. You won't be able to maintain this forever. It is the work of the ego and not your true self which only knows LOVE. With LOVE for yourself you can conquer anything. LET GO of CONTROL, connect inwards to your true power. Below are some loving steps to help with your long lasting natural weight loss journey.
Step 1: When you are hungry, EAT
- Your body stores more fat when you:
• Starve yourself; your metabolism slows down so body can conserve energy.
• Eat only at meal times and not when hungry.
• Feel guilty for eating the wrong food.
- You need to listen to your body more, trust your body will tell you when you’re hungry.
- Eat when feeling fairly hungry (between 3 and 4 on the hunger scale) NOT when ravenous as bodies gone into starvation mode, therefore it will store more fat and you eat more usually.
- Hunger can often be thirst, therefore drink water, wait 10minutes and if still hungry eat.
THE HUNGER SCALE
1. Physically faint
2. Ravenous
3. Fairly hungry
4. Slightly hungry
5. Neutral
6. Pleasantly satisfied
7. Full
8. Stuffed
9. Bloated
10. Nauseous
RULE 2: Know the difference between TRUE hunger & EMOTIONAL hunger
- True hunger comes on gradually and you feel it in your solar plexus.
- Emotional hunger is felt in your abdomen, when you experience this hunger NO food will satisfy this hunger. This hunger will be connected to a need or desire which isn’t being met; this will show up as a feeling. Accept this feeling, and give it space to be there. Don’t try push it way or numb it with food.
RULE 3: Eat what you want
- When you’re trying to control what you eat it can be very exhausting.
- As you begin to make peace with food and learn to listen to the wisdom of your body you will experience freedom from the tension and guilt that comes from NOT following your intuition.
- This is why there are NO forbidden foods in my system – you can eat anything you want any time you are hungry, providing you take the time to really, really enjoy it.
RULE 4: Eat CONSCIOUSLY and enjoy every mouthful
- “Overweight people” spend all their time thinking about food – except when they’re actually eating it.
- People often shovel food into their mouths as quickly as possible in order to get a serotonin high (replace that negative feeling they have). Unfortunately because they eat UNCONSCIOUSLY they never notice the signal from their stomach that lets them know they are full, therefore stuffing themselves!!
- The problem is that it’s a temporary high, they then feel FAT and GUILTY afterwards. They feel so bad they repeat the whole ritual of unconsciously stuffing themselves again in order to anaesthetize the bad feelings they just created.
- NB- You can eat whatever you want, whenever you want, so long as you eat consciously and fully enjoy every single mouthful.
RULE 5: When you think you’re full, STOP eating
- To lose weight effortlessly and keep it off, you must begin working with your body and not against it. People often over eat by not listening to their bodies needs, this way we are doing our bodies more harm.
- As soon as you’ve had enough to eat you’ll notice that each subsequent bite of food becomes a little less enjoyable than the one before. As soon as this happens STOP eating.
Some of this information was taken from the book, "I can make you thin" by Paul Mckenna.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Can-Make-You-Thin-New/dp/059306092X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280574803&sr=1-2
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