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Health and Fitness
By : Jocelyn Jones
Recent studies have shown that obesity rates are still on the rise in the United States. Despite all of the health and fitness knowledge, and healthy diet choices that are available, people are still gaining weight at an unhealthy rate. For many people, diets and workouts are a part of the rollercoaster of weight loss and gain that they have been on for years. They lose some weight, then they gain it all back, and then some. What they really need is a new mindset about the way they live their daily lives.
Most health and fitness experts agree that the majority of weight problems people face are more mental issues than they are actual physical problems. Shows like “The Biggest Loser” show how much of the weight loss process requires a mental and emotional transformation along with the physical workouts.
Take the word “diet” as an example. People who have spent a lifetime struggling with their weight like to say, “Diets don’t work for me.” That just goes to show the misconception we have, and the connotation we give certain words. The reality is, a diet is a word that describes the food you eat. You are all on a diet. Some are healthy diets, some are unhealthy diets, but everyone has a diet. In order to improve your health and fitness, you need to start thinking about it as being on a diet, and start looking at it as a part of a healthier lifestyle. Read more…
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Feel Better Without Sugar
So many people are so accustomed to eating sugar that they feel bad if they don’t get some with nearly every meal. When you’re sugar-addicted, not eating it makes you feel crappy in the short-term, but eating it makes you feel fine.
Actually, in my case at least, I wasn’t “fine” eating sugar, even though I thought I was. After eliminating sugar and flour, so many big and little health issues resolved that I had no idea in the world were connected to them: the awful migraines went away, the brain fog and lack of motivation disappeared, my hands and feet were finally warm again, I didn’t have to run to the bathroom every 1/2 hour to urinate, my energy increased, my moods and emotions became much more even-keel, I no longer felt like everyone was out to get me and that I was all alone in this world (even though I wasn’t!), and that overall feeling of doom and gloom just disappeared.
Now, that gloom is the first thing I notice when I get a trace of sugar. I’ve learned how happy life can be without it, that I now avoid it at all costs, even though people might think I’m being pickier than I need to be. But THEY aren’t the ones who have to feel its effects for the next day or more.
So, I guess I’d say that it’s best to avoid it completely if at all possible during a trial run. But I do remember that when I stopped eating the obvious sugary foods AND stopped dairy, too, that I felt better almost right away. It was only after that, when the above symptoms came back, that I’d stop and say, now WHERE did I get flour or sugar and then discovered where the trace amounts were lurking.
Also keep in mind that mood-related reactions to sugar are often delayed. Mine don’t show up until about 12 hours after I eat. So when I get a reaction I look back to what I consumed or encountered 12 hours ago to find the culprit.
