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On mindless eating
Did you know that the brain’s reward system is actually based on food and sex? It makes sense if you think about it. We are wired to encourage survival, which requires us to eat and have sex. So is it any surprise that we yearn for delicious food?
What about processed meat?
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The fat loss results are in
I’m quite pleased with the result. It’s not “How to lose 10 pounds in 2 weeks, the easy way”. But that’s not the point. The quick fix is rarely the answer in life, and it’s definitely not the answer in weight loss. After all, it’s not really about weight loss; it’s about changing behaviours, with a fringe benefit of weight loss.
Maybe it’s time to reconsider Christmas baking?
I’ll be perfectly honest: I’m not someone who possesses a spectacular degree of willpower. My ability to resist overindulging in cookies, pastries, chocolates, candy, and fruitcake is 100% based on a plan of avoidance. So what do I do when I receive these delights as gifts? Ordinarily I eat them up. Usually within 24 hours. Cookie monster is an amateur in comparison.
The danger zone
I do think there’s a need for a short term food journal to help set our baseline and understand what it is we are eating. But after that, it’s not the writing down of every morsel that’s important: it’s the notion of keeping tabs on how well we’re doing relative to our goals. Knowing that at the end of the week, someone’s going to either high five us, or look at us with concern or judgement. Odds are the concern will come from our coach; the judgement will come from the mirror. I know I prefer the high-five, even if it is a self-high five. Which feels awesome, by the way, and you should totally try it right now. Even if you’re at the office. DO IT!
Coleslaw is the new cool kid in the kitchen
I’ve now pulled some out of the fridge and am chomping away. There’s something about the crunch of cabbage that helps make this great. It’s official: this coleslaw is tasty! I will concede that it’s not as awesome as the Asian slaw, but still pretty amazing. And it’s a completely different flavour, which I love. I’m a fan of variety, and when I can find it in healthy and easy to make recipes that can sit in the fridge for a few days to be eaten as simple snacks, I get excited.
What are baking soda, duct tape and fish oil?
how can one thing do all that?
Setting myself up for success
“Weight loss is 80% behaviour and the other 20% is food, sleep and exercise.” ~ I say that.
What this means is that I need to understand my behavioural habits. That is, what have I been doing over the past year to nurture the waist size growth that I noticed? Enter the food journal. Yes, I said the F word. I’m not interested in writing out everything I eat every day – that just sounds cruel. But I will do it for 3 days: 2 weekdays and 1 weekend day.
You don’t eat no meat?
Finding a vegetarian sandwich option was actually just the final validation I needed to try vegetarian eating. I had a strong “no thanks, meat” thought in my mind a few days ago after eating a steak for dinner. It was pretty good, but too big, so I put the leftover cooked meat in the fridge for a sandwich the next day. There was also another uncooked steak in the fridge that I planned to cook the next night. But the next day came and I didn’t want either. For whatever reason, the idea of eating that meat completely turned me off. So I didn’t.