We Have Become Hard Wired for Fast Food

• Salt
• Fat
• Sugar

The Biggest Problem with Losing Weight?

People don’t want to. Not really. It requires sacrifice and extra weight is usually the result of appeasing the brain for suffering. Therefore, food is the savior from other sacrifices.

Suffering needs a different savior. Food has to become a goal independent of the mind’s need for soothing. Food has to become a sacred area. Eating has to be protected from wrongful invasions of our devious minds.

We have to say no to the mind when it says a nice treat would sure make it feel good or just eating a little more would really be nice.

But the truth is, once you start eating healthy and can break that barrier, the mind recognizes how great the body feels eating the right foods and eliminating the wrong ones.

My younger daughter has recently begun the onslaught and now experiences that she feels worse when she eats something unhealthy. Her mind now rejects suggestions of eating something unhealthy.

The five year progression I experienced in going from good to better finally led me to eating raw. My only meat was canned tuna. I didn’t cook. My body only wanted the purest of natural foods. Weight was dropping off so fast it actually worried me.

After a 5 month spurt of raw, I have now started cooking chicken again. The monotony of such a narrow diet got to me and I was not one for creating lots of recipes. But having lost 40 pounds and very happy now at 5 pounds from my high school weight, I stay steady with a very clean diet.

My mind still wants treats and I give it some. I have never starved. You can eat plenty of natural food and get sugars and fat. Apples, bananas, and other fruits give plenty of sugar. Raisins mixed with walnuts and chocolate chips (yes, see a little cheat) are an amazing snack.

I just discovered that the raisin mix with a tablespoon of peanut butter is just as good as any dessert I ever experienced and not harmful.

I read in Science Daily that magnesium is terrific for enhancing memory and cognitive skills and can be created with greens, cashews, almonds, and broccoli. Nothing painful there and who doesn’t want a better brain?

Greens like Kale, cabbage, parsley, spinach, and onions blow up cancer prone cells. I see a good salad there which I have frequently and who wouldn’t like to lock out cancer? I then use a mixture of olive oil, apple cider vinegar and seasonings for the dressing.

Olive oil is great for the brain (which is 2/3 fat of omega 3) and helps the body release bad fat. Apple cider vinegar is positive in many ways and you can even have a tablespoon in water.

Hydrating always has a positive affect. It helps you feel better, have more energy, and since it increases blood volume you have more stamina for exercise and thinking. An Olympic trainer has his athletes drink a glass of water every 15 minutes for four hours before an event. That’s a little much for me, but you get the idea.

Once you start realizing how many great things you can do for yourself, it actually becomes fun. It’s just as good as when you put some savings in the bank. You know you are building towards a better future.  Your mind can get behind that.

My mind likes people continuously telling me, wow you look leaner or you have lost a lot of weight. I like loose fitting clothes. I like my body not spending time digesting or never having an upset stomach. I am never saying, wow I ate too much. I am never sick. The leaner I get the better I can exercise. It just keeps getting better.

What has a big Mac done for you lately?

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Read “The 150 Healthiest Foods on Earth” by Jonny Bowden. This is the bible that got me started picking six to eight things to add to my diet. I started with kale, cabbage, spinach, and broccoli.  When you add things, you start subtracting other things. Cacao (chocolate) is the most anti oxidant rich food you can find.

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