Giving In "Just A Little" To Cravings
Does Not Work - Do This First
How many of you have read this dieting
advice…”if you eat just one or two
small bites of (insert favorite snack here), you will satisfy your
hunger and be able to stay on your diet”…Not!
This is actually true for a
minority of people but a special condition needs to exist before you
arrive at a place where “one little taste” will satisfy and you can
stop eating.
For the rest of us, it’s all
about fighting the urge to ingest an entire bag of potato chips, or
chocolate chip cookies or butter pecan ice cream once we open the
package. Just “one little taste” could send us over the edge; our
emotions take over and we just can’t stop ourselves until it’s all gone.
We figure that if we eat it all now, it can’t keep calling us from the
pantry or
freezer. And we’ll never buy that evil food again. You and I know
that’s a lie.
So how to stop the cravings?
You have to begin with the root of the problem.
Believe it or not, when your body
begins it’s cycle of cravings, it’s actually calling out for nutrition.
Your body needs “something” that is contained in the food you are
eating; that something is energy. But because it’s a quick fix full of
empty calories, the “energy” you get from eating junk isn’t pure and it
doesn’t last long.
You know it and your body does, too. Plus, the
pure physical pleasure from eating something that satisfies your
taste buds (ooh, the smooth texture of chocolate, the salty crunch of
potato chips, the sweet bliss of ice cream) makes it difficult to stop.
“Oh, sure, nutrition. I just need
to eat fruit when I get cravings, then, right?
” Wrong! That doesn’t work either and you know why? Because it’s too
little, too late. You have to start way back with what you’re eating
every day. Unfortunately, eating fruits and vegetables does not
guarantee that you are getting all the nutrition you need to be
healthy.
For one thing, there are certain minerals that you can’t get
from your food; you must take them in your body somehow. Plus, the fruits and vegetables we get in our grocery stores today, even organic
ones, don’t have the nutrition that it should because our farming soil
has been so depleted from over-production.
“Well, okay”, you say “I’ll just
take a supplement.” Well, unfortunately, your body can only absorb
at best 10% of the nutrients that are in traditional pill
supplements because of the way they are made.
One alternative that is gaining popularity is to take a liquid vitamin
supplement but they are not created equal either. For a liquid vitamin
supplement to be absorbed properly, it has to be produced in a certain
way for the body to absorb it.
There are some liquid vitamin and mineral
supplements in the marketplace that are readily absorbed by your body’s
cells. Do your research thoroughly and pick the one that’s right for
you.
So how does this affect cravings
for diet busters like chocolate, ice cream and potato chips? If your
body is getting the nutrition it needs, your body is "craving" the right
foods anyway and your cells work properly. As a result, you will always
have a store of clean, pure energy available and cravings don’t happen.
If they do, yes, you can have one simple bite or two of your
favorite “guilty pleasure” and stop with no problem. You will have
control of your food.
Eunice Coughlin is the
founder of
http://www.healthy-living-for-moms.com
If you'd like more information about liquid vitamin supplements and how
to
choose the right one for you, go to
http://www.switchtowellness.com/HealthyMom
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