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Rational?
If losing excess fat and eating healthily was so easy, then everyone would be
doing it. In truth, it is not so easy. There is no rational reason to eat junk
food.
It is fatty, contains very little nutrition and destroys your body. We all know
the logic, yet people continue to eat badly. Why is this?
Junkie
Junk food is chemically addictive. This means that all the logic, rationale and
good intentions in the world are not going to work. Your body and your mind
wants the junk. It craves sugary food.
The junk makes you feel good. It tastes good. It fills you up. It picks you up.
Toxic habits
Alcohol, drugs, sugar, smoking etc hinder mindfulness. e.g. alcohol dulls the
senses. The original meaning of intoxication is "a
poisoning".
The euphoria people experience from alcohol isn't the outcome of being healthy
and present. It is the consequence of poisoning the brain. You cannot be mindful
and clear if your brain is dulled.
Drinking alcohol is the polar opposite of mindfulness.
Alcohol
What
alcohol does to
your body, brain & health | Huberman Lab podcast #86
Resistance...
People may drink alcohol regularly, read this information and then object...
It can be worth asking yourself why?
The answers are simple: habit, lifestyle attachment, emotional investment,
peer pressure, self-image and even (potentially) addiction. Common sense and
reason are inconvenient.
Imagine waking up each morning full of energy and vitality yet also feeling
calm and relaxed about the day to come. It sounds like a miracle yet this
state of abundant health and wellbeing should be our birthright. In our
natural state we would face each day with joy, peace, and a deep connection
with our bodies.
(Jane Alexander)
Re-balance
If your mind and your body have been compromised by addiction, what can
you do? There is only one answer: stop. Regain control. Find balance
once more. End the addiction. Reclaim your body.
The junk food addiction means that your craving and your apparent hunger
cannot be trusted. The addiction also means that you are out of control.
Your body is betraying you.
De-tox
To move past unhealthy eating and lifestyle habits, your body and your mind
need to be cleansed. The adverse chemicals, the stored body fat and the poor
eating habits all need to be removed.
Is a serious act of self-discipline required?
If you truly want to lose fat, have a slimmer, healthier body and feel
physically better, then you are halfway there. You have the desire. The
passion. The intent.
Consider: if this is something that you want to do then no force is
required.
What are you fighting against?
Not yourself, but the falsehood of the craving. This is not a battle that
involves willpower. It requires understanding, sensitivity, honesty,
clarity.
Your aim is not to vanquish anyone. You simply want to return to a natural
condition of fitness.
The challenge
If you feel down at first, remember that this is something you want to do.
Something positive. It will have long lasting benefits for both your body
and your mind. That is no small feat.
You are not being forced. No one is making you do this. The challenge and
the accomplishment is your own.
It will get easier
If you can make it through the first 6 weeks, things will get far easier. At
some point you will lose interest in junk food.
Cold turkey
Detoxing is not easy. It is a psychologically-gruelling challenge that will
test your ability to stay the course and endure.
You may indeed feel awful, restless, tired, depressed and your body may
ache. Your bowel habits will change. Most likely, you will want to quit the
detox.
Why is it so hard to detox?
Because you are an addict. You are chemically addicted to sugar, salt,
caffeine and all the rest. These chemicals affect your brain.
The film Supersize Me compared a junk food meal to a 'class A'
drug; the neurological effect was that serious. A detox is not a casual
undertaking.
A little won't hurt...
You will be sorely tempted to resume junk food. This temptation will plague
you.
The only way to become clean is to avoid sugar, fat, additives, colourings,
flavourings, processed food, packet food and desserts.
If can manage it, try staying clear of caffeine, nicotine, alcohol and drugs
as well.
A little taste of junk food here and there may not seem harmful, but within
a few weeks you will be back to eating just as badly as you did before.
If you want to be free of poor eating habits then you do need to change.
Have you heard about the bird
That lives in the south
The phoenix that never grows old?
He will touch no food
But the most exquisite fruit,
Drinks only
From clearest springs.
An owl
Chewing a dead rat
Saw the phoenix fly over.
(Chuang Tzu)
Just desserts
There are a growing number of desserts that are organic, low
calorie and low fat. If you simply cannot do without dessert food, look for
products that are less than 5% fat and 120 Kcal or less.
Many low fat desserts have high calories, and/or gelatine (pig) in them. Be
careful.
Learn from meditation...
A good approach to dieting is to treat it as you would a meditation
exercise. In meditation, the mind wanders continually and you bring it back
to the 'anchor' of the breath.
In dieting, we fail to make progress and then get twisted out of shape.
People make such a big deal out of set-backs.
Set-backs are OK
In meditation, set-backs are continual, on-going and expected.
You just start again. And again and again.
The trick is to keep going. Do the same with dieting...
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21 May 2002
Last updated
06 October 2023