Your brain is a very powerful entity controlling every part of you voluntarily and involuntarily. If you have negative thoughts or a negative self image, you will need to be aware of how they may be getting in the way of your goals.
Instead of focusing on losing weight (or more like not losing weight) focus on nurturing and replenishing your body with the vital nutrients needed to decrease aging and increase youthfulness and energy. By making this mental switch, you aren’t counting calories, feeling guilty and giving up on healthy eating.
My three easiest tips to remember are:
- If it doesn’t grow, it isn’t good for you.
- If it rots, it’s good for you.
- If it doesn’t nourish your body, it isn’t good for you.
It’s not the calories that are your biggest worry, it’s the havoc the bad foods will create to your being. Many people are drawn to the “low-calorie” or only “100 calories” labels on packaging. You are better off eating 200 calories of almonds than 100 calories of over-processed snacks.
Your goals to weight-loss should be to cleanse, rebuild, revive, heal, rebalance and re-establish your physical and mental well-being. The withdrawls for the first month will be rough and ugly as you are cleaning out all the lingering toxins that have made their home in your cells for years. Your body and mind have become addicted to the actual foods that are making you sick and lethargic.
The elimination process is a difficult period because your body is breaking down all the toxins and gunk layer by layer. Toxins come out many ways including through your pores. Your body is basically coughing and gagging out all the garbage through every orifice available. This also takes a lot of energy so be aware that you may need a nap every now and then. The author of Super Size Me, Morgan Spurlock, went on a detox of only a raw diet for 8 weeks and had major withdrawls for the first two weeks including headaches, sweating and the shakes. He states it was like coming off of a drug addiction as he was addicted to the foods and additives that were making him sick.
Slowly weaning from sugars or sweeteners may be an easier process for some people by cutting back week by week. You may need to start small by cutting out only deep fried, fatty foods then next month try eliminating sugars and sweeteners and so on. An all-or-nothing approach will be difficult and withdrawals can be nasty, therefore, self-care techniques will need to be planned and put in place.
When you start incorporating more raw vegetables and fruits and less sugar, salt and trans fats in your diet, your entire make-up and physical being is being upgraded and shifting to a healthier and higher level.
Give yourself six months to a year to get there. Eventually you will get the energy and results you are looking for and you will want to maintain it as it feels so good. Focus on the goal of rejuvenation and healing. Reprogram and shift your thinking about food and your behavior will match your thoughts. It all starts with the brain.
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