LOSE WEIGHT NATURALLY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM FAT FIGHTING SYSTEM
Most of us have learned that diets don't work. The reason is simple. Diets don't consider the fact that we are human beings with complex needs and desires. It is interesting to ask people with weight problems why they eat. There are usually a lot of reasons and hunger is generally towards the bottom of the list.

 Many people are trying to fill emotional, mental and even spiritual need with food, often hurting the body as a result. If you have a problem with weight and can see that this is true for you, the following tips can provide a way for you to begin to sort this out and bring yourself into balance. You can learn more about what your needs are and find appropriate ways to fill them, so that you will only be trying to fill the needs of your body with food, exercise and good nutrition.

 

LOVE YOURSELF
Dieting has taught most of us that we are failures and lack self-control. That is the exact opposite of the truth. All of our problems in life are all related to how we feel about ourselves. And the way we treat ourselves is an external reflection of this frequently delicate sense of Self. When we feel good about ourselves, we can see that we deserve to treat ourselves well. When we feel bad about ourselves, we tend to treat ourselves badly.

 

CONNECT
This is the real key to reaching and maintaining your ideal weight for life. All of the other tips relate to the basic truth that your body deserves to love itself, knows what it needs and will communicate with you if you are willing to listen. If you can learn to eat what your body needs, you will naturally gravitate to your ideal weight. This may take practice, but it is the key to lasting success in any weight management program.

 

ONLY EAT WHEN YOU ARE HUNGRY AND STOP BEFORE YOU FEEL TOO FULL
When your body needs food, it begins to give you hunger messages and produces digestive juices. You don't want to eat every time you have a little twinge of hunger, but when you have a healthy hunger, your body is telling you that it is time to eat. If you eat then and stop when you are satisfied, which is before you feel too full, this will produce good digestion and your body will tend to gravitate to its ideal weight.

If, on the other hand, you do not listen to the messages from your body, you are negating your inner wisdom and certainly not nurturing yourself. You are sending the message that your body's inner wisdom is wrong. And when you allow yourself to become too hungry, your body goes into survival mode and tends to overeat.

 

DON'T EAT WHEN YOU ARE NOT HUNGRY
People do not generally become heavy by eating when they are hungry, so the real trick is not to eat when you are not hungry. Many heavy people use food for filling needs, and hunger was only one need on a long list. Being stressed, bored, nervous, unhappy, afraid, etc., tends to encourage bad eating habits.

 

GET TO KNOW YOUR REASONS FOR EATING
In its deepest sense, the journey to your ideal weight is a journey of self-discovery. If you find yourself eating when you know your body is not hungry, you have an opportunity to learn something about yourself. What need were you trying to fill with food? If you can examine what happened and find a more productive way to fill that need, you will not find yourself trying to fill it with food in the future.

 

 ELIMINATE SELF-JUDGMENT AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FAILURE
When you begin to look at weight loss as a journey of self-discovery and closely examine your reasons for eating, you may be entering uncharted territory. It is important not to judge your behavior and to eliminate the possibility of failure. The more you learn about yourself, the easier it will become to follow your body's inner wisdom, so there is only the possibility for greater and greater success.

 

EAT WHAT YOU WANT TO EAT
We love the saying "You can never get enough of what you don't want." You probably can remember when you used to carry bags of raw carrots and eat them for snacks. There is nothing inherently wrong with raw carrots, but when what you really want is a peanut butter sandwich, you will never get enough raw carrots to fill that desire. Many would dutifully eat a few raw carrots, then a few more and more, then give up and try to fill the desire with another food, like celery or fruit. Eventually most would give up and stuff themselves with food until sick, and yet never feel satisfied.

It is much better to ask yourself what you want to eat when you get hungry and eat those foods until you feel satisfied. Bingeing is largely related to taboos. If you eliminate all of the taboos and eat what you want, your body will learn over time that you can have anything and you will gravitate to the foods you need to maintain good health.

 

DON'T SNEAK FOOD
If you find that you do not want others to see that you are eating, there is some shame underlying the desire to hide. On the other hand, if you feel good about yourself and what you are doing, there is no reason to want to hide it. So it is important to eat in the open, and notice what you are trying to hide if you feel the desire to sneak.

 

DON'T USE YOUR SCALE TO "WEIGH" YOUR SUCCESS.
When dieting, weigh yourself daily and make note of every minute change on the scale. In particular, most weigh when being  "bad", like after a big dinner. Instead of feeling good, people would end up concluding that they had failed, which would create the desire to eat more. To eliminate this pattern, we recommend weighing yourself once a week or less.

 

DON'T LET OTHER PEOPLE CONTROL WHAT YOU EAT
We are all influenced by our families, friends and business associates. We are also bombarded with advertising. You cannot allow any of this to distract you from relying on your body's inner wisdom to guide you with what and when you eat. In our society, eating food has become a recreational experience and there are more opportunities to eat than you can take if you want to be sensitive to your body and reach and maintain your ideal weight.

 

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The Fat Fighting System is your secret weapon to lose the weight you want and achieve total health. Combine the power of our two-product platform and the common sense described herein and we are 100% confident that you will achieve your health and weight loss goals. Call us for more information and counseling at 800-444-8225.

Excerpts from these tips are taken from the book “The Holistic Approach to Eating” by Jane Mountrose and available at http://www.gettingthru.org/horder.htm