weight loss and feeling down

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Hi Gina,

As others have said, RECOGNIZING a situation you want to be different is

very positive first step. Reaching out is another smart move. Reaching out is

one form of you being in control - you're ACTIVELY taking a first step to

improve your life.

Perhaps a tad of bad news is that true gurus are hard to find. For

example, I will confess to NOT being a guru on any of your concerns. <G> But

if you piece together suggestions that you get from list participants which

make sense to you, then you'll likely have your own system that will help

you. Now, with all that out of the way, here are some thoughts from me.

An adequate supply of B vitamins are necessary for both a good mood AND

burning calories. As I understand it, B vitamins are like the spark plugs in

a car - necessary to " ignite " the burning process. If you choose to

supplement, I suggest taking a supplement that has all the B vitamins. It's

dicey to try to self medicate with individual B vitamins.

Speaking of vitamins, a family in my town has been in the porta potty

rental business for decades. They tell me they routinely see undigested cheap

vitamins in the waste. Often they can still read the brand names on the

vitamins.

America is overweight. I feel that one contributing factor is empty

calories - junk food. To illustrate how this works, let's say that your body

needs 100 mg of vitamin X.

One serving of product ABC contains 100 calories and 20 mg of vitamin X.

One serving of product DEF contains 100 calories and 100 mg of vitamin X.

Your body might try to persuade you to eat 5 servings of ABC, or 500

calories worth, whereas it might be satisfied with 1 serving of DEF (100

calories).

One example of a simple way to up the nutritional value of the food you

(and your family) eat is to switch from white to whole grain bread. The

vitamins they add back in to " enriched bread " are laughable; it's the only

vitamins food science knew about five decades ago. Here's a story to

illustrate the value of enriched bread:

A nasty man encounters you in a big city alley late at night and demands

all your money. You give it to him. But he doesn't want you chasing after him

or running to a policeman as soon as he leaves, so he orders you to take off

all your clothes. You comply. But as you stand there shivering in the 30

degree temperature he feels sorry for you and lets you put your socks back

on. Do you feel enriched?!

When you're buying food try to avoid foods where sugar or flour are at

the top of the ingredient list. Most of the food value has been processed out

of them. Consider buying granular fructose (twice as sweet as white sugar for

the same amount) or unrefined sugar for use in your own kitchen. One benefit

is that fructose is processed by the liver, not with insulin from the

pancreas.

 

Here are some tips I read recently that make sense to me. Put food that

comes in pieces (like potato chips) into a bowl and then eat them out of the

bowl. Don't eat in front of the TV. Keep _healthy_ snacks around. Examples

would be grapes, oranges, and apples.

Try hard to find exercise that you LIKE. For example, I LOVE tennis.

 

Like I said, I'm no guru either. But perhaps you can find something that

works for you amongst my suggestions. I have lots more ideas and some nifty

products I've discovered, but this list is not the place for a mini book. <G>

If you want to explore things further I invite you to get in touch via direct

e-mail.

 

Rich Putman in Minnesota rputman

 

" If you are patient in one moment of anger, you will avoid

one hundred days of sorrow. " - Chinese proverb

 

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