Keeping consistent when trying a new diet can be difficult, and while you may think that the transition to a new way of eating is really simple, there are some aspects which can make it difficult.
I guess that you aren't reading this article because you are challenged by difficult things however, you are reading because you want to learn how to make a change in your life. Your answers could lie in the paleo diet, the difference you want and need to make are outlined in this article.
The diet will affect your life in a very simple way, or at least it will start with a simple decision. Whether or not food is ok to eat is based on simple rules, and by applying those rules when you are shopping or deciding what to eat becomes automatic. This, as you can probably already realise, is super effective.
Creating An Automatic Food Buying Process
In order for this automatic food buying system to work, you will have to master a simple skill. That simple skill is the ability to say no. All you have to be able to do is to not buy a certain food. Why does this work? Well, because you are using the diet as a motivator, you can pass the guilt of not buying that chocolate milkshake on to something else. This works because it removes you from the equation. This teaches you how to restrain yourself from giving in to cravings while you are shopping, and ultimately tricks you into buying healthy stuff.
Keep up this process and soon you won't even need to practice restraint because the system will be the norm. You won't want to buy sweet foods anymore because they will have no appeal to you. This change will overflow into other areas of your life too, and you'll be a naturally and automatic positive force to other people. This is a lifelong lesson which will keep you looking and feeling great, always!
The idea is to drop weight in the form of fat and maintain automatically through food choice alone.
Initially this may seem silly or even impossible, but the truth is it's just another skill to learn and apply in your life. Nothing comes easy and you need to keep at to get the automatic nature of the lesson running properly. Once you get this right you'll have done most of the work and can focus on other areas of your life to further promote fat loss and the removal of bad food from your diet.
Creating Food Craving Response Triggers
How is a "food craving response trigger" applied effectively?
I've learnt that if I have a craving, It's probably because I know there is something available that I might be tempted to eat. I learned that after not buying foods for a long time which I might have had a craving for, I'd have no access to those foods when I actually did have a craving. This meant that I'd never be at risk of giving in to something easily accessible. I now don't buy foods I think I might crave, unless they are an OK food to eat.
What foods could I be craving? Well, it isn't always sweet foods. I have a fetish for peanut butter, as do many people. I replaced the peanut butter with almond nut butter and the craving suddenly became easier to deal with. Almond nut butter has a double function of being a great insulin level control, so having a spoon of it before bed improves sleep quality drastically.
So how does this tie in to the response I get from a craving triggering something? Well, the response is how I respond to the craving psychologically, and the trigger is what I do to change the craving. That might sound impossible, but what I have learnt about my body is that even when a craving seems impossible to ignore, it is just a temporary psychological fixation on a certain food. There may be some property of that food that my body needs however, but this is easily dealt with because a body craving is less specific and generally very healthy compared to a psychological craving.
An example of a typical response trigger to a craving I might have is if I suddenly have to have soda. You would think that this is a craving which can only be satisfied by drinking a glass of Coke, but it can really be nulled simply by drinking a glass of water. The psychological craving is that you want to taste Coke, the body's craving is that of hydration. You have been conditioned to relate Coke with hydration. Simple really, isn't it.
If you apply this to other areas of your diet it will make much more sense. Take for example chocolate, there seems no alternative to it. Try some nuts and see what happens. Simple!
Now, the other cravings I was referring to are body cravings. These cravings will be far less specific and require less accurate of a treatment. I use treatment very loosely, so please don't take that as permission to take a supplement to relieve a craving.
These body cravings can be anything from me not being able to think about anything other than meat or vegetables. If I get one of these cravings, I give in to them quickly.
I guess that you aren't reading this article because you are challenged by difficult things however, you are reading because you want to learn how to make a change in your life. Your answers could lie in the paleo diet, the difference you want and need to make are outlined in this article.
The diet will affect your life in a very simple way, or at least it will start with a simple decision. Whether or not food is ok to eat is based on simple rules, and by applying those rules when you are shopping or deciding what to eat becomes automatic. This, as you can probably already realise, is super effective.
Creating An Automatic Food Buying Process
In order for this automatic food buying system to work, you will have to master a simple skill. That simple skill is the ability to say no. All you have to be able to do is to not buy a certain food. Why does this work? Well, because you are using the diet as a motivator, you can pass the guilt of not buying that chocolate milkshake on to something else. This works because it removes you from the equation. This teaches you how to restrain yourself from giving in to cravings while you are shopping, and ultimately tricks you into buying healthy stuff.
Keep up this process and soon you won't even need to practice restraint because the system will be the norm. You won't want to buy sweet foods anymore because they will have no appeal to you. This change will overflow into other areas of your life too, and you'll be a naturally and automatic positive force to other people. This is a lifelong lesson which will keep you looking and feeling great, always!
The idea is to drop weight in the form of fat and maintain automatically through food choice alone.
Initially this may seem silly or even impossible, but the truth is it's just another skill to learn and apply in your life. Nothing comes easy and you need to keep at to get the automatic nature of the lesson running properly. Once you get this right you'll have done most of the work and can focus on other areas of your life to further promote fat loss and the removal of bad food from your diet.
Creating Food Craving Response Triggers
How is a "food craving response trigger" applied effectively?
I've learnt that if I have a craving, It's probably because I know there is something available that I might be tempted to eat. I learned that after not buying foods for a long time which I might have had a craving for, I'd have no access to those foods when I actually did have a craving. This meant that I'd never be at risk of giving in to something easily accessible. I now don't buy foods I think I might crave, unless they are an OK food to eat.
What foods could I be craving? Well, it isn't always sweet foods. I have a fetish for peanut butter, as do many people. I replaced the peanut butter with almond nut butter and the craving suddenly became easier to deal with. Almond nut butter has a double function of being a great insulin level control, so having a spoon of it before bed improves sleep quality drastically.
So how does this tie in to the response I get from a craving triggering something? Well, the response is how I respond to the craving psychologically, and the trigger is what I do to change the craving. That might sound impossible, but what I have learnt about my body is that even when a craving seems impossible to ignore, it is just a temporary psychological fixation on a certain food. There may be some property of that food that my body needs however, but this is easily dealt with because a body craving is less specific and generally very healthy compared to a psychological craving.
An example of a typical response trigger to a craving I might have is if I suddenly have to have soda. You would think that this is a craving which can only be satisfied by drinking a glass of Coke, but it can really be nulled simply by drinking a glass of water. The psychological craving is that you want to taste Coke, the body's craving is that of hydration. You have been conditioned to relate Coke with hydration. Simple really, isn't it.
If you apply this to other areas of your diet it will make much more sense. Take for example chocolate, there seems no alternative to it. Try some nuts and see what happens. Simple!
Now, the other cravings I was referring to are body cravings. These cravings will be far less specific and require less accurate of a treatment. I use treatment very loosely, so please don't take that as permission to take a supplement to relieve a craving.
These body cravings can be anything from me not being able to think about anything other than meat or vegetables. If I get one of these cravings, I give in to them quickly.
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