Hunger is the killer!
Hunger will knock you right off your program!
Here's what happened to me…
I was out of town visiting with my son and his wife last week. We had some great meals. I ate whatever I felt like. I came home and I had gained 5 pounds… not a disaster but this is how it all starts again.
I determined to blow those 5 pounds off and began on a weight loss program of a protein meal replacement drink in the morning plus minimal processed carbs throughout the rest of the day.
That was fine for 5 days but this morning I was rushed and busy so I had a mug of tea and a banana. Oh-ohh! Bananas are high GI foods.
It's important to avoid those High Glycemic Index foods like processed carbs, potatoes and sugar. I call them "High GI" to make the typing easier. They spike your blood sugar and start off the carb craving yo-yo.
And that's exactly what happened to me!
An hour later I was hungry… so I was planning a coffee plus some nuts. The next thing I know I'm putting two squares of dark chocolate in with the nuts!
And I'm eating them too, while I type this… I'm not a masochist. Dark chocolate is barely acceptable, but I'm hoping the nuts will create enough slow release blood sugar that I won't be triggered to go for more carbs later.
So what happened here?
I let myself get hungry!
But here's where I went wrong. Instead of starting the day with a low GI shake or a handful of nuts… some form of low GI protein… I went for a banana and caffeine and I spiked my blood sugar.
And then I wanted more carbs or sugar.
I had spiked my blood sugar, the insulin kicked in and pretty soon I was craving carbs.
Studies show that if we start the day with a high GI breakfast we will on average eat 80% more calories that day.
There's a good lesson here for me!
Avoid high GI foods and I won't spike my blood sugar. If I don't spike my blood sugar I won't get the carb craving. If I start the day with a "high protein-high fiber" meal I won't get hungry enough to slip off the plan.
If you're interested I can show you a plan to make this a reality in your life; you'll lose weight and you won't be hungry!
I have recently written a book entitled "Lose Weight -
Never Go Hungry" which lays out a plan for overcoming
Carbohydrate addiction and losing weight.
You can download it FREE here:
"Lose Weight - Never Go Hungry"

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