Tuesday, January 18, 2011

You can FEEL the difference....

Making healthy habits a part of your daily life is BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.

The process involves the extinction of the undesired behavior and replacing it with a more healthy, productive behavior.

For instance, if you want to stop smoking, you find another way to relax and do that until it's as normal to as smoking USED TO be.

There are many easy ways to relax naturally ( most people smoke to relax, and most other people just have some type of oral fixation where the HAVE TO have this cigarette in their mouth... read into that what you want...)


Now.

What does Behavior Modification have to do with eating healthy?

Well...

I've said before and I'll continue to say it:

You have to eliminate those unhealthy, low nutrient foods and replace them with healthy whole foods( eggs, fish, beef, poultry, fruits,legumes, vegetables,etc).


You see, your body is MUCH smarter than you can possibly imagine.

It should be, as it's had thousands (if not more)of years to evolve and grow.

The body knows what is good for it.

Much of the foods that we eat today are processed and refined, to the point where the nutrients in them have been destroyed or decreased in effectiveness, to the point where they have to be replaced.

When we make processed foods a major part of our daily diet, we deny our bodies the nutrients that it needs and a result of that is that:

Instead of reaching for a couple of apples or some strawberries or a lean cut of turkey or chicken...

Most people are conditioned to reach for a honey bun or a nutty bar or a brownie.

Don't get me wrong:

I LOVE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THE SNACKS THAT I JUST MENTIONED!!! THEY ARE DELICIOUS!!!

But all thing in moderation, yes?

Now.

When you start to choose healthier snacks over not-so-healthy-but-extremely-delicious-snacks, you'll notice something amazing happening:

Your body will actually crave more of the healthy snacks!!!

You'll start to feel hungry and you'll find yourself standing at your fridge, and you'll automatically reach for that apple, because you're KNOWS that it is healthier for you!!!

YOUR BODY KNOWS THE TRUTH!!!

When you start to make healthy food choices and do regularly (for at least 30 days), you'll will start to have more energy and clarity of thought, and you'll automatically find yourself wanting to be active, and before you know it...

You're lean and your muscles are strong and powerful...

And you're clothes are falling off of you...

And people( possibly animals) are hitting on you daily...


Food is Fuel.

You truly ARE what you eat. At the end of the day, your body is a energy creating machine.. a 2 million year old alchemist that can change the food you eat into energy that you can use to conquer the world..

It as if you're body is like a nuclear reactor...


I don't know about your car, but mine only runs on gas.

If your body is your car, and you're putting sugar in the gas tank, then how FAR do you think it'll take you before...

It TOTALLY breaks down and you're stuck on the side of the road.

Making changes in your eating habits can be as simple or hard as you make it.

When you start to eat healthy and choose more fruits and veggies over honey buns and lollipops, then...

YOU CAN FEEL THE DIFFERENCE.

Now.


Notice how you feel 20 minutes after eating a apple or some other fruit (peaches are good)...

and notice how you FEEL 20 minutes after you eat your favorite not-so-healthy treat...



I'm not saying that the next time you find yourself in the supermarket, you're going to BUY APPLES AND ORANGES... and completely forget to buy those treats that you're starting to ignore right now...

And when you're sitting at home, you'll find yourself starting to crave a big... red.... juicy... apple... and you can taste the sweetness of the juice now... can't you?

I'll be proposing soon... do you think YOU can pass the test?

We'll find out, won't we?

Amir

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