Hi Readers,
Have you ever wondered what sugar can do your body and mind? It can numb sensations. We have to periodically re-program it to be sensitive.
In a effort to lose all my post-pregnancy weight gain, I started working out about 3-4 times a week and have been doing it for the past 6 months. Going through all my records of calorie counting and activity, I realized that I'm not losing weight as quickly as I used to. I could blame hormones for it, but the really do I want to do that even after a year of having my son? Probably not. So, I started re-thinking everything I ate, and realized this morning that I'm eating way too much sugar than I used to. In a cup of oatmeal, presently I add 3-4tsps sugar to make it sweet enough for me. Previously I was ok with 2 tsps sugar. Suddenly I realized that over the years, sugar is not as sweet to me. Then I tried cutting back to 2 tsps this morning and tried to carefully taste and feel the sweetness in sugar, and I surely did. Analysing my food and my senses when I eat surely helps to keep my food consumption in check and also enjoy my food. Now I get it...all about the concept of MINDFULNESS. As Eckart Tolle says : "watch the thinker". I'm looking forward to implementing this on a daily basis and we'll see what remarkable changes it can do to my life.
Have you ever wondered what sugar can do your body and mind? It can numb sensations. We have to periodically re-program it to be sensitive.
In a effort to lose all my post-pregnancy weight gain, I started working out about 3-4 times a week and have been doing it for the past 6 months. Going through all my records of calorie counting and activity, I realized that I'm not losing weight as quickly as I used to. I could blame hormones for it, but the really do I want to do that even after a year of having my son? Probably not. So, I started re-thinking everything I ate, and realized this morning that I'm eating way too much sugar than I used to. In a cup of oatmeal, presently I add 3-4tsps sugar to make it sweet enough for me. Previously I was ok with 2 tsps sugar. Suddenly I realized that over the years, sugar is not as sweet to me. Then I tried cutting back to 2 tsps this morning and tried to carefully taste and feel the sweetness in sugar, and I surely did. Analysing my food and my senses when I eat surely helps to keep my food consumption in check and also enjoy my food. Now I get it...all about the concept of MINDFULNESS. As Eckart Tolle says : "watch the thinker". I'm looking forward to implementing this on a daily basis and we'll see what remarkable changes it can do to my life.
Use brown sugar instead of cane sugar. Less calories and more taste.
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