I can make you thin

Last night I caught part of a new "reality" show in TLC. This show, called "I can make you thin" featured British guru Paul McKenna. This show is designed to help you lose the weight without "dieting". He urges people to follow 4 simple Golden Rules and it will ehlp to "reporgram" the mind to help you lose the weight.

Dont' get me wrong, I am not out for the quick fix. I love weight watchers and the program it follows - it works! But watchign this show last night really make me stop and think. Not about WHAT I was eating, but HOW I was eating! So many times we eat without thinking. We are mindless eating. When you are watching TV and you grab that pag of potato chips, are you relaly hungry or are you just eating them because that is always what you have done in the evening? How long do you spend actually ENJOYING your food? Did you really taste that last meal you ate? Most of us will say no. It is not that we didn't like what we ate, we are just eating too fast becasue we are on the run!

75% of the time that you think you are hungry you are just thirsty. How many times have you thought you were hungry, went to the fridge to eat something, only to find yourself feeling "stuffed" after eating just a little bit? Chances are, you were not hungry, but rather thirsty! Next time to think you are hungry, try a glass of water first! You mgiht be pleasantly surprised!

I will add more an my thougths here, but I have to find my way to the Y and get some of my workout in anyway!!