Sugar makes you Fat NOT sweet

"Sugar" Hangover?

So, you say that you don't eat Sugar.  

Ok, for the next 24 hrs read the labels of everything you put in your mouth and then Add up the Grams of Sugar! 

 It will knock your socks off when you see all the "HIDDEN" sugar in your food  

Please, GO to this Web site by Jorge Cruise who interviews Dr. Northrup about Women over 40's and SUGAR! How SUGAR interrupts Hormone balance and increases imbalance in the Body. Also,  talks about Cardiovascular disease, Migranes, BONE LOSS (Listen, very informative)


 Click on this link: Amazing Interview with Dr. Northrup about Women over 40!

One teaspoon of granulated white sugar is close to four grams. If you buy a bottle of cola with 44 grams of sugar, you would divide 44 by 4, which is equal to 11 teaspoons of sugar. That's a lot of sugar. 

It’s true.  You can have mild symptoms of a hangover by eating too much sugar. 

Here are some of the symptoms of sugar hangover:

• Fuzzy thinking or foggy mind
• Fatigue or sleepiness after meals
• Gas, bloating or extended stomach after meals
• Headache
• Joint pain
• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Skin problems
• Allergy symptoms
• Emotional - Mood swings like emotional highs and then lows (anger, sadness, lack of will power, depression, etc.)

Many of them are actually similar to how you might feel after too much alcohol. And there’s a reason for that...

Too much alcohol, just like too much sugar, affects your kidneys, liver, stomach and small intestines, which explains some of what is happening in your body. Dehydration, electrolyte imbalances, gastrointestinal disturbances and disruption of sleep are some of the results.

Currently, the average American is (often unknowingly) consuming approximately ½ cup of sugar per day.  (Read the label of food's you eat for grams of Sugar)

And that’s simply too much for the human body to digest effectively.

Here’s what happens in your body after you eat too much sugar or processed foods²:

• Refined sugars enter your bloodstream.
• Blood sugar levels rise.
• Your pancreas is pressured to release insulin (a hormone that helps sugars get into your cells).
• The insulin helps to use up the sugar rapidly, so blood sugar crashes.
• Your body goes into a sugar low or hypoglycemia.
• More hormones are released to deal with the sugar low and return your body to a balanced state. This actually causes a stress response in your body.
• These hormones squeeze sugar from your liver, sending blood sugar back up.

Too much sugar causes your body to go on a roller coaster ride of ups and downs…and your moods often follow.

 Also, sugar is often combined with grains or protein in processed foods and desserts. This creates a slimy substance that coats your intestinal walls. Remember this if you are tempted to eat these so-called “protein” bars!

Eating Sugar won't make you sweeter. JUST FAT

 So when you wake up feeling achey, grumpy, tired.... down in the dumps:

Think, just think what you ate the day before.  


Think,  just think where you "spiritually" (what did or did you not ingest  spiritually the day before).  


Think, just think what did you do yesterday that exercised your Heart, Lungs, Muscles.


Think, just think what are the thoughts and words coming from your mind, heart and MOUTH?  Positive?  Uplifting?  or Negative Nelly and  Self Condemnation? 

BALANCE yourself!  

Phyically

Spiritually

Mentally 

Salute and Ciao and take care of your self

If I only had a brain or Reaching for Healing

Reading past blogs ...... inspiring to me.

WHAT WE KNOW and What we DO......

Needs to be in sync 

When we do something different than what we know we need to do... 

We are OUT OF SYNC

Spiritually

Physically

Mentally

When we are OUT OF SYNC we have SYMPTOMS that reflect this imbalance

So, before you call your Doctor..... Call on the Lord and discuss what is the IMBALANCE in your life that is contributing to your SYMPTOMS.
(I believe most aliments have someone's or something's  face on it....
meaning: your anger or unforgiveness of someone or something)

• He is the GREAT PHYSICIAN
• He is your Creator (He wrote the Instruction Manual for your body and life)
• He is the Lover of your Soul.... just waiting to walk with you holding your hand
• He is the one who Cares about you... he's waiting to talk with you
• He is your Counselor....

1 Peter 5:7

 Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.

When you reach for HIM..... 

 and touch the hem of his Garment.  

YOUR FAITH will heal you......... 

Healing starts in your Soul with a seed of Faith

Ciao and have a Blessed day as you seek perfect Peace and Balance in HIM


PS when you're balanced you will be less likely to reach for a candy bar!

Keeping Young

Challenging  to stretch Yourself

MENTALLY

PHYSICALLY

SPIRITUALLY

This is my 9 week Physical Challenge
Couch to 5k information

After this 9 Week  I'll chart the Next Challenge.... Hummmm I think it will be "a mental challenge".
HEY WAIT.... I already am "Mentally Challenged!"   LOL

Actually, While I am doing my walk/jog for 20 minutes, I will have on my headset to LISTEN to Spiritual Music and use this time to strengthen my Walk with the Lord.  Praising & Praying.

Both the Physical and Spiritual 20 minutes will feed and Strengthen my Mental Being. Inspiring and uplifting my thoughts to be positive, life giving thinking.

The STUFF that Keeps us YOUNG!

Have a Great day being Your best, Thinking the best and Doing your Best

Ciao and Salute! To your Health and Wellness

Squat! Make it a habit.... LOL

Oh, come on!    Can ya just do ONE THING everyday for 21 days?

it's all about habits
it's all about balance

It seems to be such a struggle for me to do just ONE THING every day, consistently.

Like taking vitamins.   Most of the time I remember, but I sometimes forget to take them.

I guess I'm back to the same root problem.....hummmm I forget.... what WAS or IS the root problem?

BALANCE!

Not doing what I know I need to do everyday for HEALTH is "not taking care of me"

Habits are just a product of the subconscious.  They develop from....?

Ok, back to the beginning.

For the NEXT 21 days I will FOCUS, FOCUS, FOCUS on doing ONE thing every day until it becomes a HABIT (takes 21 days to form a new habit).

Until it occurs without me thinking about it... Until I feel uncomfortable, restless until I DO IT!

Ok,  Here is my 21 day challenge:

how I really feel about a challenge!

                           Every, and I MEAN EVERY morning I WILL:

1.   Take my Emergen C pack with my Kyo Green Powder, My Multi Vitamin (love the one's I just got,  from Garden of Life... RAW vitamins... but that's another blog).

                                  Every, and I MEAN IT, every morning  

2.  I WILL BLOG (my devotional time). 

Great, that will take care of the BALANCE of starting a New Habit.

I will Physically take my Vitamins (for my Body)

I will Spiritually and Mentally prepare my Body, Mind and Spirit for the Day.

        Ok, I think I'll throw in... 


3.  10 leg squats every morning.  Why this?  It's the ACT of doing an exercise  is important to reinforce exercise SHOULD BE A HABIT... 
How to do leg squats! YOUTUBE video (get serious)

When we are vague with our selves, it provides an excuse to not do something, to not be committed!  So just saying "I'm going to exercise" ... is vague.  Saying, I'm going to jog 15 minutes, or saying I'm going to get on the Treadmill for 15 minutes... BE specific if you are making a commitment! 


It's all connected.  I see and hear of this everyday!  My Patients and Family are living examples.  When faced with a Challenge (life event),  when faced with an illness, when faced with a task.....

                   YA just need to stop, 
                           Breath and think "BALANCE".

Ask these  Questions when facing a Challenge (stressful situation):

Where am I Physically? 
(what's happening? what are my symptoms?
where do I hurt? Am I feeling weak, tired... good, great? )

 Where am I Spiritually?
(what's happening in my Spirit, Am I empty or full? Am I trusting ME, or Trusting the God of the Universe who loves me)
                          
Where am I Mentally?
 (what is happening in my mind.. what are my thoughts, are they uplifting or positive? Am I defeating myself with negative Nelly thought?)

I Peter 5:7

…casting all your care upon Him, 

for He cares for you.

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There I did it!  

Reality Check!  This isn't going to happen
I HAVE TO DO IT! 

I started to talk about a need I know that I have.  
A weakness that I want to deal with.... "lack of consistency in my life with task that I know are important for my health"

and through my .... talking to myself about "balance" I  have found inspiration and strength to tackle and overcome it! 

When I think of how much God cares for me.... 
it re-arranges my brain to think about how much
 I Need to CARE ABOUT ME!  

Through my devotional time this morning ....


I just balanced my Thoughts (mind), 
My spirit (scripture to feed my soul and encourage me), 
and now I will  balance my body by stretching and taking my stinking vitamins! 

I will (commitment) for the next 21 days do these three things every MORNING

I can do it:

Take my vitamins

10 leg squats

Blog 

Ciao and Salute ! to your Health and Wellness

(my blog is my quest for Optimal health and wellness with the  added benefit of being my ideal weight)

The BATTLE of the bulge is the BATTLE of the spirit

Romans 12

Place Your Life Before God

 ^1-2 So here's what I want you to do, God helping you: Take your everyday, ordinary life—your sleeping, eating, going-to-work, and walking-around life—and place it before God as an offering. Embracing what God does for you is the best thing you can do for him. Don't become so well-adjusted to your culture that you fit into it without even thinking. 
Instead, fix your attention on God. 
You'll be changed from the inside out. 
Readily recognize what he wants from you, and quickly respond to it. Unlike the culture around you, always dragging you down to its level of immaturity, God brings the best out of you, develops well-formed maturity in you.

How often we hear of DIET's for "losing weight" 

but have you ever heard of 

a "DIET" for losing Stupid?

A "DIET" for losing Un forgiveness, Bitterness and Anger

A "DIET" for losing fat.... 

yes but how about a  

"DIET" for losing the "crap in you that really makes you ugly"?

A "Diet to lose your lousy attitude"

GO ahead.... check out ALL these Diets to lose FAT!  
Weight Watchers FreeChoosing the Right DietThe Atkins DietSouth Beach DietThe Zone DietLow Carb DietNegative Calorie DietCabbage Soup DietMayo Clinic DietMediterranean DietDiabetic DietSpecial K DietSacred Heart DietGrapefruit Diet

Raw Food Diet

..... Click on this link to read about "Choosing the right Diet"  
from the Resource: The National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases

Why does do people BATTLE  with their weight and lose?  


                     It's because    being OVERweight is a product of  a UN-BALANCED life.



Un-balanced.. emotionally, spiritually, physically

When we reach of Ice Cream at 10 pm..... we are at war with in ourselves.  

We are attempting to satisfy something  in our soul that is empty or  hurting

A lot like when we were an infant ...... looking for the comfort of our Mothers milk as we were held in her loving arm FEELING safe, secure and loved.

We assoicate Food with meeting a need in our life

through it's taste, texture.... bla bla bla

  (lot's of psycho babble material here)  

Are Diet's Bad?   There are some very good diets out there
Let's face it, people need a jump start to "discipline" themselves to eat certain foods, eliminate certain foods, adjust the times they eat, the amount they eat.
Do you see where I'm going here!

Diets are primarily about "modifying behaviors" 

without saying so.... Changing the way you think, see and behave around foods.

• That is why MOST diet's work!   
• That is why MOST people re-GAIN the weight they lost when they are off the diet.  

It's because the DIET needs to be a DIET that STARTS with 
A Diet for your MIND and SOUL   

Your battle is inside your Mind and Heart....  not inside the refrigerator! 

Yes, you can go on a "diet" to lose weight... 

BUT for heaven-sakes... 

think about  

loosing anger, un-forgiveness, fear.... 

as 

JUST as Important as losing FAT

Consider re-thinking "I need to lose weight" by S A Y I N G


"I need to get healthy"
"I need to build up muscles"
"I need to detox my heart and mind"
"I need to nourish my body, mind and soul"
"I need to wake up and make this the Best Day Ever"


I truly believe that when people balance their lives 
(Physically, Mentally and Spiritual) .... They will be in Tip Top Shape!


So plan your attack on "weight loss"  by knowing what the War is really about
Then and only then can you win EACH BATTLE.


Gotta go put  my armor on for the DAY


Ciao




PS 
This blog is MY pep talk to ME!  I pray you benefit from my Journey