What makes a person decide to voluntarily starve? Weight loss? Why do you want to lose weight? I have observed what motivates in the short run does not always carry you in the long-haul. ” I want to look good at my reunion.” ” I want to look good in the wedding.” and the list goes on ad nauseam. What is your motivation. Don’t have any?  How do you get motivated? Do some serious thinking and make a plan. Something more than I will start a new diet on Monday morning. The same one that flops by Tuesday, or if you are really determined you make it untill the weekend.

How does a good plan look? Deals with short-term and long-term goals. Has a group to hold you accountable. I go to one for pity sake and I am reportedly the queen-diva of weight loss.

How do you motivate a queen anyway????

Safe and sober foods today.

I have been on retreat and absent . . . It was not a safe and sober stay for me. I looked for the lesson. And this is it. In real life you will fail. Do you know how to fail with success? If not you will regain all the weight you lost and be very addicted once again.

I am just now back so will write the rest of this article soon!

Many food “addicts” are right to suspect there is a physical reason that makes them
crave carbohydrates and put weight on easily. But the underlying cause of their
struggles often goes undiagnosed and untreated by the medical profession. I would be one of those people.

There is a test to see what the insulin levels are when provoked by a carbohydrate even though it is relatively un-used in our world of modern medicine.

Carbohydrate Addiction

Carbohydrate addiction is, in fact, caused by excess insulin, which is released by the
pancreas into the blood stream when carb-rich foods are eaten. Insulin signals
the body to take in food and, once the food is consumed, orders the resulting
energy to be stored in the form of fat. Too much insulin results in an
irresistible and frequent desire to eat.

The scientific term for this condition is post-prandial reactive hyperinsulinemia, which means too much insulin is released after eating. Hyperinsulinemia stems from Insulin
Resistance, an imbalance of blood glucose and insulin levels. If left unchecked,
Insulin Resistance can result in excess weight and obesity, increasing the risk
of developing a variety of damaging disorders.

A finial word . . . the nickname for insulin? The fat storage hormone! Too much and you can gain weight on a low calorie diet!

Still eating my safe and sober foods and weight has stayed the same for 2 weeks.

Food is not an addiction? Who is telling me this? I am not sure but if it is the medical world forget it!

Smoke another Camel and tell me another truth.

I am still safe and sober. My weight has held steady for 2 weeks. I am leaving for a week and will not look to diet, but I do plan to stay off my addictive foods.

I am gluten-free and drink single malt scotch. Whoops what did they seal those barrels with?!( yes, it could be wheat gluten just as in wine.)

I am now sooo long without sugar, starch and gluten I have all but forgotten I was ever addicted. Here I am talking about OTHER things! We have a gluten free life event at CWI (www.cadywellness.com) and I will put my naturopathic 2-cents in tonight. I do know we crave much of what we are allergic to and no I do not crave scotch.

We just are so human, so blind to the consequences of putting anything into our bodies. Are we nuts?? Am I? Now I have a new road built in my head and I am not taking a detour. I feel good. I am down 24 lbs. Not willing to trade this place I am in for any delicacy. Not today. Safe and sober foods today!

We met last night for our the first of 8 sessions. The food addicts group . . .

I felt good knowing I could shine a light on one good path up out of the bondage of food addiction. Yeah, I have one good working flashlight and it has carried me this far. I am free as long as I am abstinent, as long as food is not my recreation and it is just food to nourish my machine. When did it become so skewed? When food that was seasonal and transient became the norm on every street block. We were meant to binge on highly salient foods such as sugar/starch, salt and sugar. Meant to eat and then subsist on proteins and greens foraged. The times, they have changed yet we remain the same.

Next week we will be studying more on dopamine and the reward deficiency issue.

I am safe and sober.

I recall writing how my focus should be on how well I am following my safe and sober food program and staying in the free zone from food addiction and NOT about the weight loss itself . . .yeah, I did. But, that was when I was dropping weight fast. Today I weighed in as usual my Tue AM appointment and the scale stayed the same. Bummer. I can’t help but feel down. Now is when I dig deep into my own belief and stand steady. Remember reward deficient folks can become disheartened easily.

Ok, another week to get the reward of weight loss! Challenge is to lose 2 pounds this week. I am started!

As for my new supplement? Natural dopamine agonist. Nano delivery system. Will try for 2 months. See what that does to energy, mood, and food addiction. So now I am on 3 supplements and no meds for weight loss and addiction. All address the DNA transcription on aging, metabolism and addiction.

What I find amazing is the apathetic interest of people . . . am I the only desperate person out there who truly needed help with food craving and weight loss?? or do you read this and just think I am trying to sell you something?? Think again cynic. I was 450 pounds and I have been on every weight loss protocol common to man (and some not) and I have been anorexic as well as bulimic. I have been hospitalized due to disordered eating. Need I go on? I know the devastation of a fractured self-image due to cultural pressure. The construction a bad body image is clear in all women, even the “beautiful” ones suffer!!

So what is up? why are you who suffer not jumping onboard? We have real help on Wed. evenings at 6:pm. The programs run in 8 week increments. The cost $160.00 dollars for this medically supervised program. Whitney’s Weigh. 812-429-0772.

I am doing my own program. It has been 12 weeks and I have lost 23 1/2 pounds and my head is on straight about food. I am free and it feels wonderful . . .even if I did stay the same weight this week!