If you've ever been yelled at for scarfing down a whole box of cookies.If any dietician has scolded you for eating the foods you love.If a personal trainer has ever looked down on you for your eating habits.Or.If you simply love junk food like me, then you are going to love what you're about to hear.You can eat all the junk food you can handle and still lose weight.The secret is.It's not WHAT you eat.It's WHEN you eat!The biggest mistake you can make on your weight loss journey is swearing off junk food.This only leads to a downward spiral of stronger and stronger food cravings.The result? Eventually you give into the cravings, triggering an all out bingefest!The problem is food cravings emerge from a physical or emotional need that is not met.Simply ignoring them won't make them go away.They'll just grow stronger and stronger until you POP! That's why you have to PLAN junk food into your diet plan.In fact,.Frequently Eating Junk Food Is The KEY To Healthy Weight Loss.Does that sound crazy?I don't blame you if you think so, but even pro level athletes use this line of thinking for maximum performance.A story from the book "The Power of Full Engagement" by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz illustrates why frequent rest (in this case, resting from a healthy diet by eating junk food) is essential for long- term success.As a performance psychologist, his (Jim Loher) goal was to understand the factors that set apart the greatest competitors in the world from the rest of the pack.Jim spent hundreds of hours watching top players and studying the tapes of their matches.To his growing frustration, he could detect almost no significant differences in their competitive habits during points.It was only when he began to notice what they did between points that he suddenly saw a difference.While most of them were not aware of it, the best players had each built almost exactly the same set of routines between points.These included the way they walked back to the baseline after a point; how they held their heads and shoulders; where they focused their eyes; the pattern of their breathing; and even the way they talked to themselves.It dawned on Jim that these players were instinctively using the time between points to maximize their recover.Many lower-ranked competitors, he began to see, had no recovery routines at all.The story continues to explain that the competitors who did NOT incorporate a recovery routine went on to become more physically fatigued.Causing negative emotions such as anger and frustration.Leading to muscular tension.And loss of concentration.The moral of this story is simple, continued high performance is only possible with frequent rest.So, how can you use the theory of frequent rest to help you lose weight? Simple.Pick One Day Of The Week Where YouThrow Your Diet Out The Window!Eat anything and everything you want.Have chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast.Dine at Burger King for lunch (have two big macs)! Indulge your pasta cravings at night with a bowl full of spaghetti.And finish the day off with a tub of ice cream.And then get back on your diet for the rest of the week.Indulging yourself like this will silence your food cravings for the week.And make it easier to eat healthy.Six days of healthy eating.One day off.It works like crazy.And you deserve the little break.
Monday, August 20, 2012
Can Cheating on Your Diet Speed Up Weight Loss?
If you've ever been yelled at for scarfing down a whole box of cookies.If any dietician has scolded you for eating the foods you love.If a personal trainer has ever looked down on you for your eating habits.Or.If you simply love junk food like me, then you are going to love what you're about to hear.You can eat all the junk food you can handle and still lose weight.The secret is.It's not WHAT you eat.It's WHEN you eat!The biggest mistake you can make on your weight loss journey is swearing off junk food.This only leads to a downward spiral of stronger and stronger food cravings.The result? Eventually you give into the cravings, triggering an all out bingefest!The problem is food cravings emerge from a physical or emotional need that is not met.Simply ignoring them won't make them go away.They'll just grow stronger and stronger until you POP! That's why you have to PLAN junk food into your diet plan.In fact,.Frequently Eating Junk Food Is The KEY To Healthy Weight Loss.Does that sound crazy?I don't blame you if you think so, but even pro level athletes use this line of thinking for maximum performance.A story from the book "The Power of Full Engagement" by Jim Loehr and Tony Schwartz illustrates why frequent rest (in this case, resting from a healthy diet by eating junk food) is essential for long- term success.As a performance psychologist, his (Jim Loher) goal was to understand the factors that set apart the greatest competitors in the world from the rest of the pack.Jim spent hundreds of hours watching top players and studying the tapes of their matches.To his growing frustration, he could detect almost no significant differences in their competitive habits during points.It was only when he began to notice what they did between points that he suddenly saw a difference.While most of them were not aware of it, the best players had each built almost exactly the same set of routines between points.These included the way they walked back to the baseline after a point; how they held their heads and shoulders; where they focused their eyes; the pattern of their breathing; and even the way they talked to themselves.It dawned on Jim that these players were instinctively using the time between points to maximize their recover.Many lower-ranked competitors, he began to see, had no recovery routines at all.The story continues to explain that the competitors who did NOT incorporate a recovery routine went on to become more physically fatigued.Causing negative emotions such as anger and frustration.Leading to muscular tension.And loss of concentration.The moral of this story is simple, continued high performance is only possible with frequent rest.So, how can you use the theory of frequent rest to help you lose weight? Simple.Pick One Day Of The Week Where YouThrow Your Diet Out The Window!Eat anything and everything you want.Have chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast.Dine at Burger King for lunch (have two big macs)! Indulge your pasta cravings at night with a bowl full of spaghetti.And finish the day off with a tub of ice cream.And then get back on your diet for the rest of the week.Indulging yourself like this will silence your food cravings for the week.And make it easier to eat healthy.Six days of healthy eating.One day off.It works like crazy.And you deserve the little break.
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