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The Gabriel Method of Trimming Without Dieting
I came across the newspaper article in The Star- Trim with Ease- a new method to trim down espouses a nourishing diet and a healthy state of mind (1 October 08).
The method was designed by Jon Gabriel, who weighed 187kg and now he had trimmed to 83kg (height 1.9 metres). He mentioned that he had tried all sorts of weight loss methods such as low fat/low carb diets, naturapaths, homeopaths, personal trainers and even had acupunturist tape seeds to his ear- but none of them worked.
Finally, he had succeeded because he understood the deeper underlying reasons. He states that our mental and emotional stress causes much of the fat gain- something that never got addressed by the more popular diets.
From the article, here are some points he mentioned:
1. We need to nourish our body with nourishing food- then the nourished body will not demand for fattening food. Instead, it will crave healthier food.
2. He recommends lots of greens, organic produce, drink plenty of water, proteins (from grass fed meat, free range chicken, whey protein).
3. He suggests method to overcome the deeper underlying causes (mental/emotional stress/toxins and devitalisation) by adopting methods such as visualisation.
Reviews of Different Diet Plans
PROGRAM THAT REQUIRES YOU TO CUT OFF CERTAIN FOOD GROUPS FROM YOUR DIET:
1. Glycaemix Index/ Glucose Revolution
Different carbs get coverted to blood sugar at a different speed- real human are used as subjects whereby they take the carbs and then have their blood sugar measured at different intervals. The result: the Glycaemix Index (G.I) is formed- whereby food is listed according to categories. GI method says that one can eat carbs- but be wise on the food selection- the slower the carbs get converted to blood sugar, the less you will be triggered to eat. However, GI method had been criticised because it is hard to know the overall effect of GI when you have a plate of food containing an assorted of carbs and protein.
Mooncakes Galore! - how not to overeat
The main ingredients that goes into the making of mooncakes are lotus paste and sugar- lots and lots of sugar. Traditionally, there are the lotus paste mooncakes and ‘kam tui’ (paste fillings consists of various types of nuts). In modern times, we now have many new emerging mooncakes such as chocolate paste, sugar free, ice cream mooncake, pandan, durian flavoured, etc.
So you have sinned in a big meal, what to do next?
During the last few weeks, I’ve been invited to many lunches by friends and colleagues. My friends paid for my lunch from their hearts as their gesture of thanks, and it will not be appropriate to complain about the calories, rite?
If you think you have been ‘bad’, then check out some of the food that I’ve been eating:
Above: My absolute favorite- marmide chicken. Next to it is tauhu (fried in Thai style). There’s also mutton (that I don’t eat) and some veges stir fried with belacan.
Steps to Overcome Overeating
‘Sensible eating’ is crucial to any weight loss program. Of course, everyone knows that if what you consume is less than the energy you have expanded, you will lose weight. But how to get there?
Here’s the chronological articles that highlights my experience step-by-step. I hope these articles will help you:
Phrase 1. Sugar/Carbohydrate addiction is real for some people.
If you have consistent cravings for sugar or foods high in refined carbohydrate, then you could be suffering from sugar/carbohydrate addiction like I did. Most of the time, if a person grows up eating lots of processed food, it is possible to develop the condition. I found that I’ve been misled about the food choices that I’ve made and how this addiction had took away a benefits of a workout (ie not able to lose weight despite lots of exercising) . I thought that overeating is due to my weakness in character- I’ve discovered that for those of us who overeat, it’s not entirely our faults.
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What I’ve Done by Linkin Park- valuable message
Previously, I’ve never been a fan of Linkin Park. However, their song, “What I’ve Done” changed my entire perspective of the group. These are the guys who wrote a song with many thought provoking messages. I think the group would have earn a much bigger fan base that were previously not from their targeted audience, and at the same time, imparting a good message across to their existing fan base - just with that song alone.
The video clip, with a series of pictures, tells a story that a thousand words may not effectively express, but I would like to cover on the portion of food:
All we could think about is food, food, food. In the morning, we think about what we want to eat for lunch, after lunch, we wondered what to have for tea, then for dinner. Sometimes, if we are going out with friends, we are already planning our dinner in our minds.
Diabetes Type 2- it can be reversed
Diabetes, relatively unknown 100 years ago, is now becoming so common. In 2005, it is estimated that 7% of the American population (20.8 million people) have diabetes. Diabetes used to occur in older adults but now is getting common in teenagers and people in their 20s.
The main cause of it is due to sedentary lifestyle and/or high refined sugar consumption:
- Type 1- lack of insulin. The pancreas cannot produce enough insulin, resulting elevated glucose levels in blood. Those who suffer from type 1 diabetes requires regular insulin injections. At the moment, there is no identified cure if all the beta cells in the pancreas have been destroyed.
- Type 2- insulin insensitivity. A sedentary person who have a uncontrollable sweet tooth is very susceptible to Type 2. What happens is that the person constantly take too much of sugar. This triggers the insulin to try to bring down the blood sugar levels and pushing it to the muscles and organs. After a while, the muscles no longer respond to the insulin and thus does not take in the sugar, causing elevated levels of sugar.
Many people, at least those I know, resigned to the fact that they will have to live with this condition for life.
It does not have to be that way for Type 2.
Do you know that there have been cases of people reversing the diabetes type 2 due to exercise and a change in diet? But please be careful if you are surfing for these stories in the net, because some could be selling certain type of product/ fad diet book that is out in the market without any conclusive/ adequate research. If it is really as effective as it claims, then our local government hospitals will be stocking that in their pharmacies- but these so-called miracle pills or herbs never make it to the local hospital’s pharmacies.
