The Cookie Diet: Why Not; And What’s Next?
Surprise, surprise – a new diet! Cookies and weight loss? I’m certainly not knocking it; after all, I did write an article called, “The Dunkin’ Donuts Diet.” Can you lose weight eating cookies? Of course you can. Do diet plans really work? Of course they do. Every diet plan works for some people; but no diet plan works for everyone. And that should tell you something about the true nature of weight loss. Not surprisingly, experts have said that the cookie diet is another bad idea. But, honestly, what do experts really know about anything? Just like the rest of us, they know what they’ve been told – and a very small percentage of that is even remotely close to the truth. If experts knew so much, they would have already solved all of our problems, now wouldn’t they?
Experts shun the cookie diet because it is lacking in fresh produce, etc. Pay attention, experts: There are many places in the world that lack fresh produce and always have. Humans are famous for adapting; we can eat anything and thrive. As long as the Earth has been populated by humans, we’ve been putting things in our mouths to determine if we like the experience or not – not to determine if it is a part of a well-balanced diet. Humans are survivors. Humans are vehicles for experience. “Experts,” on the other hand, are people who paid good money for answers and cling tightly to the information they were given – if they didn’t, it wouldn’t be valuable. Every diet plan is created by some kind of expert; and every diet plan is opposed by some other kind of expert. Experts are a dime-a-dozen. Don’t you wish cookies were as affordable?
There is a simple truth about life and all diets seem to ignore it. Life is for living – not for worrying about what you’re eating. Imagine ancient humans who were happy to find anything to eat – not neurotic about eating enough servings of this or that. Think about animals, for example. Cows are made of meat, bone, muscle, fat, etc – just like humans. Yet cows make those delicious steaks out of grass and water, air and sunshine. Elephants and Gorillas are very similar; they are very large and are vegetarians. And look at dogs; they’ll eat whatever you give them. It’s pretty easy to find those elements in practically anything we eat. How our bodies shape those elements, however, is a matter of psychology. Interestingly, dogs typically won’t be overweight unless their owner is. Hmmm… Humans are made primarily of Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen and Carbon; and we’re formed around some energetic or informational design. We’re made of the same basic elements of most every living thing; but we take on a different shape. I submit to you that our shape is not so much determined by what we take in as what we take in is determined by our shape – psychologically, that is. In other words, it’s not what we’re eating, it’s what’s eating us that makes us fat.
Stressful thoughts and beliefs cause the release of stress hormones that slow our digestion and convert undigested food into fat for storage. Coincidentally, stressful thoughts create uncomfortable feelings most of us soothe by eating food for distraction. Medicine is famous for interchangeably using the concepts of “causation” and “correlation.” Food isn’t causing us to be fat; stress causes us to eat AND it also causes our bodies to produce fat. Stress is the enemy – not food. This is the reason diets are famous for not working. All diets will cause the body to burn off some excess fat; but, if there is no change in our thoughts and beliefs, our body will take the first opportunity to restore the status quo – with a little extra protection this time. Ancient scholars, philosophers and holy men alike, told us that we are the products of our thoughts and that the health of our bodies is determined by the health of our mind and thoughts. Learning to be happy is essential to good health.
So eat those cookies. Eat donuts. Eat whatever you want. But first, get a life and get a grip on your thoughts and emotions. If you do, you’ll find you don’t have as much time or desire to eat. But, if you don’t get a grip on your mental life, you’ll probably find that you have a knack for turning even diet food into fat. A cookie diet? Why not? It certainly isn’t any more or less ridiculous than any other diet plan. But, whether you believe it or not, what you do with your mind, thoughts and life will determine if and how long you maintain any success or results you may experience. The cookie diet will work if you believe it will and allow it to. But no diet will work if you don’t change your mind and thoughts — the mind and thoughts that created the stress that created the fat in the first place. And that’s just the way the cookie crumbles.
Splenda Makes You Fat? Don’t Be Surprised…
According to a study published in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, consuming Splenda decreases intestinal flora and causes weight gain. Don’t be surprised; most diet substitutes, supplements, remedies, plans, programs and other “miracle” solutions that sound too good to be true simply aren’t true. Users of these products typically react to these kinds of revelations with shock and anger — defending their new favorite products by parroting the same marketing material that convinced them to buy it in the first place. But it shouldn’t be too difficult to believe that corporate America will never out-smart or out-perform Mother Nature.
Your body is a miracle; making chemicals that taste enough like “real” food to trick the average person is a cheap magic trick. Your body knows what to do with naturally occurring foods — even cane sugar. Your body does not, however, treat artificial products like the real, or natural, product just because your taste buds are tricked. Weight loss and healthy weigh maintenance are not a matter of tricking your tongue; and it really isn’t about limiting yourself, either. True, healthy living starts in your mind and is expressed through your body. A person who is not stressed out all the time will simply not spend their time “self-medicating” with junk food. And a body that isn’t stressed will process food more effectively, as well — assimilating what it needs and eliminating the rest. Though this may not be the most popular line of reasoning among corporate America — the people who feed you taste-bud-tricking-toxins to make a buck — but it is nonetheless true. Your body knows what to do if you let it. That’s always been the case; and no chemist will ever outsmart the Maker of YOU.
So do yourself a favor: Eat real food; eat what you want; eat when you want; and work on eliminating the stress in your life and thoughts. We all know people who eat like birds and exercise like fanatics but can’t seem to lose weight or create a “healthy” appearance. Likewise, we all know people who eat whatever they want, whenever they want, but never gain an ounce. Have you ever considered that the person who eats like a bird is constantly worried and stressed about things — including their body, appearance, weight, and what the food they eat will do to their body? Don’t worry, if you get a handle on the stress in your life, you won’t naturally default to eating as a distraction or a form of self-soothing. Stress management — not sugar substitutes — is the key to a healthy life and to making any weight-loss program produce lasting results.
Free Tele-Class Reminder: "How Weight-Loss Myths And Misconceptions Could Be Causing You To Hold On To Unwanted Pounds And Inches"
Free Tele-Class Reminder!
Important Information about the First of Two No-Cost February Tele-Classes:
February Class #1 with Pete and Jenn:
“How Weight-Loss Myths And Misconceptions Could Be Causing You To Hold On To Unwanted Pounds And Inches”
Join Pete Tuesday at 8:00 PM Eastern as he talks about Common Weight-Loss Myths and Misconceptions — and how he lost 55-lbs. by simply changing his mind and perceptions about the realities of food and fat. If you believe that eating food makes you fat, or that eating certain kinds of food — or at certain times — causes you to gain weight, then you’re going to want to hear this information!
Pete will also be talking about how beliefs and belief systems cause our bodies to produce and hold on to unwanted body fat — and what you can do to change the way your body deals with food. Jennifer will also be joining us to share some insights on the psychological and emotional aspects of weight gain and retention. This promises to be a very enlightening and empowering class — full of new information that you do not want to miss!
We look forward to “seeing” you there!
Below is the call-in number for the upcoming tele-class on: “How Weight-Loss Myths and Misconceptions Could Be Causing You To Hold On To Unwanted Pounds And Inches”
Date: Tuesday, February 10th, 2008
Time: 8:00pm Eastern
Tele-Class Number: 1(218) 936-7999
Access Code: 264321#
Please direct any questions to: Questions@TheBeliefFormula.com
Weight-Loss Myths And Misconceptions: Free Tele-Class Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Join us Tuesday evening as Pete Koerner discusses Weight-Loss Myths and Misconceptions that could actually be keeping you from winning the “battle of the bulge.” Most people think they’ve got it all figured out: “All I have to do is exercise and starve myself – and avoid the foods I love — if I want to lose weight and be fit and trim.” Well, guess what – that simply isn’t the truth. In fact, thinking that way could be the very reason you hold on to unwanted pounds and inches!
Your body simply doesn’t process food the way the food, diet, exercise, and medical communities would have you believe it does. These entities are all continuing to grow – getting bigger and richer while Americans get fatter and fatter. But, if they had the answers, you’d think the situation would be slightly different in this country; where over two-thirds of the population is overweight – and half of them are actually considered to be “obese.” This is a growing problem; typical ways of thinking about food, fat, and weight-loss aren’t working – because they are wrong. Our current way of looking and thinking about these things, in fact, is making matters worse.
If you believe that, “Food makes me fat…” or, “Calories make me fat…” or, “Eating at restaurants makes me fat…” or, “Eating at night makes me fat…,” or even that you can lose weight by simply exercising, then you need to hear what Pete has to say about weight-loss and the human body and mind.
The Free Tele-class will be Tuesday, February 10th, and 8:00 PM Eastern and will last approximately 90-minutes. The telephone number for this class will be emailed Monday evening and/or Tuesday morning – along with a reminder to listen in. To sign-up for this Free Tele-class, simply click: www.ExploreExpandEvolve.com/free_download/ and download your Free Illustrated Guide to the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Pete will tell you how you can use this manual to quickly and easily erase the reasons your body really holds on to unwanted weight.
If you have specific questions, please direct them to: Questions@TheBeliefFormula.com and we will do our best to answer them prior to the class.
HCG Diet Dangers: Is Using HCG Worth The Risks?
Many people, when hearing of a “new magic-bullet,” don’t want to hear anything other than how it can help them and where they can obtain their new-found cure or miracle. The emotional turmoil of struggling with weight-issues blinds many people to the obvious fallacies propagated by those selling the new cure, as well as the many risks associated with invasive attempts to alter their appearance. If you want to take a risk with a new diet remedy, that’s your decision; but there are at least two-things you should know about hCG first: For starters, it’s not new; and, it’s never been conclusively shown or proven to cause or increase weight-loss – not even by the guy who suggested this “new” method of dieting over 50-years ago.
Weight Loss Realities: Lose Weight Eating Donuts? Why Not?
What’s more ridiculous, the idea that the health care profession completely understands the human body and has still created a situation where over two-thirds of the U.S. population is overweight, or the idea that maybe they’re wrong about their “obvious” assumptions about food, fat, and weight-loss? If you understand a problem, and are taking the proper steps to resolve it, the problem would go away. If you make assumptions about a problem – based on what you believe to be obvious observations – and your actions seem to only make matters worse, it is time to reevaluate what you think you know about the situation. In the case of America’s futile efforts to win the “battle of the bulge,” we have been operating on a false premise all along; food is not the enemy, our ideas about diet and nutrition are.
Does Eating Fat Really Make You Fat? Absolutely Not.
One of the athletes my wife works with is a Gold-medal equestrienne who has ridden high-performance horses for years. Recently, after reading a story about horses running “cooler” with more fat in their diet, she conducted an experiment with two of her world-class horses – brothers with very similar physical characteristics. The results were interesting, to say the least; but one thing was certain – a high-fat diet does not cause weight-gain. Food, in fact, doesn’t cause or make us do anything; it is simply an experience that provides nutrients that we can use in any number of ways.
The "Dunkin’ Donuts" Diet: Can You Really Lose Weight Eating Donuts?
It may seem completely unbelievable; but the truth is: Food does not make you fat. Of course we’ve all been told that eating fat makes you fat, or eating sugar makes you fat; but this simply isn’t true – and, at some level, you already know this to be the case. I’ve actually proposed a book called, “The Dunkin’ Donuts Diet,” in which I outline many of the points I’ve been talking about for a number of years – including the fact that I lost 55-pounds without giving up one of my favorite treats: Dunkin’ Donuts. But I’ll give you the secrets right now – in condensed form.
Losing Weight by Drinking Water: 7-Ways Water Helps You Lose Weight Just by Drinking It
Everyone knows that a human cannot live without water; but is water a miracle drug? Many health care professionals would say that it is. Dr. Masaru Emoto, author of The Messages From Water series of books, would certainly support the age-old practices of priests in many religions of imparting blessings and "miraculous" healing properties to water using nothing more than prayer, or intention. Some might say that Holy water, or healing waters, may only have power in our minds; but remember - our minds have power over our bodies, our health, and our lives.
The "Fight Against Cellulite" on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet — and Other Alternatives
The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet dedicated part of its Thursday, June 19, 2008 show to the fight against cellulite – the lumpy fat cells that look like “cottage-cheese” under the skin. Cellulite is believed to affect up to 90% of the female population; and a large number of men – though men aren’t affected by cellulite nearly as much as women. And, there doesn’t seem to be any real solutions that work. Or is there?
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