YOUR HEALTH RESOLUTIONS FOR A HEALTHY CHINESE NEW YEARWritten by Theresa
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3.Put together a good health care team. This includes a dentist, a nutritionist & a medical doctor to help you keep in shape from head to toe. 4.Get enough sleep. At least six up to eight hours a night will do. 5.Quit smoking and drink alcoholic beverages moderately. 6.Drink at least eight glasses of water everyday. Ever feel sluggish? Based on researches, lack of water is number one trigger of daytime fatigue. 7.Take time everyday to do something you enjoy. Read, paint/draw, dance, cook, talk to a friend, etc. 8.Feed your soul. People may be healthy physically but spiritual health should never be forgotten. As saying goes, “prevention is better than cure and health is wealth.” Whether it is Chinese New Year or not, taking good care of your health is an all-year round obligation that should not be taken for granted. Kung Hei Fat Choi!
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| | Four Stages of Breaking an AddictionWritten by Caryl Ehrlich
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Stage Two – Begrudging attempts You join a weight loss group or purchase a book and decide, however grudgingly, you’ll give it a try. “I don’t want to do this, but I’ll pick one no-coffee day. I don’t want to weigh myself twice a day. I don’t want to write down everything I eat. I don’t want to eat a bowl of cereal for breakfast. I don’t want to eat breakfast, but I will because I want to weigh ________ pounds. Stage Three – Surprise, I enjoyed it “I tried hot cereal at breakfast and I enjoyed it. I tasted most wonderful soup for lunch one day. I didn’t think I’d like it, but I did. I had a cup of hot water instead of tea one night and it was actually very nice.” Stage Four – The new way becomes comfortable and preferred way It’s important to know, however, that attachment you seem to feel for certain foods is not predicated on how much you “love” that particular food. Rather, it indicates how very addicted you are to numbing yourself with that food. Thinking about food, getting food, eating food in a certain way, has become an integral part of your self-medicating ritual. The thought of not “acting out” (not getting your drug) causes you great anxiety. You eat item (bread, beverage, candy, popcorn, etc.) to relieve discomfort caused by not eating item. Consider not drinking coffee and getting a headache and then drinking a cup of coffee to relieve discomfort caused by not drinking coffee. It’s like a puppy chasing its tail. Knowing there are four stages to breaking an addiction will help you be pro-active in traveling through stages two and three and shifting from resistance to change all way to knowing new way is comfortable, preferred way. This information will break you of food rituals you use to help quell your anger, anxiety, or other uncomfortable feelings or thoughts. Then you can deal with feelings more directly, more appropriately.
This article is an excerpt from the book Conquer Your Food Addiction authored by Caryl Ehrlich. Visit her at http://www.ConquerFood.com to know more about weight loss and keep it off without diet, deprivation, props, or pills. Contact her at Caryl@ConquerFood.com or call 212-986-7155.
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