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TODAY'S BLE TAKEAWAY
Switching gears now (how's that for a transition...), as part of the 14 Day BLE challenge that I started, one of the components is watching a daily video from the founder of the program, Susan Thompson. One of my takeaways from this morning's video was the following statement: "Behavior is always preceded by a thought." For example, before you eat something, you think about whether you're going to eat it. In this program I'm not supposed to eat sugar. Susan reminds us that willpower alone is not enough to keep from eating a sugary item, so she's come up with three different mantras I can use as part of the "thought process."
Mantra 1: Don't eat (drink) that no matter what, no mater what don't eat (drink) that.
Mantra 2: That's not my food (drink)! ("NMF" in BLE speak).
Mantra 3: That's not food (drink), that's poison.
The last mantra seemed harsh to me at first, but Susan goes on to explain that sugar is a "chronic, dose dependent, hepatotoxin." If I understood her explanation of hepatotoxin correctly, this means that fructose (such as table sugar, beet sugar, high-fructose corn syrup, etc.) is processed in the liver, and any excess fructose is stored there until the body needs to use it. If too much is stored, it gets released into the blood stream as fat globs called triglycerides which end up lining the arteries and causing heart problems, etc. Hence, it is toxic to the body. Flour is also a toxin, except flour is not solely processed in the liver, so it's not a hepatotoxin.
I'm going to try to employ these "think first" mantras for those times when I'm tempted to drink a glass of wine with dinner or sneak a piece of chocolate from my colleague's candy dish. Do you have any tips, tricks or mantras that you use to keep yourself from eating something you shouldn't? I'd love to hear them! Comment below!
2 comments:
Rich & Margaret's wedding, of course! I have that picture, too! Very much enjoying reading your post and as pre-menapause literally has punched me in the gut the past 6 months (and a new boyfriend who loves to cook doesn't help either!), you are energizing me on my mission to get back in better shape before my cruise at the end of February!
Ding, ding, ding! We have winner! Yes! Rich and Margaret's wedding! Thanks so much for reading and commenting! Hope to see you soon! Also, I love your blog name, but I'm certain you've never had a "mom fail!"
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