Here is a little Food for Thought...
Did you know that if you feed the wrong stomach, you can actually gain weight! Yep. But if
you feed the right stomach, you may actually lose weight!
What's that? You didn't realize you had two stomachs? Let me explain.
You see hunger seems to stem from two different processes in your body - you either THINK
you are hungry or you actually do FEEL hungry.
If you THINK you are hungry, you are most likely just craving things like pizza, chips,
cookies, and chocolate. Because you want to eat it, you mistake that craving for hunger.
When you do this, you are feeding your brain's stomach. Wrong stomach!
When you actually FEEL hungry, you can pretty much pinpoint the feeling. Where is it?
Ummm....let's see....oh that's right.....in your ACTUAL stomach! FEELING hungry is
perfectly natural. In fact, it means that your metabolism is burning and requiring more fuel.
Go ahead and feed it...it's the right stomach!
Try to get into the habit of asking yourself this question before you eat:
Where is my hunger coming from - my brain or my stomach?
Then make a decision based on your answer. Of course what you eat is important as well.
But I'd be willing to bet that if you gave this a try for one week, you just might make some
different choices. And those different choices could lead to some different results!
Could you stomach that?
Mike Thornton
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