Ever have days when you don’t even feel like crawling out of bed?
I think we’ve all had days like that. In fact, sometimes those days extended for months when I barely had the energy or motivation to lift my head off of my pillow.
Then something interesting happened. I was watching tv in bed (big mistake, I know) and I heard someone describe my problem to a tee. It turned out that I was violating practically all of the rules for losing weight, including eating after 8pm and even worse… eating in bed.
Come to find out, our bodies have some kind of weird mechanism that actually stores fat if you eat too close to your bedtime. It has something to do with our metabolism slowing down while approaching the sleep phase.
I guess it’s kinda like a bear going into hibernation mode. Well, anyway, I was also eating the wrong kinds of food throughout the day and when I stepped back and began logging what I was eating, I discovered that I was addicted t sugar. Yep, the dreaded white stuff.
The good news is that I was able to wean myself off of (processed) sugar by switching to honey as a sweetener. It’s waaay better and totally healthy for you, too as long as you don’t overdo it.I also started replacing sugary snacks with fruit (apples and tangerines are my favorite).
Another thing I did was I began eating raw almonds during the day as a snack. They’re loaded with energy but don’t contain all of that nasty sugar or salt that seems to be so popular.
The final piece to the puzzle was that I began drinking LOTS of water. In the past, I would typically opt for a soda instead but since drinking water all day long, the affects have been pretty darn amazing.
As a result of these few simple changes, I was able to lose nearly 20 lbs of fat in a six week period as well as being able to sleep comfortable throughout the night. It just goes to show that sometimes it’s the simple things that we often overlook that can make the most difference.
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