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<\/a>\u201cWhen I know that I\u2019m going to be going to a party where there are lots of goodies, I just compensate,\u201d a friend told me. \u201cI don\u2019t eat all day and then can eat what I want at the party.\u201d<\/p>\nI put this in the \u201csuggestions for the blog that aren\u2019t a good idea at all\u201d file.\u00a0 Here\u2019s why.<\/p>\n
Your conscious mind knows there is a party coming and can wait for food.\u00a0 There is another part of your brain, though, that controls your body without your even being aware of it.\u00a0 It receives and sends chemical signals to all your organs and the other parts of your body to regulate it and keep you alive and kicking.\u00a0 I call it your autopilot.<\/p>\n
When you skip a meal, your autopilot gets the message from the stomach, \u201cHey, we are out of business here.\u00a0 Where is the fuel?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t know what is up,\u201d the autopilot signals back. \u201cI\u2019ve passed on your message to the conscious pilot, but so far nothing has happened. I\u2019ll bump up the signal strength and try to get through.\u00a0 In the meantime, I\u2019ll send the message to the rest of the body to slow down and conserve fuel. We might be starting a famine.\u201d<\/p>\n
The body gets the message and the organs shift into low gear.\u00a0 The metabolism slows down to a crawl.<\/p>\n
By party time\u00a0 your stomach has been hammering you with the hormone ghrehlin ,which is your hunger signal, for several hours.\u00a0 It takes a while for the message to fade out of your system, so you eat until you are stuffed.\u00a0 Usually party food isn\u2019t the most healthy or the most satisfying, so you are doing considerable damage to your system.<\/p>\n
Foods that are high in refined carbs and sugar are digested quickly and sugar floods into the bloodstream.\u00a0 The autopilot radios down to the pancreas, \u201cPump out lots of insulin. A heavy load of sugar just came through.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pancreas complies and insulin races through your system, giving your body the message to store up the fat.<\/p>\n
Then the autopilot gets back on the horn.\u00a0 \u201cFamine is over for now,\u201d he announces. \u201cWe know that starvation could come again at any time, so we better prepare.\u00a0 Hang on to the reserves.\u201d<\/p>\n
By starving yourself during the day to prepare for a party at night, you have primed your body to gain weight and keep it on.<\/p>\n
It would be smarter to eat small, low glycemic meals throughout the day.\u00a0 If you want to take in fewer calories and carbs during the day so you can have a little more freedom at the party — that\u2019s okay.\u00a0 Just don\u2019t starve yourself.<\/p>\n
Your body is listening to the messages you give it. Make sure you are sending the right signals!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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<\/a>\u201cWhen I know that I\u2019m going to be going to a party where there are lots of goodies, I just compensate,\u201d a friend told me. \u201cI don\u2019t eat all day and then can eat what I want at the party.\u201d<\/p>\n