{"id":598,"date":"2013-03-07T03:33:45","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T08:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=598"},"modified":"2012-12-14T05:36:10","modified_gmt":"2012-12-14T10:36:10","slug":"lose-the-fat-not-your-temper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2013\/03\/lose-the-fat-not-your-temper.html","title":{"rendered":"Lose the Fat — Not Your Temper"},"content":{"rendered":"

I still remember asking a friend, \u201cHow is the diet going?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all over,\u201d she said sadly. \u201cMy husband brought me a doughnut and begged me to eat it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Now, why would a loving husband insist his wife go off her diet and eat a doughnut? \u00a0Because she was driving him crazy.\u00a0 The medical name for her condition is\u00a0 Diet Crab-ola<\/em>. \u00a0You dieters know what I\u2019m talking about.\u00a0 When you suddenly restrict your calories and cut out the sugar and carbs,you get cranky.\u00a0 There are several good reasons for this.<\/p>\n

For one thing, you start thinking of how you are suffering. Then you think that it would not be necessary for you to suffer if people would only accept you as you are.\u00a0 Then you begin to think mean thoughts about your spouse or friends who let you know you aren\u2019t as attractive as you were several pounds ago, which prompted this suffering in the first place. Those mean thoughts turn into mean words and actions.<\/p>\n

But we have an answer for Crab-ola.\u00a0 For one thing, you aren\u2019t losing weight to make someone accept the way you look.\u00a0 You are doing it for YOU, so you can live a healthier, more fulfilling life.\u00a0 No need to be mad!<\/p>\n

Secondly, you are going to do reasonable things that you can do forever, so you aren\u2019t going to suffer through a day of eating only 500 calories worth of celery sticks.\u00a0 Doing crazy things that make you miserable also makes you crabby — so don\u2019t do them.<\/p>\n

There are other, physical reasons for Diet Crab-ola.\u00a0 One is the fact that toxins are stored away in your fat tissue. When you burn fat, the toxins start floating around in your system, making you feel lousy.\u00a0 For most of us, lousy feeling = crabby.\u00a0The answer? Drink lots of water to flush out the toxins.\u00a0 Eat fiber, or, if necessary, take a fiber supplement to keep the toxins on their way out.\u00a0 And hang on.\u00a0 You will get past this.<\/p>\n

When you start doing things right, sometimes your body starts complaining and your autopilot doesn\u2019t know how to respond.\u00a0 It has adapted to \u201cwrong\u201d for such a long time that \u201cright\u201d throws it into a tailspin.<\/p>\n

Again — just hang on. It will sort itself out and will soon be better.\u00a0 Just look at it as a bump in the road on the way to a life beyond gorgeous.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a suggestion:\u00a0 Make provision for Diet Crab-ola in advance. Tell your spouse and friends, \u201cI may be a tad crabby over the next few days. Please disregard any unkind thing I might say. And do NOT bring me any doughnuts.\u201d<\/p>\n

Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/em><\/p>\n

Susan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n

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