{"id":448,"date":"2010-01-12T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-12T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/01\/less-is-more-more-or-less-give.html"},"modified":"2010-01-12T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2010-01-12T01:00:00","slug":"less-is-more-more-or-less-give","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/drnorrischumleysatisfiedlife\/2010\/01\/less-is-more-more-or-less-give.html","title":{"rendered":"Less is More, More or Less: Give-Back Diet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the 9th day of our &#8220;Give-Back Diet&#8221; program, the continuation of a new week together to help each other &#8220;give-back&#8221; to pounds, lose weight and get healthier.&nbsp; If this is your first day, welcome.&nbsp; If you&#8217;re continuing, welcome again and congratulations to you.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to suggest that you keep doing what you&#8217;ve been doing: keeping a journal, eating less and less sugary foods, substituting salad and vegetables for one meal a day, walking and moving, and most importantly: giving back to others and to God.<\/p>\n<p>Someone told me the other day, that they had &#8220;given back&#8221; about 500 calories by eating a barbecue chicken and spinach whole-wheat wrap instead of a &#8220;Big M___&#8221; triple cheeseburger with sauce and cheese.&nbsp; I asked how it made them feel, and the response was, &#8220;great!&nbsp; It made me able to have a glass of wine later.&#8221;&nbsp; I laughed, congratulated my friend, and said I hoped it was red wine, as that&#8217;s been shown to be healthy for the heart, and only one glass.&#8221;&nbsp; They laughed too.<\/p>\n<p>Another friend was feeling particularly down about not being able to stop the late-night sugar bingeing (and alcohol) she was so addicted to.&nbsp; I explained that addictions are really a big challenge as we&#8217;re not only emotionally addicted, we&#8217;re physically too.&nbsp; The &#8220;food&#8221; industry has done it&#8217;s best for decades now to get us addicted to sugar.&nbsp; Our brains are wired to crave sugar, once we&#8217;ve abused it.&nbsp; My overly simple solution is to &#8220;give-back&#8221; the sugar addiction, here&#8217;s how in today&#8217;s&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>ACTION PLAN<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be sure to have fruits on hand, so when you have a sugar addiction craving, you&#8217;ll answer the call with a complex sugar, instead of a simple one (such as added sugar, or sugar-like substances).&nbsp; Complex sugars, from fruits and some vegetables, as less sweet, contain actual nutrition, and are handled more slowly by the body.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Do a &#8220;forgiveness&#8221; prayer\/meditation today.&nbsp; Set aside at least 15 minutes to be by yourself, or with a trusted friend, get quiet, turn off phones, media and computers, and just take a few breaths.&nbsp; Once you&#8217;re quiet and have taken a few deep breaths, say a prayer to God or your Higher Power stating your mistakes and errors, and ask for forgiveness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Once you&#8217;ve done this, take another five minutes or so to be totally quiet and &#8220;listen&#8221; for God to respond.&nbsp; He usually communicates in surprising ways:&nbsp; through the Bible, or in a word, or a feeling of connection, or sometimes in nature.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please post a comment below, if you like, and share with us what you asked God to forgive you for.&nbsp; It may be anonymous, or a pseudonym, or your real name.&nbsp; I&#8217;ll start:&nbsp; I confess I had a few too many whole-wheat crackers and peanut butter last night.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve prayed to God, and immediately received forgiveness, and a direction to eat less for breakfast this morning, so I cut my morning oatmeal serving in half, thanking God.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the 9th day of our &#8220;Give-Back Diet&#8221; program, the continuation of a new week together to help each other &#8220;give-back&#8221; to pounds, lose weight and get healthier.&nbsp; If this is your first day, welcome.&nbsp; If you&#8217;re continuing, welcome again and congratulations to you. 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