Revolutionary Diet Gets Results

I suppose you think I'll tell you a secret that will create automatic weight loss. Nothing like that is automatic. But revolution can be good for your weight. Let me tell you how.

As a teen you had feelings of rebellion. Every teen has. You who are teen readers know what I mean. Rebelling against the rules at school, your parents demands and a million other things that society expects. They demand and you feel, IT'S TIME TO SAY NO.

That's the spirit of revolution and you can make it work for you and your diet. Think about the times you felt like starting a revolution in your home to change things so they would be more to your liking. Now apply those revolutionary thoughts to your weight situation.

This is the time to write your own Declaration of Independence. Assert yourself. NO MORE BAD EATING HABITS. NO MORE INAPPROPRIATE SNACKING. NO MORE UNCONTROLLED PORTION SIZES. Say to yourself, I Rebel against temptation and bad habits.

You can do it. You can start a one person revolution in a war against FAT.

Keep these watchwords in mind all this week: . <I'm starting a Revolution> against FAT and you will win the war.

Erwin Posner, R.Ph. Brownbagdiet.blogspot.com

Why deny a rat a good, satisfying BURP

Here's some news from the scientific community about dieting. Scientists from Purdue University studied the use of artificial sweeteners in diets as an aid to weight loss. They gave two groups of rats slightly different diets. One group ate yogurt sweetened naturally with glucose. The other group ate yogurt sweetened with an artificial sweetener.

The findings were surprising. Those that ate the yogurt that was artificially sweetened actually gained more weight and body fat than those that ate yogurt sweetened by natural glucose.

Go figure. According to them, we trick our taste sensations when we use fake sweeteners in soda pop and other foods. That tricks our brain into wanting more food and more calories. Both we and the rats in the artificial sweetener group, they say, will gain weight as compared to the control group that used regular sweetener.

That makes a good case for drinking water that has no artificial anything. I don't know why but six to eight glasses of water together with the other restrictions of our diets seem to help dieters lose weight best.

What does that mean to us? Probably not much but maybe it explains why many people who are overweight who never add sugar to coffee, only drink diet soft drinks continue to be fat. It makes a good case for drinking plain water.

Naturally this is only one study. I ask, why deny a rat a good satisfying BURP? If they want to give the rats diet drinks, I think it's OK. Maybe the rats will even take the diet Pepsi challenge.

That's the news from camp wanadiet. Have a great weekend, drink lots of water and don't go too far from a convenient restroom.

Erwin Posner, R.Ph.

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CASINO DIETING

Did you ever hear of Casino Dieting?

I bet you haven't head of it by that name but you do know about it. I like to think that people who jump from their last fad diet to the latest one might just as well consider themselves at a casino.

Now let's be positive and put this into the best light. I'm not going to tell you these serial diets won't help you. However for the long pull you will be best off with a reasonable diet that has a great track record with lots of years with success. You may not get the dramatic losses that fad diets promise, like 20 pounds in 20 days, but you will probably enjoy weight loss that will stay of your hips and other places FOR YEARS AND YEARS.

By the way, have you heard of any weight loss spas that include a casino? Let me know if you have. It sounds like fun, doesn't it?

Erwin Posner, R.Ph. BrownBagDiet.blogspot.com

Pain relief for dieters,

We were discussing the pain of dieting, both the pain of resisting urges while staying on your diet and the mental anguish caused by being overweight.

Let's not enumerate the troubles that too many pounds causes. Let's find out what we can do about it.

Our last watchword/slogan was NEGATIVE VIBES HURT/ POSITIVE VIBES HELP>. This is a follow-up to that discussion. It's important to keep that in mind when you go shopping for food or clothes or when you get dressed up for social events. BE POSITIVE.

That doesn't mean buying clothes that are too tight because you are positively going to lose weight so you can fit into them properly. What is does mean is that you have to leave the past in the past.

Yes, your feelings have been hurt because of jokes or turned down for dates or passed over for roles of leadership at work. But the positive part of this is that you can overcome this and start new.

If you lost your leg in a car accident you can't grow a new one. If someone in your family met an untimely death you can't bring them back. But losing weight is an art you can learn to do and it is the art of the POSSIBLE.

By keeping this in mind you can break with the past negatives and start fresh with the current and future positives. It's up to you to get and maintain a positive mental attitude. This will alleviate the guilt and pain you have suffered from so long.

I said I'd look into free stuff for our readers. This week I found that Nutrisystem is offering the following for men. They probably have an equivalent program for women. Look into it. You can find it in the ads on the side of our blog:

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Erwin Posner, R.Ph. Brownbagdiet.blogspot.com

UNDERSTANDING THE PAIN OF DIETING

UNDERSTANDING THE PAIN OF DIETING

Don't kid yourself. There is pain when dieting. It follows just like the adage, "No pain - No Gain. But if you understand it you can control it and you can overcome it. Next post we will develop some understanding of THE PAIN OF DIETING.

Erwin Posner, R.Ph. BrownBagDiet.blogspot.com

FREE STUFF, FREE STUFF FOR DIETERS, FREE DIETING

This site is full of tips and direct quotes from my book, The Brown Bag Diet- Tips & Clues for dieters from the Pharmacist's notebook. But in addition to tips I've been getting requests free stuff.

Originally I thought getting the tips free instead of buying my book would be stimulus enough for dieters. In other words, I started by offering FREE weight loss tips, directly from the pages of a manual designed as a counselling guide to pharmacists and other allied medical professionals.

That's good, but human nature is bound to get used to that and people ask, "What else can you do for me"? So I scratched my head and thought, you know- that's a good idea. Finding out about nutrition, disease states, and vanity affairs can only go so far.

If the stimulus for losing weight includes free stuff works let's try it. So from now on I'm going to scour the field so I can bring you free stuff along with tips to help you diet to lose weight. So let's give our readers an extra incentive to come back. Next post, in addition to tips, I'll show them where they can get free stuff for dieting. In the meantime lets continue with our tips.

We were discussing the effects of Negative Vibes and how they hurt dieting. Now lets show how positive vibes can help.

When it comes to aattitude it's more than mind over matter. Emotional feelings affect our body chemistry. Body organs react to chemical messengers or mediators. They are called neurotransmitters and three important ones are serotonin, dopamine and nor-epinephrine. Medical science knows a great deal about how these neurotransmitters function. It could be worth spending a few moments talking to your Doctor about this so he or she can put things into the correct perspective for you. You may be asked to help identify those things that trigger your negative or your positive vibes. Don't keep your feelings a secret from your doctor.

Ask to be shown how to handle situations resulting from these triggers causing negative vibes. Ask how to avoid them alltogether. Ask how you can use cool down strategies to relieve tension and frustration. Ask about somatic approaches to relaxation like, deep breathing and muscle relaxation. Finally, ask about cognitive approaches you can use to control your mood.

If appropriate you may be a candidate for antidepressant drugs to elevate your spirits. And elevation of your spirits can be the key to your success.

Remember that positive vibes also use chemical mediation through neurotransmitters. They can enhance your feelings of self worth and make sticking to your diet program eaqsier than you previously thought. Last of all, be patient. Be generous. Be forgiving to yourself. Be a happy dieter and achieve success.

This week I'll be checking for free stuff for you so don't forget to sign in for tips and freebies. As usual I always ask that you forward the Brownbagdiet.blogspot.com address to as many as possible to increase our readership.

I'll be looking for you next week.

Erwin Posner, R.Ph. BrownBagDiet.blogspot.com

Diets: The Positive & Negative Vibes

Diets: The Positive & Negative Vibes

Welcome back to the BrownBagDiet.blogspot.com. I’ve been on vacation also and I know how difficult it is to stay faithful to your program when you’re out of your natural environment and routine. But while I was away I regenerated some positive vibes and that’s what today’s watchword/slogan lesson is about. Today’s watchword/slogan is Negative Vibes Hurt – Positive Vibes Help.

A large component of successful dieting is attitude. I don’t need to tell you that negative vibes make you feel badly. They reduce your feelings of self worth, cause despair, despondency, and depression and lower your willpower to stay with your diet program. It’s easy for me to say just be positive. Let me put it another way. Remove despair and despondency from your vocabulary. They can hurt your chances for successfully reaching your goal.

Nancy Reagan said it when she talked about drugs. “Just say no”, she said. Some are able to follow that advice but most need to find techniques to bolster their resolve and prop up their
willpower to find success.

If you’re just down on yourself because you haven’t yet come close to reaching your weight goals, start thinking positively and DON’T GIVE UP. Don’t get angry. Don’t turn your anger against yourself. Talk to yourself and GET OVER IT.

If you’re having trouble getting started or staying with a weight loss program because of negative feelings, don’t keep it to yourself. Talk to your doctor. Your doctor will measure your symptoms of depression and determine if they have reached levels beyond your ability to cope. There are treatments, both pharmacological and psychological for this.

Next post I will continue developing the subject of how Negative and Positive vibes affect your efforts to lose weight and how you can overcome the obstacles these things present.

I know the information here is useful as we are being quoted in many forums and on many blogs. Your feedback is welcome. Please continue to quote the blog and forward our address to your contacts, forums or internet groups.

Erwin Posner, R.Ph.
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