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Halloween Candy Everywhere; It's Remarkable I'm Not Craving It

Monday mornings typically present a gloomy start to a work week—especially after a holiday weekend. Today as I meander towards the coffee machine to pour some caffeine to jump-start my brain cells, I notice a huge basket of Halloween candy on the break room table, leftover from last night's festivities. As sucker for chocolate, Sweet Tarts and other sugary confections, I would normally succumb to the call of the Sugar Fairy.



But that’s not the case today.



One of the ruins of eating a lot of sugar leads a person like me to crave for more. However, I am fortunate to be void of that desire. How so, one might ask? No, it’s not some miracle shake, green tea or strange pills—nothing to buy as a matter of fact. It just so happens that I have been limiting myself of foods loaded with sugar these past two months in an attempt to reduce my waistline. In addition to having more energy and some moderate weight loss, I have discovered an interesting by product—a loss of craving for the sugar in spite of easy accessibility of the Halloween candy everywhere. It’s not will power. It’s just a simple fact that my body is not craving to replace what it thinks it’s missing.



With the Christmas season rapidly approaching, you may be asking yourself “can I begin something like this today to loss the craving for sugar by Christmas?” If so, there is a way. But getting off of the sugar kick is not easy when starting out. Is there a regiment that will help get this started? Yes, there is.



What has worked for me is a diet that’s low in carbohydrates. There are programs out there, like Atkins, for example. Atkins is free, with the exception of buying the paperback book for around $10—probably less on Amazon than the typical book rack. Other programs that might work are Zone and South Beach. Although I have not tried those, Atkins works for me. Basically, Dr. Atkins encouraged his readers and patients to avoid many of the processed foods that are out there—especially sugar and other “bad carbs.” If we ate the less processed, less sugary and fewer mechanically sweetened foods like our ancestors did, we could opt-out of following the obesity trend in our society. Whichever program you choose, it’s important that you educate yourself on “good carbs” versus “bad carbs.”



If you research the programs now, and get started this week, you’ll be prepared to avoid the gluttony by Christmas—possibility even Thanksgiving. When your Holiday feasts are consumed responsibly, you’ll feel even better on New Year’s, a time when many people set weight loss goals. You’ll be ahead of the game/



All three of these plans, Atkins, South Beach and Zone can help you accomplish your goal of getting off of sugar, having more energy and living a healthier and more vibrant life. Check them out!



Happy November 1st—a new day to usher in the Holiday frenzy with sanity and reason.



Here are the Wikipedia links for these three programs:



Atkins:



http://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Atkins_diet



South Beach Diet:



http://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/South_Beach_Diet



Zone:



http://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Zone_diet

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