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You will be much more conscious of what you are eating when you are sitting down and not just snacking mindlessly. You’ll be conscious of exactly what kind of food you’re eating for probably the fist time in your life. It’s true that some of the toxic chemicals that you have in your body can affect the weight control mechanism and getting rid of them with can help your metabolism work better. If you eat because you feel sad, bored or angry then you will know that it does not make you feel any better for long. I have to point out here that although Carol is going back to the detox diet for 3 months to lose the weight she has piled on that is not it’s main purpose.
Carol Vorderman Is Back on Her Detox Diet - The Detox Specialist Carol Vorderman Is Back on Her Detox Diet - The Detox Specialist
According to Beck, you have to distract yourself by going for a walk, talking to a friend, or busying yourself with work and the desire to eat will pass. It seems that Carol was not able to follow her own advice and consumed “vast amounts” while filming for the show and was unable to stop at just a mouthful. How many times have you intended to have just one cookie or one piece of chocolate and then ended up devouring the lot?
Wait 20 minutes or so until you feel calmer and and you will make healthier decisions about what to eat.
I’m terrible, once I start eating certain kinds of food, I go on eating them, so I’ve got to re-train myself.She applies the techniques used in Cognitive behavior therapy to the thought processes behind the way we eat. I have been eating a healthy diet for so long now that I would not enjoy eating things that I know are bad for me. An important concept to learn is “I can eat what I want or I can be thinner but I can’t have it both ways”. Beck says that every time you eat something you know you shouldn’t you build the tendency to give in. She points out that most thin people choose healthy food and eat smaller portions than they would really like.