Major Cause of Overeating

When I first started changing my diet years ago, overeating was a daily thing. I couldn’t help myself — I just felt hungry all the time.

This really had me puzzled. Here I was, eating a healthy diet, supposedly getting all the nutrients my body needed, yet I was still feeling hungry. What gives?

Back then, two things were happening:

First, my body actually wasn’t absorbing as many vitamins and minerals as it could — like it does now — because nutritionally, it was building its reserves and getting the toxins out.

Second, and this is a major cause of overeating, there was what I call the psychology factor. Basically, I was just used to my stomach feeling "filled" the way it felt after eating highly processed cooked meals. My brain had no experience with the raw food I had started to feed my body, so it kept sending out signals that I must be hungry, simply because my stomach just didn’t feel the same!

The psychology factor is the reason why we reach for ice cream, or chocolate or apple pie or whatever when we’re stressed or sad — or even happy. They don’t call them comfort foods for nothing! READ MORE

Comments

[Louise]

Hi Nancy, I've been reading your (Health Lady Weekly) e-mails and find them very interesting. Thank you!

1) As for the liver cleansing, is this recommended on a daily basis for a certain period or is it just a one morning cleansing?

2) A while back I had looked into your 21-day program but now I see that you have a 7-week diet makeover. Unfortunately, I have gained weight around the middle section which I call my summer weight gain. In the winter I go to the gym 3 - 4 times (high impact type cardio and endurance training) and try to eat very well. In September, along with getting back to my regular exercises, I want to improve my eating habits. Is there something you can recommend that would help me get motivated and on the right track?

I would appreciate your feedback before I make a decision on which of your programs would be most beneficial for me! Doris is coming to Ottawa next week for a visit. I know that in June when she came down, she was doing some type of cleansing which you recommended, I will ask her to share her experience with it also!

Thank you and have a great weekend, Louise.