Lose Weight & Stop Cravings TODAY!!!

Well – it’s Zoe here. Haven’t been on in a while. I’m coming back to my blog as a healing exercise for myself. Here’s a little bit of my story. I’ve been off sugar for about 8 or so years. It was shortly after September 11th. I still had some low sugar products at that time, and finally was completely done by 2002. I went through some time in 2007 where I experimented with artificial sugars, and found they completely messed me up. If they work for you, or someone you know, then “good on ya”. I wouldn’t attempt to change your mind. BUT for me, they triggered sweet cravings, to the point where I HAD to have them. I’ve been completely off them for a while. I always knew they weren’t good for me.

ANYway….This blog was meant to encourage other people fighting the sugar, food/fat, cravings battle. I have incredible will-power, and probably you do, too. What totally sucks is the CRAVINGS!! What about the person that doesn’t have cravings? Are they using willpower to get through the day? No. They don’t have to fight. The person with cravings has to fight, until the body chemistry is evened out. Mine has been good for a while, and my health went down this year. Im getting back on educating myself, and sharing it in this blog. I might recommend products, or advice, or just vent! I also went through all my posts, and some products I was promoting, and deleted all the pages of info I wasn’t doing myself. I want this journal / blog to be up to date, and VERY REAL – so we can all help each other. PLEASE, IM BEGGING YOU, leave comments of what has WORKED FOR YOU to stop cravings and healthily lose weight, firm up, etc. I also want to explore better health in general, share what I find – for life is not meant to be THIS STRUGGLE that many of us food cravers go through. IT SHOULDNT BE SO HARD!!!

Well, Im having a hard time today, cuz of my hormones, and Im afraid my pre-diabetes. I am eating “perfectly” – meaning veggies, protein, healthy fats, some healthy carbs, nuts and my supplements/vitamins. AGHH!! It doesnt seem to be helping today. It could be hormones – not to share too much information, just sayin’.

While I do absolutely recommend CLEANSING and FASTING [under supervision] , I believe I have done TOO MUCH over the past year. I lost alot of weight, but Im afraid I depleted myself of too many vitamins and minerals, and therefore I am always STARVING!!

Moderation, Zoe, Moderation. It’s all a learning curve. I lost alot of weight cleansing, but also lost alot of my hair. I know I am not alone on this. But there HAS to be a better way that gives us a peaceful relationship with food, a rockin body that enjoys to move, AND a full head of hair?? All I had was the rockin’ body. I dont care WHAT anyone says, its NOT ENOUGH. Ive HAD the perfect body, with intense food cravings. And massive skin and hair problems. I am all about BALANCE at this point. And having energy.

I hope you continue this journey with me, and we can help each other. For this is LIFE AND DEATH for many of us with food problems, absolutely LIFE AND DEATH. Do you know what I mean???? We HAVE to eat balanced, we have to exercise, we have to reduce stress, we HAVE to balance our chemistry. It’s scary that we have gotten our bodies all out of whack – sometimes by doing TOO much of a good thing, strangely enough. BUT lets work together and heal the world [well at least our world of food addiction / confusion / cravings/ imbalances / emotional pain]. I want to live!! I want to live happily and CRAVING FREE DARN IT ALL!! We deserve it. There are answers, otherwise life would be this bizarre, cruel joke.

Hopefully, soon you will see more encouraging posts from me. The only thing that is helping my sugar cravings/food cravings [Hella Intense, by the way] is lots of protein, olive oil/hummus with veggies, green tea, and walking. I dont feel at all that I am going through emotional eating, although in the past I have. I feel my body is out of whack.

I can say though – if there is one tip I can give you – If you can handle Caffeine – try Organic Japanese Green Tea. [Instead of coffee, even better] Tons of anti-oxidants, and a metabolism boost, as you probably already know.  If I find a good link, I will post it. This stuff REALLY helps me in the morning, after a breakfast of usually eggs and veggies.

Ok, God Bless – Peace be with you. Here’s to writing VERY TRUE, HONEST, GUT WRENTCHING Blogs – and hope we can help each other. Be Strong, but ALSO be KIND to yourself and OPEN to many forms of HEALING!!

love, Zoe Z.