Saturday, November 24, 2007

Five Tips To Stop Food Cravings

Are you trying to get rid of food cravings and having no luck? Are you plagued by sugar cravings and chocolate cravings? Do you snack more times in the day than is good for you? Would you like to reduce the amount of food you eat during your meals? Why do you have to go on a strict diet and spoil all the fun? Recent research shows that cravings may well be due to a sort of food addiction to certain chemicals contained in food but it has to be proven scientifically.

In the meantime.. craving food is much more widespread than craving nicotine, alcohol and other substances. Maybe one of the reasons you might feel like you are craving food is because you are craving the missing nutrients. It is unfortunate that craving food is part of what comes with taking certain types of medications. Also maybe the person (female) who craves food is pregnant; craving food is a symptom of being pregnant. My favourite craving food is a peanut butter and cool ranch dorito sandwich. Vitamins and minerals and healthy omega 3 fats can also help you feel more energetic and you may get out and walk or exercise more often. Here are five tips that I have found useful to get rid of food cravings:-

1.If I wake up at night and am heading for the fridge, a glass of water placed strategically helps to stop me in my tracks!

2. I try to eat fruit before a main meal - let us say about half an hour beforehand. This helps to fill me up.

3. I brush my teeth straight after eating- this helps me to stop snacking afterwards- i.e. having a piece of chocolate. The minty taste of toothpaste seems to reduce my food cravings.

4. All the gurus tell you to eat slowly- well so slowly in fact that they say it takes about twenty minutes for the stomach to tell your brain that it is full! Imagine waiting 20 minutes between one helping and another! As this is hardly practical, I would just suggest you eat slowly.

5. Everybody tells us that we should NOT be doing another activity while we are eating. Why? Because apparently eating in the car or while watching TV distracts us so that we tend to eat more than if we were just giving all our attention to eating. Setting the table and making the meal an occasion helps as well.

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How to Become a Yoga Teacher Who Everyone Wants to Learn From

What are a yoga teachers biggest challenges? Is it the hours of yoga teacher training? Is it the continuing education? No, education and certification can be a challenge, but its none of these issues that make up the biggest challenge.

The largest challenges yoga instructors face are influencing students to independently take care of their own health and to maintain their yoga practice. It is extremely difficult to change the way people think.

The saying, People are creatures of habit, is so true. If a student sat on the couch for decades, a yoga teacher needs extraordinary powers of influence to keep that student from going back to the life of a couch potato. So, what can a yoga teacher do? Here are some ideas for yoga teachers to retain student interest.

Inspire them with your passion for yoga. Have you ever had a low energy day? If you did, and you taught a yoga class, you can bet your students had a feeling something was not quite right about that class. The amount of energy you bring into a class is transparent.

If you are a motivator, and you strive for excellence, you will inspire your students to be the same. The only way to lead a yoga class is by being an inspiration. If you are anything less, you will resemble the masses who hate their jobs. I have yet to meet a yoga teacher who does not like to teach classes. Therefore, make sure your students know how much you love yoga.

Copyright 2007 Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, has written many books on the subject of yoga. He is a co-owner and the Director of yoga teacher training at: Aura Wellness Center, in Attleboro, MA. http://www.riyoga.com He has been a certified Master Yoga teacher since 1995. To receive a Free yoga e-book: "yoga in practice," and a Free yoga Newsletter, please visit: http://www.yoga-teacher-training.org/index.html

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