Brain Overload

I have been suffering from some serious brain overload lately. Every time I turn around I'm hearing one more way to eat, one more food to avoid, one more tip for serious weight loss. Most of them contradict one another. With all of these different people, books and studies telling us something different, how in the world are we supposed to know what to do? Don't eat carbs. Don't eat meat. Don't eat sugar. Don't eat artificial sweeteners. Don't eat fruit after 1:00pm. Seriously?? We can't even eat fruit when we want. What a joke.

I checked out a book from the library called "The Weight Loss Cure 'They' Don't Want You to Know About" by Kevin Trudeau. While some of the things in the book are good advice, the actual plan is just ridiculous. Who in the world has time to go to the doctor every morning before work to get an hcg injection? And of those people, how many of them can actually afford to do that? My insurance company would make me pay the office visit co-pay as well as the injection co-pay, if they even covered the injection at all. He said to eat 100% organic food. Very nice in theory, but who can afford that?? I can't feed 4 people on 100% organic food. If I could, trust me, I'd already be doing that. He got me thinking about all of the food we eat and the drinks we consume and it just made me afraid to eat or drink anything at all. I was afraid I would get fatter, get cancer or something else equally horrendous. I spent 2 hours at Walmart shopping for food that week. Reading labels, trying to avoid any and everything with hydrogenated or partially hydrogenated anything. I tried not to get anything with high fructose corn syrup, which wasn't as easy. I was so stressed out by the time I left, I was wound up in one big knot. I just ended up telling myself, I can't do all of that. All I can do is my best and try to eat more fruits and veggies and watch my portion sizes.

I also checked out a book called "I Can Make You Thin" by Paul McKenna. Yes, I'm desperate. I've decided I'll try almost anything, including hypnosis. I figured, even if the whole hypnosis thing doesn't work, maybe he'll have some tips on overeating. I was right. He has 4 golden rules of eating and really, they're really easy and we should be following them anyway, but we don't. Basically, he says not to deprive yourself of the foods you want, just don't gorge yourself. Eat when you're hungry, don't wait until you're starving. Eat slowly and enjoy every bite you eat. Don't overeat until you're miserable. The basics. I'm only halfway through the book, but already, I feel better. Like there's hope for me after all. I can't wait to pop in the cd and see what hypnosis is all about. Hopefully, I won't end up clucking like a chicken at work.