There they are again, the three, four kilos of sofa and television bacon, nicely hidden under thick knit sweaters. And like every year, reports the bad conscience, now time finally a diet to begin before the spring comes and the cover blows up. So is wanted on the internet or in the bookstore feverishly for the new weight-loss method that truly brings. Unfortunately, most diets have a catch: you spoil us the pleasure of eating and make us unhappy. We fight turns against hunger and to our self-control. Sure, maybe we lose a few pounds, but usually sneak the little buggers back on our hips, even before the first summer dress hanging in stores.
Head switch - recognize what the body really needs
On the way to work, a latte with caramel syrup on hand. Why? Because it's raining and Monday morning. An important presentation coming up? Quick a piece of chocolate. Oh, dear no less than three. Missed the bus? Then pick up now the pretzel with cheese from the bag. "Our emotional state is closely linked to our eating habits," says Chopra. We are constantly looking for gratification and find the quickest and easiest in the form of saturated makers that our taste buds by sugar, salt and fat stimulate. But before we squashed the last bite, we feel bad already. Because the effect is not long holds. And because we are champions in following wrong eating pulses.
"Most people make the triggers of their eating behavior completely unaware," says nutrition expert. "They react without thinking." It is this impetus it was necessary but to keep in mind. Instead between various obligations remotely for something to eat to grab Chopra advises, to approve a moment of mindfulness. Why I just want to eat? For distraction from boredom or nervousness? "Ask yourself whether your body just really needs food," says the expert. "You might find an alternative activity that slightly shifts your reaction to the rear or superfluous." The best pinning you look at an alternative catalog on the refrigerator door or desk drawer: You could drink a glass of water, replying to an e-mail or a call friend. "Every time a new reaction fruitful, we break with the automatic." The memorable message "I have done the right thing, and that's good for me" makes sure that you make a conscious decision in the coming weeks and months more and more often instead your spontaneous desires to give in. It is also important, listen inside in all sorts of everyday situations in itself. In the shower makes you aware of how you slept and how fit the body feels. At the desk you stops to check briefly whether the feet cold, back or crooked eyes are glassy. And whenever a decision is required, you can treat yourself to a moment of reflection, to not be rushed, but wax quiet of a state to act integrated. Chopra: "If you can make awareness techniques a habit, you will gain a fresh look and new possibilities for action." Little by little, one feels the fate ("I cannot resist," "I have no time") less delivered. And you begin to realize that you can actually rewrite his personal story at any time.
"Assign each weekday with a different theme," advises Deepak Chopra. On Mondays, switches from passive to active: take the stairs instead of the elevator to go for a walk instead of watching TV, turn the conversation to a topic that interests you, let's talk about the other place. Tuesdays replace everyday by inspiring: Read great poetry, listening to musical masterpieces, consider a natural spectacle. On the next few days you button up more counter pairs before: create recovery Islands in addition to the work, replace sluggish routine against vivid colors and spices, throw away stale and put out fresh. "Important is to make every action by an internal set deliberately, 'Now I am active' or 'Now I'm optimistic.' '
Eat better - Detoxify, recharge energy and keep balance
Once you have this consciousness programmed positively, it is much easier to adapt the diet of the new way of life. One might start, for example, to put the issue of ease into focus: not just by taking possible natural and fresh foods and calorie drinks preferable but by doing it every day something that lightens the mood.
"According to the principles of Ayurveda, the entire color spectrum should be included in a meal, thus satisfies us entirely a meal," says Chopra. Foods with deep, rich colors are particularly rich in antioxidants and contain many nutrients that strengthen the immune system.
Also a variety of flavors is important: Hot spices like chili and horseradish have an antibacterial effect. Herb legumes or vegetables (eg. As lentils, artichokes, spinach) aid digestion. Bitter lettuce as radicchio and arugula dampen the appetite. A small dose Treat (better than fruit vinegar) has a balancing effect. Salty referring in moderation of soy sauce, fish and meat products. And Sweet, one should not fail, according to Chopra, but "make it a special source of joy that you can treat yourself in moderation and without guilt". The more varied bringing the flavors used, the smaller the portions may fail at the end, without them taste like deprivation.
Replace instead forego the motto: Instead of bread grain often can in its original form on the table, as quinoa, wild rice or millet. Who to want to do without meat, accesses nuts and legumes. When fats and oils are preferably those of vegetable origin. And at breakfast helps a warm organic milk to keep the cravings for a Nutella sandwiches at bay. One tactic in order not to let the insulin levels to rise quite as strong, also, to wait with the chocolate bar to the main meal. Then the other nutrients dampen the effect.
Who wraps or watching TV next to the food, quickly succumbs to the danger of eating on the appetite also. Slowly chew, is the motto. Not charging you fork or spoon again before you have swallowed the previous bite. For mindful eating includes, after half a plate serving to take a ten minute break. According to Chopra gives you his body so the chance to register, if he really is still hungry. Discomfort, dizziness and a bloated stomach are always signs that He has given over the traces. Before the meal, the expert recommends a glass of soda with angostura bitters (you can find in specialty stores in the spice rack) to drink. In order to maintain the balance of the body, advises Chopra to insert now and then a gentle detox day. For fruit breakfast you swallow two teaspoons of olive, sesame, linseed and evening primrose oil (available as a mixture in health food stores). Lunch makes you look a juice made from fiber-containing vegetables and enjoying the evening a minestrone. So it detoxifies without effort, lightens your mood and boost your energy level.