Visualization for Weight Loss -The Gabriel Method

Part III: Physical Stresses that Activate the FAT Programs

counting calories, carbohydrates, fats, and proteins, which is what all diets do, and they usually stop right there.

Applying the Principles Is Not Hard As a general rule, a good meal should have three ingredients in it—protein, omega-3 fatty acids, and live food. If you have these three elements, you will be more nourished, less toxic, less hun- gry, and you will eliminate many of the physical stresses and starvation signals that activate your FAT Programs. Anytime you are eating a meal, ask yourself three questions:

1. Where’s the protein? 2. Where’s the live food? 3. Where are the omega-3s?

The presence of these three factors does something else that is crucial for weight loss: they keep your blood sugar levels stable for long periods of time. When your FAT Programs are on, you lose the ability to regulate your blood sugar properly. This is because the cells of your body become resistant to the hormone insulin, so your insulin levels start to rise. Insulin is the fat storage hormone, and it prevents your body from burning fat efficiently. Everybody’s so focused on calories in and calories out, no one even bothers to ask the question “Do I even have the ability to burn fat at all?” And when your insulin levels are too high, the answer is no, not really. You also lose the ability to keep your blood sugar levels sta- ble when your insulin levels are too high. Elevated insulin levels cause frequent low blood sugar episodes that lead to exhaustion and ravenous junk food cravings (just think about how you sometimes feel at three or four in the afternoon, or late at night). “Dead carbs” cause your blood sugar levels to spike, and this makes your insulin levels rise even higher only to cause your blood sugar to plummet an hour or two later. The result: further carb cravings. That’s why you’re sometimes hungry for sweets a

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