How to resist Doughnuts?!

I love doughnuts. I used to eat them like crazy when I was (cough, cough) young (I turned 40 a few months ago). Eating 6-8 Krispy Kreme doughnuts was literally a piece of cake. Then I discovered that my body’s metabolism had slowed down – dramatically. I have the feeling even looking at doughnuts makes me gain weight – fast. Yuck.

I work in an office and as it is – someone will bring in doughnuts. I love doughnut days and I hate doughnut days. My brain tells me to get up and grab a doughnut. But – there is this itty bitty part of me that makes me resist. It’s weak. I am weak. I can hardly resist. Something wants me to get up and grab a piece of the “sugar and fat feast” … yummy … #@$%! – stop right here, dude.

In reality I do not want to get up. I have to work hard to keep the pounds off my body. I do an intensive 1 hour cardio 5-6 times a week to shed some weight and to keep the pounds off my waist. I do want a doughnut, but I do not want a doughnut. So, I had to become creative to lose control and to stay in control. I stay in my cube and do not walk by the doughnuts if I can. But often that is not enough. So, I went out to Lamar’s website (Lamar’s Doughnuts is just around the corner and usually the doughnut of choice whenever someone brings in doughnuts) and looked at the nutritional information for their doughnuts. A detailed look at the list usually cures me.

How about a good old-fashioned Cinnamon Twist? 770 Calories, 240 Calories from Fat, 26g total Fat, 7g saturated fat, and 32g of sugar. But there is good news, too. It does not have any cholesterol. An intensive cardio workout of mine burns about 700-800 calories. So, eating one of those monsters is just out of this world for me. In addition to that the fat and sugar my body would have to process already makes me feel sick just reading those values.

Often just reading these tables of nutritional information brings my desire back into range. And if that does not help, there is always Google Image Search where a search for the keyword “obese” will fix the issue. I still love doughnuts though …

The truth about Fiber Diets and Low Carb Diets

Is It true that aLow Carb Diet is low in Fiber?

It is a common misconception or myth that a diet reduced in carbohydrate (low carb diet) is automatically low in fiber. In fact, most non-starchy vegetables and low sugar fruits are quite high in fiber. Think Blueberries and Strawberries as an example. But overall many folks choose the wrong diet and therefore miss out on the important ingestion of fiber – no matter how often you write about the benefits of a well designed fiber diet. We decided to take a different approach and to add a carb blocker to our fiber diet that eliminates a large portion of the problem described above.

During the digestive process, your body converts carbohydrates, found in starchy foods such as potatoes and pasta, into sugar. Your body does this by breaking-down the carbohydrate molecule with alpha amylase, an enzyme that is produced in the pancreas. These sugar calories are either burned off, through exercise, or stored as fat cells for future use. Future use is usually equal to weight gain or better FAT.

Now add Dietrine Carb Blocker to our normal fiber 35 diet and suddenly we had a huge success at our hands. Testers who usually enjoyed a diet rich of carbs did not have to cut back on those food items, but added the Dietrine Carb Blocker to their diet. What is Dietrine Carb Blocker? Dietrine Carb Blocker with Phase 2®, an exclusive, all-natural nutritional ingredient extracted from white kidney beans, “neutralizes” the digestive enzyme alpha amylase before it can convert starch into glucose, thereby reducing the amount of carbs absorbed. Essentially, it allows the carbohydrates to pass through the system with less caloric intake.* Preliminary research and clinical studies indicate that the Phase 2® starch blocker may reduce the absorption of starch, thereby reducing the amount of carbs absorbed, resulting in significantly less net caloric intake.

Our testers reported much more satisfaction from the food choices that were now available. They also reported that their weight loss efforts did not stop, but continued on even though they were eating carbs in normal amounts. We decided to let the tests continue for 6-8 weeks and the results were outstanding. Our fiber diet was still in effect and testers enjoyed a lifestyle during their diet they did not dream about before. No, we cannot report that our testers lost 20 lbs in 3 days, but rather we can report a steady and healthy weight loss – which is much more important in our opinion.

If you want to read more about Dietrine Carb Blockers, please visit the manufacturer’s website accordingly. They also offer a 90 day money back guarantee – which is amazing and for us proves again that this product is working. 90 days is a long time when it comes to dieting.