You hear it everyday on television and radio. Americans are overweight. Do they think that is news? All a person needs do is look around them or perhaps in the mirror to know that. The real news about the overweight situation facing all of us is what to do about it.
We all know that lifestyle and temptations are a large part of the problem. It seems like we are all rushing around, grabbing some fast calorie laden food on the run, whether we are hungry or not. We gobble it down without hardly knowing what we ate and we are off again.
A trip to the grocery store is a real source of temptation. Snacks and all kind of saliva invoking goodies abound. No matter how we try the old will power is going to take a beating here.
The combination of these things has caused many people to become a victim of eating addiction. The problem with this addiction is that we don't recognize it as we would a drug or achohol addiction. That is what makes this condition more difficult to treat than other forms of addiction. Of course if you are addicted to something, you should stay completely away from it. The problem is, you can't stay away from food.
You must eat and that has created a whole industry in the supplementary meal industry. The whole idea behind the supplementary meal is that you are not actually eating. You have special products, such as shakes that are supposed to kill the hunger pangs while giving you all the nutrition you need. You are not sitting down to a meal so this is intended to break the addictive behavior and lowers your caloric intake.
The biggest trouble with using supplements is that they are temporary. A real weight loss program is designed to change your eating habits and give you a new lifestyle, that will enable you to keep off the weight you have lost. With supplements, you may lose weight but once you start eating again, there is a danger of binge eating and the lost weight will be regained.
If you feel that you have an eating disorder such as eating for emotional reasons or eating when you are not hungry, then you might well have an eating addiction. This condition should be taken as seriously as a drug or alcohol addiction, because it can lead to obesity, high blood pressure and diabetes.
You don't have to fight this alone. There are groups that are set up to help people deal with food addiction. They follow similar steps that are not unlike alcoholics anonymous and other twelve step programs. Face the facts addiction is a serious matter and eating addiction is as serious as any other addiction.
The sad thing about eating addition is that it is not given the public press that it should have. A lot is written about drug addiction and alcoholism, but very little about eating disorders. However this is a very serious matter and more attention should be given to it. I tell you more about it and how to deal with eating disorders at www.byarcher.com
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