My recent illness has given me a new insight into something that might help us all loose weight and keep it off. For me it has been painful swallowing and difficulty in swallowing. It is amazing how you think twice about eating when pain overcomes the pleasure principle. And it is all natural.
I am currently working on a diet of 2,500 calories a day. If I count right it works well for my height and bone structure. If I can walk regularly it is even better. I find that for the last four days when swallowing was painful, I had no trouble staying well below my limit. I came close one day but the others were a piece of cake, if you will excuse the metaphor (or is it a simile?).
This could take two forms of approach. A pill that induces a sore larynx when you approach a benchmark would work. If the pain lasted long enough a person might develop some new habits and a more healthy diet.
Another way would be to install some kind of sensor that counted calories and monitored weight. When your weight went above your limit, the pain was turned on and turned off when you got control again.
Some people claim that the devil made them do it. Why not claim that the pain made you not do it. Pain is a great teacher because it is up close, personal and hard to ignore.
homo unius libri
I've got a healthier (maybe) and cheaper way-have your wife count your calories and slap you up alongside your head if you go over! Hey, no need to thank me! ;-)
ReplyDeleteShe tried and still tries. The problem is that I am so stubborn that I find ways to eat even more when she isn't looking. That kind of pain doesn't seem to work for me. But thank you.
ReplyDeleteGrace and peace.