Fish is candy for brain and body.
I have tried most diets. Not that I am fat, or slim for that matter. But because I have an unhealthy obsession with sugar. I've tried the GI and I've tried Atkins. I have tried to stop eating sugar altogether and I have tried to just live as I usually do. Nothing has worked at all.
Glauber salt is not a song by the German band Rammstein. It is a white powder that you eat in the morning of the first day you start a liquid-based cleansing diet. The idea is that you, for a few days, only consume fluids in the form of juices and a special tea. I had no idea what Glauber salt was. So I ate it by the spoonful. Then I emptied my stomach inside and out. You could say that I was completely empty afterward. It was not a pretty sight.
The first day I was tired and thought only of food. The second day, I was tired and thought only of food. The third day I began to get my energy back and thought less and less about food. The fourth day I became hyperactive. The fifth day I reached some kind of balance and began to work again. The sixth and seventh day I felt bright and fresh. A calm arose in me and I lived my life without thinking of sugar, food and snacks. I didn’t have to snack.
Then a couple of weeks went by and I was back to square one with pizza, sodas, sugar and junk food. I have tried most diets but they don’t work.
The only thing that has worked well is what I’m doing now, eating smart. Cooking tasty and healthy food as often as I can. Exercising at least once a week and trying to eat candy just once a week. Like a small child would. Smart structures and rules that we try to stick to. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.
Text: Navid Modiri
Required time:
1 week or less
Cons:
It feels easier to walk to the falafel place on the corner and buying something but it's just pure laziness.
Pros:
You’ll save money, feel and look better. It will affect the rest of your life more than you think.
