Are you Addicted to Carbs?

Hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend!  I was invited to a lovely little bar-b-q in Malibu, up by Pepperdine and Zuma Beach.  Everyone has to bring a little something to eat, but the main food was being catered.  I brought the Cherry Tomato and Watermelon Salad from my book.  If you read my blogs, you saw the recipe for this last week.

So, I’m sitting with some friends and the conversation turns to eating healthy.  Unfortunately, when you’re a personal trainer, it tends to come up.  I don’t mind, though.  It’s what I do and I love it…well that and cooking.

Anyway, I’m telling them about the basis of the way I eat and how I ask my clients to eat which is no starchy carbs after breakfast, if possible.  That gives you your glycogen stores for the day and they’ll be used up by the time you go to bed.  Meanwhile,  the food for the rest of the day consists of mainly proteins and vegetables.   I have to modify this for Vegans, but it seems to work pretty well for everyone.

The woman sitting next to me says,”Oh, I could never do that.  I HAVE to have carbs.”  I explained that she IS having them, just earlier in the day.  She insisted she couldn’t go without them.

“I’m addicted.” she said.  “I’ll go nuts if I don’t have them at each meal.”

I tried to tell her that most starchy carbs, like potatoes, pasta and rice, change to glucose in your body, so she’s really addicted to sugar.  “That, too!”  she yelped.

Oy.  Some people don’t want to hear what they need to change.  They revel in their extra few pounds and can’t get into any kind of a health plan, whether it’s working out or changing their diet.  It’s a catch 22…once you start to eat better, you’ll feel better and not “NEED” those starchy carbs.  It takes 21 days to change your body’s cravings.  That’s it…Give me 3 weeks and I’ll change the way your body ingests, digests and responds.

Try my way for 21 days.  Email me and I’ll whip out a meal plan for you.  I bet you’ll see a difference!

Talk to you later,

Rona