Thought Lateral » early http://thoughtlateral.com Looking at the world laterally, but that's beside the point ;-) Wed, 09 May 2012 12:33:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 #65 How eating when hungry can help you stay slim http://thoughtlateral.com/2010/09/21/65-how-eating-when-hungry-can-help-you-stay-slim/ http://thoughtlateral.com/2010/09/21/65-how-eating-when-hungry-can-help-you-stay-slim/#comments Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:19:53 +0000 Denver http://thoughtlateral.com/?p=482 The disparate division of food on the globe causes problems not only for those who have too little, but the health effects are well known for those who have too much.

The growth of shopping trolleys over the years and marketing methods used to influence people to consume more is well documented. This extra consumption only presents us with increased temptation to eat more.

Often the extra snack, or even meal, is not only extraneous to our body’s requirements, but also a waste of time that could be spent doing something more useful.

One affirmation I’ve used and found it to be  a great time saver is to only eat when hungry. If at the end of a long day I’m more tired than hungry I’ll skip having a late dinner rather than just eating to ensure I’ve had a set amount of meals per day. I’ve found late meals to be the one that adds girth to the waist more than any other meal.

This has the added benefit that I awake earlier the next day, with a good appetite for the most important meal – breakfast.

]]> http://thoughtlateral.com/2010/09/21/65-how-eating-when-hungry-can-help-you-stay-slim/feed/ 0 #11 Get up on the sound of the alarm http://thoughtlateral.com/2009/12/30/get-up-on-the-sound-of-the-alarm/ http://thoughtlateral.com/2009/12/30/get-up-on-the-sound-of-the-alarm/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:32:10 +0000 Denver http://thoughtlateral.com/2009/12/30/get-up-on-the-sound-of-the-alarm/ What is the difference between the alarm going off in the morning and getting out of bed? For me it is the snooze time in between.
When the alarm goes off I’m still semi-concious and hit the snooze button for extra repose. So the time set on the alarm to get up is not the actual time I arise.
How do I get up at the set time? I could set the alarm earlier, so that after snoozing I’d be up at the time planned. However this is interpreted by a freshly awoken brain as “useful time when I should actually still be asleep”, and consequently it feels it is owed extra slumber than the snooze button will give.
The optimal solution is to arise on the sound of the alarm, yet my freshly woken mind is convinced that the one hour for morning tasks (allocated before I went to bed) can be accomplished in just half, which leaves the other half hour for snooze time.
Coersion, threats, etc, have limited impact upon the awoken mind. The most significant impact I’ve found is to bed down earlier the night before, which significantly increases my chances of getting up on the alarm. So changing me over time from a night owl to an early bird.

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