I don't know what Bill Gates thinks he's doing but hey I guess he wants to feel sexy. Lucky for him I like compter guys.
Tuesday, January 18, 2005
Chocolate Zucchini Brownies
Mix in Large Bowl
2 - 2 1/2 cups grated zucchini
1/2 cup ripe mushed banana (about 1 medium, if I don't have enought I add applesauce)
1 T water
2 tsp vanilla
Mix Seprately:
2 cups flour (I use 1 cup whole wheat, 1 cup of unbleached white)
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt
1/3 cup coco powder
2/3 cup sugar ( more if you like it sweeter)
I subsituted the sugar for chocolate chips, you don't really need the extra sugar.
Fold dry ingredients into wet, batter will be stiff. Back in nostick oblong brownie pan (mine I think is 7 x13) at 350 degrees, 25- 35 minutes till toothpick comes out clean (mine is always done in 25 minutes but I have a heavy pan that cooks fast).
no sure how many servings, I used 18
86 cal, 2 gm Fiber, Trace Total Fat for 18 Servings.
Enjoy this cake is very moist and last about a week. Perfect for low sugar chocolate crave.
2 - 2 1/2 cups grated zucchini
1/2 cup ripe mushed banana (about 1 medium, if I don't have enought I add applesauce)
1 T water
2 tsp vanilla
Mix Seprately:
2 cups flour (I use 1 cup whole wheat, 1 cup of unbleached white)
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2tsp salt
1/3 cup coco powder
2/3 cup sugar ( more if you like it sweeter)
I subsituted the sugar for chocolate chips, you don't really need the extra sugar.
Fold dry ingredients into wet, batter will be stiff. Back in nostick oblong brownie pan (mine I think is 7 x13) at 350 degrees, 25- 35 minutes till toothpick comes out clean (mine is always done in 25 minutes but I have a heavy pan that cooks fast).
no sure how many servings, I used 18
86 cal, 2 gm Fiber, Trace Total Fat for 18 Servings.
Enjoy this cake is very moist and last about a week. Perfect for low sugar chocolate crave.
Tuesday
Tally
am 1 toast 1
noon 2 toast 2
2 ham slices 2
1 cheese 1
pickel
mayo 1
Tuna Casserol
This was really cheesy but I really wanted some warm comfort food.
whole wheat pasta 2 cups 6 cups 6
Cheese all types, smoked gouda, polvorone, kraft single slices.
1 Green Pepper.
14 points
juice and sprite. 1 point (just counting the spash of juice)
cream in coffee 1
That's 22 if I can keep it to that. I can I'm totally full.
am 1 toast 1
noon 2 toast 2
2 ham slices 2
1 cheese 1
pickel
mayo 1
Tuna Casserol
This was really cheesy but I really wanted some warm comfort food.
whole wheat pasta 2 cups 6 cups 6
Cheese all types, smoked gouda, polvorone, kraft single slices.
1 Green Pepper.
14 points
juice and sprite. 1 point (just counting the spash of juice)
cream in coffee 1
That's 22 if I can keep it to that. I can I'm totally full.
Monday, January 17, 2005
Monday Tally
Coffee
Milk 1
Turkey Breast and Ham Subway Sandwich with cheese 7
Pasta at dinner, mulit grain stuff. 6
Tomoto Spinich Sauce 2
Chicken Breast 3
19 So far.
Tortilla 2
Light Cream Cheese 1 Tbsp 1
bit of zucinni cake 1
That's 23
Ballet -1
22
Milk 1
Turkey Breast and Ham Subway Sandwich with cheese 7
Pasta at dinner, mulit grain stuff. 6
Tomoto Spinich Sauce 2
Chicken Breast 3
19 So far.
Tortilla 2
Light Cream Cheese 1 Tbsp 1
bit of zucinni cake 1
That's 23
Ballet -1
22
I thought Jessica was real
I thought that Jessica was the one girl who was real, but I guess I was wrong again.
Moral of the story. If you lose weight your chest is going to shrink, happens everytime.
Moral of the story. If you lose weight your chest is going to shrink, happens everytime.
Monday - Migraine Article
I'm woke up with a pinch in the side of my head, nothing unmanagable but I know what's coming if I don't take it easy. I'm having coffee, caffeine helps they say.
Okay so this article out of the Province totally jumps out at me.
MIGRAINES COULD BE LINKED TO MINOR HEART DEFECT!!!
Mom did you tell me I had a little heart thingy as a baby, I don't really remember.
K I just have to type some of this out.
A simple heart operation could cure migraines. Doctors believe there is a direct link between minor heart defect, present in up to a quarter of the British population, and a migraine, which affects one in 10 adults. When patients have a procedure to close a "hole -in - the - heart," some reported that their migraines had disappeared or had been reduced in severity or frequency.
The heart defect is known as paten foramen ovale (PFO). Most people live their lives unaware that they have it.
About 20 yrs ago, it was found by chance that, in divers, there was a link between PFO and migraine.
When they needed a PFO closure to treat decompression sickness, those who suffered migraine reported that attacks had stopped.
With PFO, a flap between the two upper chambers of the heart fails to close completely at birth. This allows balls of deooxygenated blood in the right atrium to pass into the left atrium, where they mix with the oxygenated blood being pumped to all parts of the body including the brain.
These balls of blood have not been filtered properly and carry with them bits of a clot or chemicals. It is this, the doctors speculate, that could trigger the migraine attacks if they reach the brain.
Moral of the story be nice to people who get bad headaches because the're not faking it, it really hurts!!!!
Okay so this article out of the Province totally jumps out at me.
MIGRAINES COULD BE LINKED TO MINOR HEART DEFECT!!!
Mom did you tell me I had a little heart thingy as a baby, I don't really remember.
K I just have to type some of this out.
A simple heart operation could cure migraines. Doctors believe there is a direct link between minor heart defect, present in up to a quarter of the British population, and a migraine, which affects one in 10 adults. When patients have a procedure to close a "hole -in - the - heart," some reported that their migraines had disappeared or had been reduced in severity or frequency.
The heart defect is known as paten foramen ovale (PFO). Most people live their lives unaware that they have it.
About 20 yrs ago, it was found by chance that, in divers, there was a link between PFO and migraine.
When they needed a PFO closure to treat decompression sickness, those who suffered migraine reported that attacks had stopped.
With PFO, a flap between the two upper chambers of the heart fails to close completely at birth. This allows balls of deooxygenated blood in the right atrium to pass into the left atrium, where they mix with the oxygenated blood being pumped to all parts of the body including the brain.
These balls of blood have not been filtered properly and carry with them bits of a clot or chemicals. It is this, the doctors speculate, that could trigger the migraine attacks if they reach the brain.
Moral of the story be nice to people who get bad headaches because the're not faking it, it really hurts!!!!
Sunday, January 16, 2005
Sunday
We'll at 3:00am I had my post dancing meal, teen burger at A&W with fries. It was very delicious and I ate it with lots of joy. Besides that I had a bunch of drinks none of which I seemed to have paid for. I went with lots of cash but only spent $4 dollars so I can't complain. It was a good night, Mirage always plays good dance tunes. My gold heels kept slipping though I need to get a good rubber grip put on the end of the heels.
Okay I want to be healty again today but Mom is making Sunday dinner so I know that will be like 15 points.
I'm going to have
coffee, just as soon as on of us gets around to making it.
One dippy do egg. The kind were you boil it semi soft and then dip toast. So that's 3 points, but I might have 2 and make it like 5 or 6 points total.
I need some juice too 1
So that's 7
It's 2:30pm and I'm so tired, I want to watch a movie but I feel guilty I have so much stuff to do today. Kate I just called you and your sleeping. I think I'm going to make this new peach and pear herbal tea I just bought. It's expensive for tea so I figure it's gourmet and tastes really good. Okay I really need to get up and go do something......
Dinner at Parents.
I went to my parents for dinner tonight. My dad phoned at 1:00pm this afternoon because it was imperative that he know whether or not we would be coming cause he wanted to make prime rib. We went and the prime rib was actually fabulous. That whole rule were your supposed to fill half your plate with veggies and the other with carbs and protein did not apply. Dad and Quentin had the biggest pieces of meat possible its was like something a cave man ate. All this grizzle and a huge bone, gross. I filled 3/4 of the plate. My Mom and I ate the outside crusty parts because that's were all the seasoning is, that was good.
For carbs I witnessed my Mom take the baked potato wedges from the oven pan put them in a bowl and then take the remaining fat from the prime rib pan and dump 1/3 of it in the serving bowl for the potatoes. I was like Mom ummmmmmm, o well, too late now. We also had carrots slathered in butter. They slide so much I could barely keep them on my fork.
Despite my complaining it was the best darn dinner I've had in weeks. It had so much flavor, I felt like I was eating out of a butter container.
For points I'm not even going to bother, let just say I blew the night.
Also I don't want to fail to mention that my Mom did make a salad but I needed to use a separate bowl.
After dinner we had some family fun. My Dad told me that he wants to take my children to lessons so I better get started. I told him to bugger off. Then he decided that everyone has their price so he's like, "how much do I need to give you to get a grand child out of you." I told him 100,000 grand. Mom then told Dad to stop it!
Then my Dad decided that I should go out for lunch with him tomorrow and help my grandma go to the doctor. I told him I'm trying to be on a diet and I didn't want another fatty meal. He decided to complain about that for 10 minutes.
Bradley and Quentin were getting bored with the conversation so they decided to have a dance athon in the kitchen while Dad harassed me. Quentin decide to out do Brad by doing and head stand. Brad couldn't do it so next thing they went to the living room were theirs carpet to teach Brad. I decided standing on my head was more fun than being interrogated by Dad.
Mom came to the living room and Quentin and I were the only one who could do the head stand I tried to teach Brad but apparently my underwear was showing out my back as I did the teaddy bear stance, so I got a negative reaction for that.
I could stand on my head for only 3 seconds before rolling forward, it's hard. Quentin could stand for 21 seconds. I'm a bit jealous and will have to practice. Brad couldn't even do the teadybear stance.
My Dad stayed in the kitchen on the sofa cause he doesn't like to move too much. I told him he needs to lose 60 pounds before he can take my kids to lessons. What lessons I have no idea.
Anyways I'm so glad to be home, Quentin and I are going to watch the movie Troy which seems peaceful in comparison.
I'm going to make myself some expensive herbal tea. :)
Okay I want to be healty again today but Mom is making Sunday dinner so I know that will be like 15 points.
I'm going to have
coffee, just as soon as on of us gets around to making it.
One dippy do egg. The kind were you boil it semi soft and then dip toast. So that's 3 points, but I might have 2 and make it like 5 or 6 points total.
I need some juice too 1
So that's 7
It's 2:30pm and I'm so tired, I want to watch a movie but I feel guilty I have so much stuff to do today. Kate I just called you and your sleeping. I think I'm going to make this new peach and pear herbal tea I just bought. It's expensive for tea so I figure it's gourmet and tastes really good. Okay I really need to get up and go do something......
Dinner at Parents.
I went to my parents for dinner tonight. My dad phoned at 1:00pm this afternoon because it was imperative that he know whether or not we would be coming cause he wanted to make prime rib. We went and the prime rib was actually fabulous. That whole rule were your supposed to fill half your plate with veggies and the other with carbs and protein did not apply. Dad and Quentin had the biggest pieces of meat possible its was like something a cave man ate. All this grizzle and a huge bone, gross. I filled 3/4 of the plate. My Mom and I ate the outside crusty parts because that's were all the seasoning is, that was good.
For carbs I witnessed my Mom take the baked potato wedges from the oven pan put them in a bowl and then take the remaining fat from the prime rib pan and dump 1/3 of it in the serving bowl for the potatoes. I was like Mom ummmmmmm, o well, too late now. We also had carrots slathered in butter. They slide so much I could barely keep them on my fork.
Despite my complaining it was the best darn dinner I've had in weeks. It had so much flavor, I felt like I was eating out of a butter container.
For points I'm not even going to bother, let just say I blew the night.
Also I don't want to fail to mention that my Mom did make a salad but I needed to use a separate bowl.
After dinner we had some family fun. My Dad told me that he wants to take my children to lessons so I better get started. I told him to bugger off. Then he decided that everyone has their price so he's like, "how much do I need to give you to get a grand child out of you." I told him 100,000 grand. Mom then told Dad to stop it!
Then my Dad decided that I should go out for lunch with him tomorrow and help my grandma go to the doctor. I told him I'm trying to be on a diet and I didn't want another fatty meal. He decided to complain about that for 10 minutes.
Bradley and Quentin were getting bored with the conversation so they decided to have a dance athon in the kitchen while Dad harassed me. Quentin decide to out do Brad by doing and head stand. Brad couldn't do it so next thing they went to the living room were theirs carpet to teach Brad. I decided standing on my head was more fun than being interrogated by Dad.
Mom came to the living room and Quentin and I were the only one who could do the head stand I tried to teach Brad but apparently my underwear was showing out my back as I did the teaddy bear stance, so I got a negative reaction for that.
I could stand on my head for only 3 seconds before rolling forward, it's hard. Quentin could stand for 21 seconds. I'm a bit jealous and will have to practice. Brad couldn't even do the teadybear stance.
My Dad stayed in the kitchen on the sofa cause he doesn't like to move too much. I told him he needs to lose 60 pounds before he can take my kids to lessons. What lessons I have no idea.
Anyways I'm so glad to be home, Quentin and I are going to watch the movie Troy which seems peaceful in comparison.
I'm going to make myself some expensive herbal tea. :)
Saturday, January 15, 2005
Saturday
Fresh new day, we're so lucky that we can go to sleep at night and wake up and be refreshed. You think sometimes that it would be faboulus not to sleep, but naaaa I think we'd be missing out. Imagine if one day always blended into the next, then we would never have a chance to dream. Thinking about it, I can't even begin to imagine what I dreamt about last night, but I know I did. Dreaming is an emotional house cleaner, it's like organizing your files on your desk. You take all the random thoughts that you really didn't have time to deal with during the day and sort them out. I think that's why the stuff I haven't thought about all day I sometimes get a big dream about. I haven't had a big dream in awhile, hopefully I'll dream about a big feast, with lots of cheese and pickels my 2 most favorite foods in the whole world. Anyways that's my 2 cents for today.
Tally
Porridge, 2 I think
1/2 Bananna 1
Coffee/Cream 1
Turkey Lite Small at Quizons 7 Points
Ceaser Shrimp Salad
Parmesan
Shrimp 2oz 1point. I think I had 3 oz. 1.5
Renee's Naturally Light Dressing only 1
Tally
Porridge, 2 I think
1/2 Bananna 1
Coffee/Cream 1
Turkey Lite Small at Quizons 7 Points
Ceaser Shrimp Salad
Parmesan
Shrimp 2oz 1point. I think I had 3 oz. 1.5
Renee's Naturally Light Dressing only 1
Friday, January 14, 2005
Friday
Just got back from the gym, I did my body pump class first time in awhile and I did pretty good. I was getting tired by biceps but then they played Vanilla Ice, Ice Ice Baby. And I just had to flex just a little harder. I also heard the word bikini during the song, so I was like oh yah I'm doing this because of the bikini. After class I decided I should run on the treadmill, I did just 10 minutes at level 4 but that's better than nothing. Kate next time buddy (can't remember his name) looks at me and says, "so do you run" I can go oh yes I do instead of listening to you break out laughing in the background. But I am complimented he thought I was a runner!!!
Okay food
I have toast, 1
Cheese 3 Darn I actually looked at the points on the polvorone and it's 3 not 1.
Ham slice 1
I weighed myself at the gym and I'm down to 138.8 I know that's all water loss but at least I'm getting somewhere. If I'm going to fall asleep with my stomach growling just a bit, I need results to keep going.
Oh for activities I think I should get 3 points. I'm going to have to read the WW book again I think I'm bending the rules to make it easier on myself.
Had a big salad for lunch with my Mom at the pub by her office. (their is nothing healthy at pubs)
Spinach Salad
Had Egg, Chicken, Bacon
10 Points for sure. But I didn't eat the garlic toast, I just left it there.
For Dinner having a baked potato with veggies fried, with some left over chicken and then cheese and sourcream on top. I don't care how many points it is.
potato 2
chicken 3
cheese slice 1
non fat sourcream 1
that's 7
And were watching a movie later so I'm having popcorn later 2 points.
That's 25
I might have some zucchini cake later too so that could put me at 27.
Okay I blew it tonight!!!!!!!!! Our friends came over and brought chocolate croissant ring, and I made these mexican thingys and I just ate ate ate. I'm going to be good tomorrow, it is so hard to restrict what you eat, just so hard......
Okay food
I have toast, 1
Cheese 3 Darn I actually looked at the points on the polvorone and it's 3 not 1.
Ham slice 1
I weighed myself at the gym and I'm down to 138.8 I know that's all water loss but at least I'm getting somewhere. If I'm going to fall asleep with my stomach growling just a bit, I need results to keep going.
Oh for activities I think I should get 3 points. I'm going to have to read the WW book again I think I'm bending the rules to make it easier on myself.
Had a big salad for lunch with my Mom at the pub by her office. (their is nothing healthy at pubs)
Spinach Salad
Had Egg, Chicken, Bacon
10 Points for sure. But I didn't eat the garlic toast, I just left it there.
For Dinner having a baked potato with veggies fried, with some left over chicken and then cheese and sourcream on top. I don't care how many points it is.
potato 2
chicken 3
cheese slice 1
non fat sourcream 1
that's 7
And were watching a movie later so I'm having popcorn later 2 points.
That's 25
I might have some zucchini cake later too so that could put me at 27.
Okay I blew it tonight!!!!!!!!! Our friends came over and brought chocolate croissant ring, and I made these mexican thingys and I just ate ate ate. I'm going to be good tomorrow, it is so hard to restrict what you eat, just so hard......
Thursday, January 13, 2005
Thursday
Today I'm very tired and grumpy. Bradley was here with his freinds a tad late last night and then I couldn't sleep in the morning. Quinny needs to stay 10 feet back right now, until I feel more cheery, otherwise I might kill him unnecessarily. Sorry honey, that's just how miserable I am right now.
Tally
Toast 1
Ham 1
Cheese 1
Lunch Tuna Sandwich
Bread 3
Tuna 3
Mayo 1
Cheese 3
That's 10 points but it was good.
So I'm at 13
Time to get some soup.
Veggie Soup from Save-on 2
Zuccuni Loaf 2
Cottage Cheese 4
Latte Tall Non-fat 2
That's 23
Tomorrow morning I'm going to the gym, it's time to do some running on the tread mill, Kate your kicking my ass at the gym. I should be better now, no more slacking.
I might even try hot yoga again on Sat, man that's intense.
Tally
Toast 1
Ham 1
Cheese 1
Lunch Tuna Sandwich
Bread 3
Tuna 3
Mayo 1
Cheese 3
That's 10 points but it was good.
So I'm at 13
Time to get some soup.
Veggie Soup from Save-on 2
Zuccuni Loaf 2
Cottage Cheese 4
Latte Tall Non-fat 2
That's 23
Tomorrow morning I'm going to the gym, it's time to do some running on the tread mill, Kate your kicking my ass at the gym. I should be better now, no more slacking.
I might even try hot yoga again on Sat, man that's intense.
Wednesday, January 12, 2005
Zuccini Loaf
Zuccini Loaf, I made it today, this thing tastes fabulous even if it does look kind of scarey.
Wednesday
I'm waking up very hungry, I never really care if I eat in the morning but today I'm trying to wait a bit before I go make something. I'm having my morning coffee, want the caffeine to kick in first.
Okay had a bigger breakfast
Bun 2
Cheese 1
Ham 1
Egg 2
Coffee and Milk 1 That's almost 7.
Okay someone is cooking a pizza in our office and it smells fantastic. Darn girl! She should know better than to bring that here.
I need to eat something hot and yummy tonight. I think I'm going to make baked potatoes those are always so yummy. With Chili, sour cream, salsa and maybe some steamed broccoli on top.
K for lunch I'm going to have Tuna Penne Salad from Starbucks. That's 5 points.
That puts me at 12, now I have 10 left for dinner. I think I'm going to make chocolate zucchini loaf tonight too. I need some sort of chocolate and it's 2 points per slice. I won't tell Quentin about the zucchini!!!!!
Baked Potato 2
chili4
Cheese 2
broccoli 0
Salad Dressing 2
Going to try the zucchini loaf I made 2
So that will put me at 22 for the day.
I'm starting to get the hang of this, but it's annoying having to think about what I eat. It feels better though than just eating a whole bunch of stuff and then being bloated and like oh no what did I do!!!!
Hey it's 9pm and I thought it's interesting that I'm not craving to snack. When I ate dinner I felt kind of full too, so that's good, I'm starting to get used to this again. Hopefully I can keep this up..
Okay had a bigger breakfast
Bun 2
Cheese 1
Ham 1
Egg 2
Coffee and Milk 1 That's almost 7.
Okay someone is cooking a pizza in our office and it smells fantastic. Darn girl! She should know better than to bring that here.
I need to eat something hot and yummy tonight. I think I'm going to make baked potatoes those are always so yummy. With Chili, sour cream, salsa and maybe some steamed broccoli on top.
K for lunch I'm going to have Tuna Penne Salad from Starbucks. That's 5 points.
That puts me at 12, now I have 10 left for dinner. I think I'm going to make chocolate zucchini loaf tonight too. I need some sort of chocolate and it's 2 points per slice. I won't tell Quentin about the zucchini!!!!!
Baked Potato 2
chili4
Cheese 2
broccoli 0
Salad Dressing 2
Going to try the zucchini loaf I made 2
So that will put me at 22 for the day.
I'm starting to get the hang of this, but it's annoying having to think about what I eat. It feels better though than just eating a whole bunch of stuff and then being bloated and like oh no what did I do!!!!
Hey it's 9pm and I thought it's interesting that I'm not craving to snack. When I ate dinner I felt kind of full too, so that's good, I'm starting to get used to this again. Hopefully I can keep this up..
Tuesday, January 11, 2005
Running & Dopamine
Okay this is interesting, I read in the province today, my daily source of facts, that humans are born to run. The subtitle states, "we can beat horses: and it's no fluke it's part of our biology."
I had a sports doctor as a child state that running is horrible on your joints, which I can believe. He then stated that were meant to run on soft surfaces like grass and sand, pavement is supposed to be very hard on your knees.
I figured that I should not bother at all with running but after reading this article I'm inspired. They even went so far to say that the only animals that can out run us in long distances are horses, and in distances longer than marathons, humans can beat horses. Of coarse you have to be highly trained but it is possible. Even further the article states, "Elite human runner can run at the speed of a horse, we're actually phenomenal in terms of our speed. we've underestimated our ability but marathoners have know this."
"physiologically we're born to run, adding there is no other explanations for all the tendons located in the human's leg.
Hmmm I find that interesting. We can run more than horses!!!!
Okay so the next article that I read, and I keep thinking about it, came from the December issue of Psychology Today.
The article is about Dopamine and the role it plays in our brains. The part of the article that hit me was of coarse was the correlation between our desire to eat and how Dopamine is this trigger. Right now I'm struggling not to be addicted to bad food so it's easier when you have a reason you can spin about in your head when the urge kicks in.
Dopamine isn't the pleasure drug they once though it was, they were studying drug addicts and decided that very little of them receive pleasure from the drug, despite a surge. The lifestyle is horrible so why do people become so trapped.
They came up with this new theory called the salience theory. This theory is that were not addicted necessarily to the pleasure but to the jolt of energy we feel from something new and unexpected. When you are the most alert that sense of being alive is more addictive than anything. Here is their example, "If you are hungry you get a whiff of a bacon cheeseburger and your dophamine skyrockets. The chemical will also surge if a lion leaps into your cubicle. Dophamine's role is to shout hey pay attention to this!"
So they are looking at this salience theory for all types of addictions or basically were people do things that aren't in the long run beneficial.
I guess that feeling of alertness is more addictive than anything and being human we all try to find sources for that rush being it healthy or not. I think at night my rush comes from eating so I'm going to have to try to find something more beneficial. Like going to the gym instead of eating, or writing to at least keep my fingers occupied. :)
I had a sports doctor as a child state that running is horrible on your joints, which I can believe. He then stated that were meant to run on soft surfaces like grass and sand, pavement is supposed to be very hard on your knees.
I figured that I should not bother at all with running but after reading this article I'm inspired. They even went so far to say that the only animals that can out run us in long distances are horses, and in distances longer than marathons, humans can beat horses. Of coarse you have to be highly trained but it is possible. Even further the article states, "Elite human runner can run at the speed of a horse, we're actually phenomenal in terms of our speed. we've underestimated our ability but marathoners have know this."
"physiologically we're born to run, adding there is no other explanations for all the tendons located in the human's leg.
Hmmm I find that interesting. We can run more than horses!!!!
Okay so the next article that I read, and I keep thinking about it, came from the December issue of Psychology Today.
The article is about Dopamine and the role it plays in our brains. The part of the article that hit me was of coarse was the correlation between our desire to eat and how Dopamine is this trigger. Right now I'm struggling not to be addicted to bad food so it's easier when you have a reason you can spin about in your head when the urge kicks in.
Dopamine isn't the pleasure drug they once though it was, they were studying drug addicts and decided that very little of them receive pleasure from the drug, despite a surge. The lifestyle is horrible so why do people become so trapped.
They came up with this new theory called the salience theory. This theory is that were not addicted necessarily to the pleasure but to the jolt of energy we feel from something new and unexpected. When you are the most alert that sense of being alive is more addictive than anything. Here is their example, "If you are hungry you get a whiff of a bacon cheeseburger and your dophamine skyrockets. The chemical will also surge if a lion leaps into your cubicle. Dophamine's role is to shout hey pay attention to this!"
So they are looking at this salience theory for all types of addictions or basically were people do things that aren't in the long run beneficial.
I guess that feeling of alertness is more addictive than anything and being human we all try to find sources for that rush being it healthy or not. I think at night my rush comes from eating so I'm going to have to try to find something more beneficial. Like going to the gym instead of eating, or writing to at least keep my fingers occupied. :)
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