Wednesday, September 30, 2009

You Can't Get Slim Arms With Night Eating Syndrome

By Katherine Crawford M.S.

Night eating syndrome is your worst enemy if you're trying to get slim and thin arms.

What is NES? Basically, it's a pattern of eating that involves early day starvation and late night gluttony. Not to mention, it really messes up your arm fat burning hormone levels

But before you get all worked up, you first have to figure out whether or not you even have NES. So do you present any of the following:

1. No breakfast and no lunch. If you skip breakfast and/or lunch, then you probably have night eating syndrome. Why? Because you're going to compensate for the lack of calories by gorging at night.

2. Reduced mental function. A poor mood with little ability to concentrate can be indicative of poor early day nutrition. When you restrict calories during the earlier parts of the day, mental functioning and mood will be greatly reduced.

3. Multiple awakenings at night followed by trips to the refrigerator. Disturbed sleep and excessive food intake at night are primary characteristics of night eating syndrome victims. The interrupted sleep and caloric load really put the nails in your thin arm coffin.

4. Have an abnormally high carbohydrate intake at night. Most women with NES have very low levels of serotonin, the feel good hormone. They compensate for this by loading up on carbohydrates right before bed and during their awakenings.

5. Feelings of anxiety at night. If you feel high strung or anxious when eating, you're most likely compensating with food. The pairing of negative emotions and food intake is another tell tale sign of NES.

6. A family history of NES. Unfortunately, NES runs in families. So if you know family members with NES, your chances of having it are that much greater.

Read the above list and be brutally honest with yourself. Do you have NES? If so, you have to overcome it if you really want thin and slim arms. Because of the way the female body works, eating lots of food at night translates into excessive arm fat. Don't put this off until tomorrow and seek professional help today. You deserve it! - 16890

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