The Best Macaroni and Cheese and Other Cool Stuff

I hope you had a wonderful Christmas!  Christmas is my favorite holiday or I like to call it, “Celebration.”  Nothing beats hanging out with the family, watching children play with others, and having relatives bring their favorite dish to dinner.  I know you have a favorite Aunt or someone in your family that makes a delicious dish (dressing, special casserole, etc..) The other day, me and my sister were talking about when we were really young….about 3 feet tall to be exact….how our Aunt made the best cheese and macaroni in the world! We would literally starve ourselves that evening before Christmas and the morning of, to ensure we had a huge appetite for the famous macaroni later that day. – How crazy!!  As I was eating my Christmas dinner I couldn’t turn off my “Personal Trainer/Nutrition Expert” mindset.  When I felt the feeling of a comfortable fullness I stopped eating. Then it dawn on me, does everyone else know when to stop eating or why their eating? 

Before we go any further, I would like to ask you an important question…..

Why do you eat?

Is it habitual, environmental, boredom, comfort, convenience, greed, or simply just hungry?  We understand that food is a necessity for life. Without food, our bodies can’t function properly.  So “CC”, how do you stay within the boundaries of control eating and not run the risk of overeating?

I’m so glad you asked that question.  You’re so smart!

I’m going to break this down to the least common denominator.  Here’s how it works…..

If you’re eating for any reason besides being hungry, you are providing your body with excess food that it doesn’t need.  That excess food is not needed to supply your body for energy so your body converts that excess food into fat cells. Once a fat cell is produced…..guess what, it gets bigger or produces another fat cell.  The fat cell never goes away. It shrinks, gets bigger, or reproduces. I don’t want to get to far off track but fat cells are your enemies and you want to avoid creating them at all cost.

So when do you know when it’s the right time to eat?  I’ve created a solution to your problem, here’s a guide to help you determine when you should eat and when you should pump on the brakes and stop eating. Rate your hunger….

0 – Ravenous, Primal Hunger. I’m so hungry I can eat anything that’s not nailed down!
1 – Extremely Hungry, dizzy, shaky, faint, may feel a headache coming on
2 – Very hungry, irritable, finding it hard to concentrate, snapping at your boss
3 – Stomach growling, sounds like grizzly bears are fighting in your stomach
4 – Starting to think about food, getting a little hungry
5 – Totally comfortable, feeling satisfied, This is the Best Level!
6 – Feeling like I ate too much, “CC” is going to make me do a “Bonus Round”
7 – Stomach is stretched and uncomfortable, starting to breathe heavy
8 – Very Full and Stuffed, starting to move in slow motion
9 – Very Full and Bloated, Overstuffed, looks like you have a baby kangaroo in your stomach
10 – So Full it Hurts, Feels like I’m going to explode, Feel sick to my stomach

LEVELS 0-2: Signifies ravenous hunger. This is when you are most likely to overeat. Avoid this stage!

LEVELS 3-5: These are the best times to eat. Your body is saying that it needs food.

LEVELS 6-10: Starting to eat at these levels indicates emotional, not physical hunger.

I hope this will help you assess your level of hunger and eat according to the levels I stated above.

THE COOL STUFF…………..

***TONE UP FOR TOYS** was a Huge Success Because Of You!!

The Department of Human Resources was shocked at how many toys we delivered to their facility. I took a photo of the toys before I delivered them to DHR.  You can barely see the big tupperware container in the back but it was filled to the top.

Your gesture put a smile on a child’s face and in their heart this Christmas and I want you to pat yourself on the back for doing so.  God Bless You!! 

I’m a movie buff so over the Christmas break me and my family went to see Avatar (3D) and it was Awesome!!  I think the movie took more than 400 million dollars to make. –Unbelieveable!!  If you love graphics and a lot of cool animation, this is the movie for you. One other thing, if you listen well, it kinda has some political hidden messages going on behind the scenes. I won’t give it away you have to go see for yourself and no, Avatar isn’t compensating me for writing a great review on them. Just thought I’d pass it on. Just like Matrix came out and changed the way movies are made….Avatar is going to do the same. It’s well worth the ticket price.

Speaking of movies, and I promise this will be the last one. Movie Gallery finally has it in…..Food, Inc.

I Highly recommend you watch this movie, it pulls the curtain back and let you see what’s really going on with the food we eat day-to-day.  When it first came out in theater, Atlanta Ga. was the closest theater that showed it. Now, it’s out on DVD and if I could, I would set up a big screen, pop some pop-corn, and have all of you over to watch it together but I don’t have enough chairs. lol  Maybe next time….

Well, I hope you had a Wonderful Christmas and I pray that you get to see 2010!  Have an Awesome Day and let me know if the information helps you out.  There’s some exciting things coming in 2010! Stay Tuned…

Also, make sure you put your name and email in the upper right hand corner of this page.  I’m writing a newsletter that’s going to have 27 tips on how to get you started on the New Year.  Go ahead and do it now! The newsletter will be in your inbox on Jan. 1, 2010.

Yours in Health,

CC Matthews

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