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Do you love your job? Do you wake up every morning looking forward to the work day? Or does it take all your will power to drag yourself out of bed?
I bet you identify with the latter. After all, statistics show that most people are not satisfied with their job and want to work less hours.
Unfortunately, poor work conditions can lead to more upper arm fat.
How can this be so? Well, we can turn to the Whitehall studies from Great Britain for the answers.
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Figuring out how to tone your upper arms while having night eating syndrome is not a good scenario. The two just don’t mix. I know, because I’ve been there…
NES (night eating syndrome) is characterized by minimal food consumption during the day and massive food consumption during the night. Most women with NES have lower levels of melatonin and leptin. This translates into a decreased ability to fall asleep and an increased feeling of hunger. Even worse, said women will eat a ton of carbs to feel better (carbs increase serotonin).
How do you know if you have it?
Do you have any of the following symptoms:
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If you’re trying to figure out how to get sexy and sculpted arms and you’re addicted to sugar, a long road lies ahead. As I’ve stated before in many articles, you have to keep insulin levels as low as possible in order to maximize arm fat loss. And high levels of sugar intake make this impossible.
How do you know if you’re addicted to sugar? If you present any of the following you are probably addicted:
- An inability to reduce intake no matter how hard you try.
- Symptoms of withdrawal: bad moods, headaches, vivid cravings, etc.
- The tendency to create elaborate and detailed reasons as to why you are NOT addicted.
- The ability to ignore the risks, especially if you have a serious health issue like diabetes or obesity.
- Using sugar to offset other “negative “ areas of life: bad relationships, abuse, negative emotions, etc.
What evidence is there that sugar addiction even exists?
- Sugar acts as a powerful analgesic (painkiller) for newborns. It’s used to reduce crying during circumcision and during other procedures.
- Sugar-binging mice show alterations in dopamine receptors similar to drug addiction.
- Mice that are addicted to opiates can be satisfied with sugar.
- Naloxone ( a drug used to counter drug overdose) can eliminate sugar addiction.
Now you have to be brutally honest with yourself, are you addicted to sugar?
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If you read the first part of this article, you know that in order to get sexy and sculpted arms the mental battle has to be won. Period.
The main factor that leads women to flabby arm failure is an eventual evaporation of will power. Thus, exercise and nutrition are not the most important parts of the equation, learning how to maintain motivation over the long haul is.
Bottom line: to get toned arms and keep them, you have to maintain a positive and fresh mind-set.
Once the self-doubt, negativity, desperation, hopelessness and victimization starts to surface, it’s the beginning of the end. As cliché as it sounds, it is all in your head.
Luckily for all of us women wishing to attain sexy arm stardom, there are certain functional foods that provide an instant boost to our mental outlook. In this second article, I will discuss the final 3.
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