What does "good" feel like?

Once you start to feel "good" from eating right, you won't ever want to lose that feeling.  But here's the problem:  a lot of people don't know what "good" is.  Maybe you're one of them.  Can you find yourself on this scale?

1.  You feel bad.  You're bloated, constipated, or experiencing irritable bowel symptoms, or you just ate too much, or your stomach is gassy. 
2. You feel functional but internally weighed down.  No energy. Your guts feel heavy and burdensome.  You may feel hungry, but you're also lethargic. 
3. You feel mild or no hunger, yet your stomach and intestines are relatively empty.  Your head is clear, your guts feel almost weightless, and your lower body feels a lightness that gives you a sensation of floating when you're moving.

Most people hover between #1 and #2 and seldom if ever let themselves reach #3.  When they feel bad, they often self-medicate with more food.  When they're in a #2 state, they feed the hunger and seek energy in the wrong types of food, which can catapult them right back into #1.

To reach #3, you have to listen to your gut and feed it what it wants, when it wants it.  Tell your mind to shut up!  Your mind is what got you in trouble in the first place.  The true expert on what's good for your digestive system is your own body.  When your digestive system is happy--not too full, not too empty, well hydrated, and processing the foods it can handle with ease, you'll know what it's like to truly feel "good."  Keep feeling good, and the extra weight will melt from your body.