Did you ask yourself why you eat what you eat every time you eat?think about it for a while.
here are some reasones:
Emotional Hunger
We are creatures of habit. We have amassed lots of habits that have been
developed over the years that sometimes become subconscious.
We are not aware of the things we do until we purposely take notice of them. For
instance, observing the thought that leads to the action of us reaching for the
cookie. What was the thought? Were we feeling upset? distressed?
depressed?, angry?
If you find you want to reach for the jar of cookies, catch yourself in that moment.
Examine your thinking. How are you feeling? What state of mind are you in?
What is your mood? Disrupt your pattern by forming a new one.
Rather than indulging your craving, count back slowly from 100. With each
number you find yourself wanting the cookies less and less. This is because you
are disrupting your usual pattern of behavior and consciously replacing it with a
new one. You’ll find that after 100 that cookie won’t be as tempting as it was.
Emotional eating can also extend to happiness too. Childhood habits can see us
overindulge for doing something good which can spill into adulthood where we
treat ourselves with food for rewards. This is fine as long as it’s periodically.
There are ways to treat yourself other than eating. Why not get your nails or you
hair done? Why not treat yourself to a nice hot bath and a facial? Why not have
a healthy lunch with the boys or the girls? There are other rewarding ways to
treat yourself that are not based around tempting treats. It’s just a matter of
thinking a little outside the square and replacing old habits with new and healthier
ones.
Boredom Eating
If you find yourself reaching for that tempting delicious high fat food because you
have nothing else to do, why not call a friend for a chat? Why not take up a sport
and meet up with your friends instead? Guaranteed you’ll have so much fun you
won’t even be thinking about junk food.
Mistaken Hunger
It should be a healthy appetite that drives us to eat. When our energy needs
replenishing because we’ve depleted our energy stores our appetite signals for
us to eat. It is a simple biological reflex. We get hungry, we eat. Sometimes our
hunger is more psychological than physical and thinking our body is hungry, we
feed it.
If you have eaten your last meal within the past 2 hours more often than not it will
be thirst which your body can sometimes interpret as hunger. If you know you
have just had your last meal within a short timeframe ago, why not try drinking a
glass of water then waiting 30 minutes for the brain to register it. If you are still
hungry after this time period then have a light snack.
Sometimes we eat out of boredom. If you find yourself sitting around and
instinctively reaching for the fridge or the pantry, catch yourself.
It’s all about replacing bad habits with good ones because that is what will make
your weight loss a permanent success. It goes far deeper than losing weight for
the sake of it but rather arming you with the tools to make sure you really
succeed this time.
Why we need a permanent solution is because we are reprogramming ourselves
and our attitude towards our food. Look at this way, it took years to form these
habits and it will take a little time to break them and create newer healthier habits
in its place.
Nothing is more apparent then when we eliminate all of our favorite foods at
once. Our body goes into shock, tries to override our good intentions and
sabotages our efforts. Another diet bites the dust simply because we weren’t
aware of how we conditioned our bodies over the years.
Our bodies are marvelous pieces of machinery and will stop at nothing to
preserve us at all costs. That means that if we drastically reduce our food intake
our body will shut down our metabolism to force us to eat. When we do, we
binge and gain back all the lost pounds we fought so hard to lose. Don’t hate
your body for that, it is just doing what comes naturally.
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