Control Your Cravings !
The way people deal with their wishes or food cravings can make a difference to maintain or lose some weight. Eating some sweets occasionally won’t make you fatter but if you do not control your daily intakes, calories will accumulate and make you gain weight. Controlling food cravings is not easy, specially when you have a diet rich in fats and sweets. Here are some tips that can help you control yourself:
1. Be patient. Sometimes you think you’re hungry but in reality it’s just a craving. If you wait a while you’ll be able to distinguish what you feel. A sudden hunger can be relieved by waiting 20 minutes. You’ll realize that by occupying your time with something else you were just wishing for a sweet, and we’re not actually hungry.
2. Drink water. Dehydration can be mistaken with hunger lots of times. You body gives you a sign and we think we’re hungry but we’re actually thirsty. When that craving comes, drink a bottle of water and you’ll see it’s all you needed.
3. If you can’t resist, at least don’t abuse. The worst thing about a craving is to eat like a mad person. Buying that ice cream and eating it in half an hour or eating 6 slices of pizza. This is an obsessive behaviour that can tell a lot about your behaviour with food. If you absolutely must eat something chose a small dose or a healthier variety. An apple, a yoghurt, a sandwich or a salad can be quite tasty and substitute a chocolate bar or a bunch of French fries.
4. Don’t fool yourself. People often make the mistake of eating diet foods thinking they won’t get fat. This is the kind of thought that leads people into eating 3 or 4 times more. Diet food can only do something for you if you don’t multiply the amount of food you eat! Try that chocolate bar you wanted so much but don’t eat it all. Sometimes two or 3 pieces are enough to satisfy you.
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