How to Stop Cravings
How to Stop Cravings
How to stop cravings
Drink a glass of icey cold water. Put a slice of lemon in, or ice cubes. Make it special.
Use sugar free chewing gum (check your diet rules to see if you're allowed) as a substitute.
Think about why you want to eat. Will eating make you happier? Will you feel better? Why? Work out what's making you anxious or upset and try to deal with it!
Find alternatives for bad cravings. If you know you'll eat tons of chocolate if you start then don't keep chocolate in the house.
Try dried dates as a quick snack. They're just like toffee berries! They help deal with craving sweet things, and although they still have calories they're better for me than a bar of chocolate. Work out what you can use to replace urges.
Don't buy the food you can't resist. A real killer for dieting is a bad food binge. If you don't have the food to hand then you can't do this!
Buy snacksize if you must - that way you've got more wrappers to get through - and it'll give you a sensible portion size. They do loads of sweets and chocolates in snack sizes as well as savoury party food if you look through the freezer section at the supermarker.
Cook portions of food - and make them smaller than normal portions for yourself. It'll stop you overeating if the portion size is small and you can fill up on veg!
If you have to keep chocolate in the house and can't resist then stick it in the freezer and it'll be impossible to eat!
Find distractions when you get cravings. Have a shower. It is nearly impossible to eat food in the shower. Or go out and garden for ten minutes, or use the exercise machine, or run the hoover round, or do the dishes, or run up the stairs at work, or do something in the furthest corner from temptation - file or talk to colleagues.
Eat regularly with sensible foods so you're never starving hungry and faced with a quick fix of food which is more likely to be unhealthy or a binge. Don't get to the really desperately hungry stage else it'll make you weak.
Make low fat/calorie/carb versions according to your diet rules of your favourite foods. If you can't eat the foods you like on a diet you are much more likely to fail.
Its not about deprivation its about learning to eat sensibly and healthily.
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