Weight Loss – 5 Top Tips For Dealing With Food Cravings

April 7th, 2010 by Massage Therapist

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By learning to cope with cravings you can stay firmly on track for weight control. Hunger is only one of the reasons why we eat — stress, boredom, a social occasion, loneliness, the smell of food or pure habit are all triggers. Triggers become so automatic that sometimes it really does seem that you can't control what you eat. For those who struggle with their weight, eating when you aren't really hungry is one of the biggest problems.

Cravings are a perfectly normal response to life and its demands and the good news is that you can control them. How we think affects how we respond to cravings. For example, on a bad morning you may crave a hamburger for lunch, but you still have time to decide whether to give in to the craving or not. Even after buying the food, you can still decide not to eat it. When deliberating, try this: think about the consequences if you eat it, how will you feel physically and how will you feet about yourself? Fat? Slightly sick? Angry? If you don't eat it, how will you feel?

Virtuous? In control? Thinner? Now think hard about how you would prefer to feel. Making a conscious decision like this helps you to feel in control of what you eat and to overcome those cravings.

Follow these great tips to avoid those cravings:

1. Never forbid a food — you will only want it more.

2. Do not leave trigger foods in sight or easy reach

3. Make yourself a star chart. Every time you resist a craving award yourself a gold star. When you have got ten stars buy yourself a small treat (not food related!).

4. Most cravings will go away after about 20 minutes, so try to outlast them. Lock yourself in the bathroom and have a long soak

5. Go for a walk or do some other form of exercise that you enjoy.

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