Hug someone! When you hug someone you feel better. When you feel better you eat better. So go on—have a cuddle. Win the temptation battle! Now, rub it between your thumb and index finger for a few minutes.
This is a strong acupressure point. Rubbing it will help turn off cravings by redirecting your energy and lowering your appetite. The chemicals at work in your body: insulin Insulin is a hormone produced by your body, which allows it to absorb sugar. The white carbohydrates and sugar hunger trap Imagine a small child who has just eaten a huge bag of candy.
The same thing happens to adults when we eat processed foods—only instead of having a tantrum, we tend to reach for more comfort foods. Slim people stop eating when they are no longer hungry.
Overweight people stop eating when they are full. You are tired, and you need an energy boost. Try this exercise as an alternative to going to the vending machine. Start marching, lifting your knees high and swinging the opposite arms. Now shift to marching with the same-side arms and legs moving together. Repeat for a minute or two. Beware, beware the bliss point. This is a special point in your brain that is stimulated by foods containing excessive amounts of fat, salt, and sugar.
Think pizzas, cookies, and battered chicken. Part of your brain is going to try to keep you eating more and more of this food. Even if you are full—stuffed—it will still want you to eat more. You are out of control. They want you to crave more and more of their product. Avoid those foods—they will beat any willpower! If you recognize this behavior, then you need to avoid the foods that cause it. Is all hunger the same? Physical Hunger Comes hours after your last meal. This is a real hunger—one that you need to pay attention to.
Emotional Hunger Is caused by a negative or positive emotional trigger and can hit you any time of the day, even if you have just eaten. This type of hunger makes you gain weight. Bring your hands in front of your chest in prayer position. As you inhale deeply, raise your hands, still in prayer position, above your head and look up. Hold this position as you inhale and exhale deeply for a couple of breaths. On your next out breath, bring your hands back in front of your chest.
Repeat 3 times. Each time you raise your hands, feel yourself rooting into the ground as you simultaneously stretch toward the sky. Finish by tapping the top of your head with your fingertips, like raindrops. Notice how much calmer and lighter you feel. As you go about your day, periodically tune into your body, and recall the sensation of peace and ease that you felt as you finished this exercise.
Remember: When you feel better you eat better. Eat better Forget about eating right Eating better is easier than eating right. Plus, you will probably fail—and when you do, you will then feel that much worse. You can succeed at eating better than you have before. You can feel good about yourself and the positive changes that you are making. When you fail at eating right, you will feel bad.
When you feel bad you are more likely to comfort eat. This is what restrictive diets do to you. Eating better makes you feel good. Most important, it allows you to be human—and humans make mistakes! Eat slowly! Chew slowly! Pay attention to what you are eating. Notice your food. Smell your food. Chew slowly. Savor the tastes and textures of each mouthful. Appreciate your food. Stop forbidding certain foods Why should you?
Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate This will beat even the strongest willpower. Because you were so fixated on forbidding chocolate, it was all you could think about—and you ate a pound of it. Instead, allow yourself a bit of chocolate and open up your thoughts and your energy for other, better things. Are you hungry? Put your hand on your stomach and notice how your stomach is really feeling.
Ignoring real physical hunger until you are starving causes your body to slow down, as it thinks there is a famine and it must save energy. When this happens, you stop burning calories. Then when you do eat, your body is worried that this might be all the food there is, and it will store reserves on your stomach and butt and make you eat extra, just in case there is another famine on the way. So when you are hungry—EAT!
And place your hand on your stomach once an hour, just to see how it is feeling. You have probably been ignoring your stomach for years—it could do with a bit of attention. Eat slowly.
Is all hunger the same? Physical Hunger Comes hours after your last meal. This is a real hunger—one that you need to pay attention to. Emotional Hunger Is caused by a negative or positive emotional trigger and can hit you any time of the day, even if you have just eaten.
This type of hunger makes you gain weight. Bring your hands in front of your chest in prayer position. As you inhale deeply, raise your hands, still in prayer position, above your head and look up.
Hold this position as you inhale and exhale deeply for a couple of breaths. On your next out breath, bring your hands back in front of your chest. Repeat 3 times. Each time you raise your hands, feel yourself rooting into the ground as you simultaneously stretch toward the sky.
Finish by tapping the top of your head with your fingertips, like raindrops. Notice how much calmer and lighter you feel. As you go about your day, periodically tune into your body, and recall the sensation of peace and ease that you felt as you finished this exercise. Remember: When you feel better you eat better. Eat better Forget about eating right Eating better is easier than eating right. Plus, you will probably fail—and when you do, you will then feel that much worse.
You can succeed at eating better than you have before. You can feel good about yourself and the positive changes that you are making. When you fail at eating right, you will feel bad. When you feel bad you are more likely to comfort eat. This is what restrictive diets do to you. Eating better makes you feel good. Most important, it allows you to be human—and humans make mistakes! Eat slowly! Chew slowly! Pay attention to what you are eating.
Notice your food. Smell your food. Chew slowly. Savor the tastes and textures of each mouthful. Appreciate your food. Stop forbidding certain foods Why should you? Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate This will beat even the strongest willpower. Because you were so fixated on forbidding chocolate, it was all you could think about—and you ate a pound of it. Instead, allow yourself a bit of chocolate and open up your thoughts and your energy for other, better things.
Are you hungry? Put your hand on your stomach and notice how your stomach is really feeling. Ignoring real physical hunger until you are starving causes your body to slow down, as it thinks there is a famine and it must save energy. When this happens, you stop burning calories.
Then when you do eat, your body is worried that this might be all the food there is, and it will store reserves on your stomach and butt and make you eat extra, just in case there is another famine on the way. So when you are hungry—EAT! And place your hand on your stomach once an hour, just to see how it is feeling. You have probably been ignoring your stomach for years—it could do with a bit of attention.
Eat slowly. Eat with awareness. Stop eating when you are no longer hungry. Feel that excess weight melt away. It really is that simple. Are all calories the same? Rate at which food leaves your stomach: Protein: around 4 calories per minute Sugar and carbohydrates: up to 30 calories per minute This means: Eating high-protein foods will keep you fuller for longer, as they take more time for your stomach to digest.
As a result, you will eat less and lose more weight. The chemicals at work in your body: serotonin Serotonin is a neurotransmitter, which is made in your body from tryptophan. Low serotonin levels have been linked to feeling emotionally low. Eating refined carbohydrates will result in a short-term boost in serotonin, but the pleasure this leads to will quickly disappear as your blood-sugar levels rapidly drop, leaving you feeling tired and down.
To maintain stable levels of serotonin it is important to eat foods containing tryptophan—salmon, turkey, almonds, bananas, avocados, eggs, and also complex carbohydrates, like oatmeal or whole wheat. When you begin to change your diet, it is important that you support your body with things that will promote both your physical and mental well-being. Real mood boosters Serotonin is a chemical in the brain that triggers positive emotions. But it also exists in large quantities in the gut.
You can start by paying attention to the foods you are eating, as some contain tryptophan. Your body needs tryptophan in order to make serotonin, so there are literally some foods that can boost your mood and your energy. There are other ways, besides food, to boost your serotonin levels.
Exercise Sleep Spending time with friends Pets Sunlight Positive thoughts All these make you feel better, and as a result you will eat better—and be more motivated to look after your body. Take care with aspartame Aspartame can deplete your serotonin levels, causing you to feel down.
Remember: Protein stabilizes blood sugar and reduces your appetite; it will reduce the amount of food you eat in a day. Good sources of protein include grilled chicken, eggs, fish, tofu, almonds, pumpkin seeds, beans. Listen Listen Listen Listen to your body: when it is physically hungry—eat.
When you eat, choose something good for your body. Your body will believe that there is plenty of food, and your metabolism will speed up. Gross, Li Li, Earl S. Humphries, E. Pretorius, and H. About The Author.
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