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5 Tricks That’ll Help You Avoid Overeating

admin — Thu, 17 Mar 2016 02:55:08 +0000

Overeating is one of the major factors associated with obesity. This is because people who overeat, end up taking in more calories than they can use, and these excess calories get stored as fat. Overeating is also one of the major characteristics of an unhealthy lifestyle. In this age when we are all striving for clean and healthy bodies, over eating has to be curbed.

There are various tactics that have been described as being useful for controlling overeating and some of these include;

1.Don’t show up at the table too hungry

The tendency to eat more than you can use increases when you feel you are too hungry. This is because, regardless to what your brain says, the severity of your hunger pangs is not a measure of how much you need to eat. Therefore in order not to overeat due to a feeling of extreme hunger, don’t go to the next meal feeling too hungry. If you feel hungry before the next mealtime please feel free to take a healthy snack, this will help create a full filling and help you curb the amount of food you eat at the table.

2. Don’t eat with overweight people

This might sound a bit harsh, but the truth is research has shown that overweight people eat more than others. So eating with them might stimulate you to eat more. This is not to say you can’t eat with overweight friends who are trying to lose their weight (as they can also benefit from your eating less). However, be careful so you aren’t influenced negatively.

3. Focus on your food, Eat slowly

Make sure you focus on your food. Savour the taste, the smell and the look. This will first decrease the likelihood of you going for more. In addition, make sure you eat slowly. The slower you eat, the more time you give for the food to travel to your stomach. Food in your stomach creates the full feeling that stops you from taking much more than you need.

4. Stop tasting

One of the reason most people who make meals are fatter is because of the amount of calories they take in whilst tasting. Try to stop tasting food whilst you are making it. When next you bake those cupcakes, please remember you have made them before and, there is no need to find out if they taste as good as they look because, they do.

5. Incorporate your favourite foods into your meal

We all have that food we crave for from time to time. Research has shown that when we fulfil craving, we usually overdo it. Therefore one way to control that is by incorporating healthy portions of our favourite fruit or chocolate into our daily meals. This will help you control the amount you take in as well as prevent the cravings that could lead to overeating

Conclusion

There are many other ways to control overeating. However, these steps listed above would also be beneficial towards your journey to ultimate control over how much you eat.

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5 Simple Tricks To Avoid Overeating

Valentine Oliver — Tue, 19 Jan 2016 02:00:25 +0000

If you work out all day but some way or the other can’t stop yourself from overeating, then you can’t really reach your weight loss goals because your fat expenditure is still lower than your fat intake.

The truth is that after exercise, people tend to eat more, probably because they’re tired or maybe they think they’ve earned it. Overeating can be huge problem for your weight loss plan and that’s why this article teaches you 5 simple tricks to enable you avoid eating more than necessary. Read on to learn more:

1. Use a smaller plate

Research has proven that if you use bigger plates to eat your meals, you’ll eat more. So it’s advisable to use a smaller bowl or plate whenever you’re about having a meal. Lots of research and studies have been done on this and the results remained constant: the bigger the plate or bowl, the more food you eat.

2. Don’t be a speedy eater

One major reason why people overeat is because they eat their food in a hurry. Our parents always taught us as kids to take our time when we eat, but growing up, that table manner just died slowly. Well, even though our parents might not have known why they asked us to eat slowly at the time, they were actually teaching us the right thing to do.
When you eat fast, your brain can’t accurately register when you’re full and therefore you are likely to keep eating beyond your actual nutrition needs. Slowing the pace at which you eat also helps your stomach to digest the food you have eaten better.

3. Take protein for breakfast

You can save yourself from overeating simply by having protein for breakfast. Research has shown that people who have protein for breakfast greatly reduce their risk of overeating during lunch. This is simply because protein takes a longer time to digest than other foods. So it fills you up for a longer period of time, helping you deal with cravings. And even if you eat protein in high quantity, it helps you burn more calories.

4. Eat on a blue plate

As funny as this may sound, it actually is a fact that serving food on a blue bowl or plate will help you eat less. According to color therapists, blue has a calming effect and naturally helps in suppressing your appetite while other colors boost your appetite.

5. Make sure you get enough sleep each night

The human body was naturally designed to have at least 7-8 hours of sleep in a day. So not having enough rest can interfere with your body function. When you’ve had enough rest, you hardly make poor dietary choices. You’ll have enough energy, so there won’t feel the need to overload on sugar or caffeine to compensate for fatigue. So it’s important that you always go to bed early, even on weekends.

Conclusion

If you’re in a position where you can’t really stop yourself from overeating, try these 5 simple tricks and you’re sure to see a difference in the amount of food you eat.

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Tricks to Avoid Overeating

Ida S. — Sat, 21 Nov 2015 08:22:27 +0000

Leave the table.

When you feel yourself eating too fast or mindlessly eating, take a break from the food and leave the table for a while. You can go outside for fresh air or you can get a drink from the kitchen. You can always come back and resume eating after you have gained control again.

Sit down when you eat.

You know when you were a kid and you were told to sit down, eat you food and be quiet? Turns out, it is really great advice. Distractions during eating can lead to over eating and dissatisfaction. Sit at the table when you eat and avoid any kinds of distractions.

Drink some water before eating.

It’s always good to drink some water before eating. Aside from the fact that drinking water regularly is good for the body, drinking water before eating helps a lot because the water you take in before eating gives you this sense of fullness, like you have already eaten, and you won’t overeat if you already feel full.

Getting rid of a bad habit takes a lot of willpower and you need all the help you can get. Now you how a few tricks up your sleeve.

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