3 Reasons We Eat When We Shouldn't

3 Reasons We Eat When We Shouldn't

3 Reasons We Eat When We Shouldn't

Here are the top 3 reasons we eat when we shouldn't.. and how you can overcome them.

1. Emotional Hunger

We have amassed lots of habits that have developed over the years, that sometimes become subconscious. We are not aware of the things we do until we purposely take notice of them. For instance, observing the thought that leads to the action of us reaching for something to eat. What wasour thought? Were we feeling upset, depressed, angry?

If you find you want to reach for the jar of cookies, catch yourself in that moment. Examine your thinking. How are you feeling? What state of mind are you in? What is your mood?

Rather than indulging, count back slowly from 100. With each number, you find yourself wanting the cookies less and less. This is because you are disrupting your pattern of behavior and consciously replacing it with a new one. You'll find that after 100 that cookie won't be as tempting as it was.

2. Boredom Eating

If you find yourself reaching for food because you have nothing else to do, why not call a friend for a chat? Get your nails or your hair done? Treat yourself to a nice hot bath and a facial? Have a healthy lunch with some friends?

3. Mistaken Hunger

It should be a healthy appetite that drives us to eat. When our energy needs replenishing because we've depleted our energy stores, our appetite signals for us to eat. It is a simple biological reflex. We get hungry, we eat. Sometimes our hunger is more psychological than physical and thinking our body is hungry, we feed it.

If you have eaten within the past 2 hours, more often than not it will be thirst which your body can sometimes interpret as hunger. Try drinking a glass of water, then waiting 30 minutes for the brain to register it. If you are still hungry after this time period, then have a light snack.

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