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Stop Over-Eating
Over-eating can be a hard habit to get rid of. Once you become aware
of the problem you will also see that you cannot avoid food. People
who are addicted to food will still need food to survive, unlike an
alcoholic who will be able to live without another drink. You will
not be able to live without eating another meal.
Everywhere you look there are places which will be tempting you to
eat more and more. At home you will have cupboards, fridges,
freezers all full of food. Outside of the home there will be
restaurants, cafes, pubs and lots of other shops selling food all
crying your name or so you think.
For the majority of people who over-eat there is a food or foods
that cause them to start to eat and not want to stop. You need to
identify those foods which start you on the road to over-eating.
Make a list of everything you are eating. Now look and see if you
can find a trend, maybe you see yourself eating a number of donuts
each day, or lots of packages of chips.
Once you have found your trigger food, or you might find it is
anything that is sweet or savoury which causes you to binge. Next
time you are tempted to eat those foods, try and do something else
for a short time. Go take a walk, get involved in a hobby anything
to take your mind off food. If you were not hungry then the desire
for eating should ease. If you are still hungry after 30 minutes
then eat a small portion of something healthy.
You will need to eat only when you are hungry. If you still have to
eat then try eating some raw vegetables or fruit depending on your
cravings.
When people overeat often they are addicted to food and they need to
see that addiction broken. Because you can㦙 stop eating food you
will need to look at why you overeat and what step you can take to
see that overeating changed.
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