Nutrition and Weight Loss Ideas

How often do you find yourself reaching for some food when you feel stressed? How often do you want something to eat because you think it will make you more comfortable? How about when you’re feeling sad, or anxious, or bored, or angry, or lonely? Do those things make you want to eat something?

Well, if that’s you, you’re definitely not alone. This is called emotional eating — and it’s one of the major causes of the weight problem we’re facing. Emotional eating can be cured. It’s really nothing more than a habit that we’ve formed, maybe as early in our lives as when we were children. One way to break this habit is to work on our own self-esteem — but that topic is better suited to my other blog, where I talk about ways to improve our lives and feel better about ourselves. Stop by and check it out at: http://www.theleaderinside.com.

So, let’s look at some ways to break the emotional eating habit …

* Learn to recognize your actual hunger level. Just before you pop into your mouth whatever it is you just grabbed, rate how hungry you really are. Give it a rating between 1 and 5 — with 1 being absolutely ravenous and 5 not being truly hungry at all. Be honest with yourself. Then, if your rating is a 4 or a 5, put the food back where you found it — you’re not truly hungry and don’t need the food.

* Do something other than eat. Make a list of things you like to do and could easily do besides eating. Maybe it’s to go for a walk — maybe it’s call a good friend — maybe it’s start a project around the house — how about a nice hot shower — or perhaps clean up the email folders. Just do something on your list besides eat.

* Keep track of what you’re eating. Lots of people who are working on weight loss keep a food journal. Put down not only what you eat, but what time you ate it and how you were feeling when you ate it. This will help you to be more aware of your eating habits and you’ll be more accountable.

* Run some interference. I read about this technique in a magazine article some time ago. When you get that urge to grab some food, make a deal with yourself to only eat three specific healthy foods before you grab something that’s high in calories or full of fat. These could be things like an apple, a handful of baby carrots, some nuts, a cup of yogurt — things like that. Take your time eating these three food items. Then, after you’ve done that, and you still feel like you want something else, give yourself permission to have one of your comfort foods. You’ll find that most of the time you’ll be satisfied with the three foods you already ate.

* Exercise, exercise, exercise every day. One thing I know, and can attest to, is that if you exercise every day you’ll feel better. If you feel good, you’re not as likely to get down in the dumps. And, if you’re not down in the dumps, you’re not likely to need to resort to comfort foods to make you feel better — you already feel great!

* Get enough sleep and get it at the same time every day. Research shows that sleep deprivation can increase hunger by decreasing Leptin levels, the appetite regulating hormone that signals fullness. Not only that, but getting regular, restful sleep every night will give you more energy. When you have more energy it will be a lot easier for you to stay focused on positive things in your life — and when you feel good — you won’t feel like you have to look to food to make you happy.
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My email and phone number are at that site. Feel free to contact me. I’m here to help you with your health, nutrition and fitness goals.

Have a healthy and nutritious day!

Shanti … (A sanscrit word meaning, “Let there be Peace. Peace, beautiful Peace. Peace within, Peace without. Peace in this world. Peace for all beings.”)

Ron
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