Here are a few practical tips to help curb unhealthy food cravings!
1. Never go anywhere without packing a healthy snack, like fruit or nuts.
2. Keep water with you at all times. Drinking water can often curb hunger pangs.
3. Think of a healthy alternative. Instead of ice cream, choose frozen yogurt, instead of chips and dip, choose baked chips and salsa. Any healthy change is a change in the right direction.
4. Control your portions. Take small amts at a time and go back only if you need to. (Even go so far as to take a smaller plate if you have to. It will make you feel like you are eating lots, and also keep you from taking too much)
5. Eat well balanced meals 3 times a day. Make sure they are high-fibre content meals. Fibre helps curb sugar cravings.
6. Distract yourself. Go for a walk, call a friend, etc.
These are great tips. :-) I know that I've thought I was hungry or wanted something sweet at times only to discover that I was really just dehydrated! And I like pita chips and hummus from Costco for a snack.
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These are great tips Mandi! I am awesome at over eating because I love food so much but these are doable things that can change the way I eat (and the way Paul eats.)
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