Is your willpower strong enough to overcome your appetite for tempting foods? For most people, the answer is no. With over $30 billion spent in food advertising each year, it takes more than mere willpower to say no to tempting foods.
What you need is a strategy that puts you in control. Here are our top tips to incorporate into an effective strategy:
1. Eat frequent small meals & snacks throughout the day. The more satisfied you are, the less likely you'll be to turn to unhealthy foods.
2. Drink at least 8 cups of water per day. Staying properly hydrated keeps your energy up and relieves false hunger pangs.
3. Eat an abundance of natural, unprocessed food. Your tastebuds will soon adapt to the natural flavors of food, rather than craving the salty, sweet or chemical tastes in processed foods.
4. Keep tempting foods out of sight & out of reach.
5. Remind yourself that your goal is good health for yourself and your family. Everything you eat & drink should contribute to that goal.
6. Understand your emotional eating triggers and find ways to avoid the situations or people that are causing them.
What other strategies do you use to overcome temptation?
i always ask myself before putting something in my mouth, "is it worth it?" having to work out extra harder to burn off those excess calories during bootcamp is a major deterrent for me!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea Jocelyn! Of course, we like you to work out hard in BootCamp anyway! :) But, we know what you mean. We like the idea that you stop to think about whether or not the food is worth eating. Another question to ask yourself is "How will I feel later?" Is it a food that will give you energy & make you feel good? Or is it a food that is going to give you a sugar rush & crash? Or make you feel weighed-down & lethargic? Or give you a stomach ache? We hope you most often choose foods that make you feel great. :)
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