How to keep yourself from eating

How to keep yourself from eating

One of the hardest things to do when trying to lose weight is finding out how to keep yourself from eating. When you are bored or hungry between meals it takes a huge amount of will power to stop yourself from snacking. So lets look at how you can keep yourself from eating when you don’t want to.

Eat meals packed with fiber or protein

I used to eat snacks between breakfast and lunch all the time and put on a lot of weight. After eating breakfast I was hungry again about an hour later. Then I swapped my breakfast of toast or sugar filled cereals to ones filled with fiber. Muslei or an oat cereal keep me full for hours. Why? Because fiber (and protein) take much longer to break down and for your body to fully digest than meals full of simple carbs such as junk food that is full of sugars.

When you are hungry drink water

Water is an excellent weight loss tool. It will help your body break down fats, get your organs running at 100% efficiency and fill you up. Often you will feel hungry, but your body is only after water. 8 glasses a day are optimum, so drink up!

Get out of the house

Most people tend to feel hungry when they are not really doing anything. If you are busy you wont think about eating so much. So if you start to feel hungry when you are sitting around the house, go out for a walk. It will stop you feeling hungry, distract you, and of course aid your weight loss

Eat Fruit as a snack

When you are hungry eat an apple, a pear, some grapes or even some celery. You are not going to put on weight eating any of the above as they are so full of water. But they will fill you up and are full of vitamins and other necessary substances.

Think ahead when shopping

This is my favourite tip. When you do the weekly shopping (or ask who ever does it) not to buy snacks. If the only snacks they buy are fruit that’s what you will eat regardless of you wanting to or not. If you pack your house with crisps and sweets you will eat them – it will probably be too hard to resist – so just don’t buy them!

Eat 4 Small meals a day

4 Smaller meals a day will mean you are eating the same amount of calories, but spread out longer so you have less time to feel hungry! Also smaller portions are more manageable for your body to break down so you are actually going to put on less weight eating smaller meals.

And that’s how to keep yourself from eating. Hope that helps!