A lot of us have habits, good or bad, that have been formed
over many years simply by repetition. Eating habits are of course no exception.
You may find that you either snack whilst watching TV, nibbling on food as you
are cooking or reaching for that trusted chocolate bar as part of your
afternoon tea break. These are all habits that have been reinforced until they
have finally become part of you until you do them without thinking.
We also find that certain moods and circumstances cause us
to eat even if we are not hungry. For example when we are feeling down may of
us reach for the chocolate but others may find that anger, boredom, fatigue,
happiness, loneliness, nervousness, or anxiety may all trigger an eating
response. Habits are hard to break.
In order to lose weight, you need to break these habits
that may form the crux of why you may be overweight in the first place.
Breaking habits can be hard. Resisting temptation is difficult but the trick is
that if you succeed in resisting the first time, it becomes easier to resist
the next time. Keeping up resisting temptation then becomes a habit in itself.
Introducing new “good” habits in place of the old “bad” habits can make it
easier to break the pattern of the bad habits and ultimately lose the weight you
want.
New habits could include ensuring that you eat three meals
a day, having two or three planned snacks a day, not buying junk food such as
chocolate to avoid the temptation of eating them or serving your dinner on a
smaller plate to ensure that you are not eating to large a portion.
If you do however get the sudden urge to indulge in a bad
habit, find a way to distract yourself. You could go for a walk, give a friend
a call, have a nice long bath,
Breaking habits are tough and it does mean that you have to
be determined to stick to your diet. Once the habits are broken, however, you
have changed your lifestyle forever which means going forward things can only
get easier and the more likely you are to keep the weight off.
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