Healthy lifestyle

Beat Overeating by learning how you can put a stop to emotional eating and impulse snacking.

- Eat slowly; throughly chew. "It slows the eating process so that the stomach has the time abt 15-20mins, to register that it is full and send a signal to the brain that you should stop eating,"
- Give your food your full focus; If you eat while you're watching the TV, driving or working at the computer, the calories you consume doesn't get registered well in your brain. "These distractions can cause you to eat too much." By being attentive about the whole eating experience, you can more easily derive pleasure and satisfaction from your food too.
- Go for satisfying foods; Avoid foods that have large amounts of calories(especially fat, sugar and refined carbs) as cakes, potato chips, candy and chocolate. load up those that have high fiber and/ protein content. Good choices include whole-meal bread, porridge, all-bran cereal, beefsteak, baked beans, apples and oranges. "The combination of fiber and protein keeps you feeling full for the longest period of time on the fewest calories. The fuller you feel after a meal, the less likely you'll be to overeat at the next meal."
- Put a stop on nighttime snack attacks; nighttime is our bodies have the lowest need for calories. If the habit of eating in front of the television, replace it with something healthy like fruits.To take your mind off food, keep yourself occupied in the evenings with a new book, hobby /evening exercise session. Aim for a balanced high-fiber breakfast n lunch to help avoid overeating later on. "If you eat no breakfast (and sometimes no lunch), by the time dinner comes around, you are famished. As a result, you gorge yourself until bedtime."
- Don't use food for comfort; Do you chomp down an entire chocolate bar when you have a tight project deadline to meet? It's called emotional eating, and it's often unrelated to hunger. The next time when you're reaching for junk food, pause and ask yourself if you're truly hungry /just feeling antsy. "Avoid using food as a stress reliever by learning coping skills, such as exercise, meditation, or listening to music, that do not rely on food as a source of comfort,"