BREAK A CRAVING
DAILY POST AUGUST 17th:Â IT WILL BREAK YOU HEART
Here are a dozen things that may help you to break the hold of unhealthy cravings:
- Fads and gimmicks don’t work, and they’re unhealthy. Change your eating habits forever to gain control.
- Always head in the direction of balance. Seek comfort in people rather than in food.
- Move more, walking at minimum a half hour every day. If you are indoors, walk up and down the stairs.
- Eliminate the problem foods from your life. You don’t need them and cheating spurs cravings.
- Eliminate salt, sugar and fried foods to rehabilitate your body into not craving them. Remember that fast food, restaurant food and processed food products all contain excessive amounts of salt, sugar and/or fat. Avoid them.
- Don’t buy your problem foods. Instead, buy lots of fresh fruit and vegetables, experimenting with different ways to prepare them. You will like some better than others. Eat unlimited quantities of fresh fruits and vegetables. Consider them your best food friends. Try to find one new fruit or vegetable every time you shop.
- Eat less red meat and more plants, whole grains and fish.
- Ask friends and family not to buy problem foods for you or to eat them around you. Sabotage is no friend to those on a difficult path.
- Eating things that make you feel good in the long run is better than eating things that make you feel good right now. Results trump taste. You will NEVER regret NOT eating a donut; you will ALWAYS regret eating a donut. (See #4.)
- Experiment with feeding yourself whole, rather than processed, foods. Learn to cook, even if only basic things.
- Eat a salad before every meal, made with your favorite veges. Don’t make yourself eat ones that you truly don’t like. If you don’t like certain vegetables, you may be over-cooking them. Steam lightly; season with a little butter or seasonings. Discover which vegetables taste best raw, which are best cooked.
- See Good-for-You-Foods and eat as many of those as you can.
