Are you always hungry??
You’ve just finished eating your dinner…a plateful of pasta and meat sauce with garlic bread and caesar salad.
But all you can think is ‘I want more’ or ‘I need dessert…what do I have in the fridge?’
You should be satisfied but you’re not. You’re always hungry.
A few possibilities…
- Slow down. Maybe you tend to eat too fast and your brain hasn’t caught up yet. It doesn’t know yet that you’ve had enough to eat!
- Maybe your meal didn’t have enough fat or protein and you aren’t satisfied.
- You might need more magnesium in your life (I like magnesium glycinate).
- Your blood sugar might be imbalanced because you eat too many carbs. Your body acts as if it’s starving…causing you to have cravings and telling you to eat more.
You Need to Change the Habit
- Your cue for craving something sweet might be finishing dinner or maybe it’s something in your evening routine that cues you to think about a treat, like watching TV after dinner.
- Do something else, something different. You’re still going to eat dinner so the cravings cue (finishing dinner or watching TV) will still be there. You can only change what happens next. Instead of eating the treat, do something different.
- Create a new after-dinner routine.
- Make tea.
- Read a book.
- Go for a walk outside or workout.
- Call a friend or family member that you enjoy talking to.
- Do a craft/knit/crochet/colour/draw.
Emotional Eating
If you feel that you have an emotional connection to the treat, try to figure out WHY?
What are you really looking for? Comfort? Indulgence?
Try switching to a non-food item/activity that provides the same emotional response (comfort, joy)…again, change the routine.
It may also mean that you need to talk to a counselor to see what’s behind this. There’s no shame in this…it could be extremely enlightening!
The simplest thing to do is to remove yourself from the situation and change the environment. It might take a few days or weeks of doing this consistently, but you can change the routine and stop the cycle.
𝐈𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐚 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐢𝐭.
If you want to change this habit, you need to do something. It’s not going to go away on its own.
You can do it 🙂
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