Diet cravings are normal, and the goal is to find creative ways to overcome them. They are a major cause of diet failure, but there are many simple ways to help curb the urge to overdo it with chocolate, candy, or your favorite cheesecake.
Have regular meals throughout the day. Cravings occur when we are hungry. Snacking a lot can happen as a quick alternative to a regular meal, if a person is in a hurry. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and a nice hardboiled egg, some oatmeal and perhaps a piece of fruit should hold off those cravings until lunchtime. Sometimes just the smell or slight taste of a favorite treat can also delay the urge to just grab it and chow down. Perhaps a stick of gum, or a vanilla candle burning, or peppermint or other herb from a vaporizer can give your body a little non-caloric treat that will satisfy those urges.
People can get depressed if they don't exercise. It's a catch 22 situation as when we are depressed, we crave carbohydrates. A chemical produced in our brain, called serotonin, makes us feel happy. If we are getting low amounts of serotonin, then we feel depressed. As people who are struggling with weight control often use food to comfort themselves, more exercise is a great alternative and doing it release the serotonin, thus further reducing the cravings.
If your self esteem is at a low point, or something or a project has you bothered, then the cravings may pick up. Give yourself an ego boost by either telling yourself that you are a worthy person, or accomplishing a task that makes you feel good. Helping others has been known to give a person a great sense of accomplishment and self esteem.
When people consume sugars and fats, a certain amount of endorphins are released. This could come from the cavemen (and women) ancestors' diet. After a large meal of game roasted over a fire, and perhaps some wild honey, they probably sat around in the cave, full of endorphins and feeling satisfied. In this day and age we receive far more endorphins through exercise. Increasing this chemical in our bodies goes a long way to control those cravings. Treats should be eaten in limited amounts, but not removed from our diets altogether. A few good treats are dark chocolate (the higher the cocoa amount the better), or a small piece of banana with a teaspoon of peanut butter on it.
Author Resource:-
Fay Porinsky is an expert in the alternative health field with more than 20 years of experience. She has particular knowledge and experience with the herbal vaporizer, including the 2003 Dr. Rudolf-Eberle-Prize innovation award winning Volcano Vaporizer. http://www.vapeworld.com/
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