How to eat less by Brit

"Difficult, but empowering."

How I did it: I payed close attention to what I ate, tracked everything on SparkPeople, and ate consciously. To start off I measured all of my food. I was surprised to see how much more than a normal portion of food I was actually eating. I made an effort to incorporate more fruits and vegetables into my diet and that helped significantly. By eating more fruits, and especially vegetables, you are able to eat more food for less calories. Also, healthier food keeps you fuller for much, much longer. When you are full you don't have much reason to grab extra food. 

Lessons & tips: If you are an emotional eater, figure out what triggers you to reach for food and find an alternative to pigging out. I am an emotional eater, but I try not to let that ruin my diet. When I get upset or down I usually go for a run or grab a good book instead of grabbing the sweets.

Also, tracking everything you eat was a big help. You will want to do the same. 

Resources: The biggest contributor to my success is Spark People. 



 

Aug 01, 2010, 07:24AM PDT | 1 comment


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olinka31

Emotional eating!

Hey! I discovered this site today and found it very useful. I’m dealing with emotional eating problem. Today, I woke up I in the morning and felt so lonely, the first thing that came into my mind was the ice cream that I had in the fridge. That was my breakfast. I always feel bad after this and then my negative mood attracted more negative things that happened during the day.
Today I decided that I’m not having this emotional eating disorder anymore. I’ll follow your advice, I’ll grab a book or go for a run we
when my mood is down. Thank you!

Apr 29, 2011, 01:52PM PDT | Respond to this


 

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