Five Tips To Stop Food Cravings For Easy Weight Loss


by Julia Denham - Date: 2007-02-12 - Word Count: 344 Share This!

When you're trying to lose weight, food cravings can make it impossible to stay on your diet. "Just one piece of chocolate", you think... or "a little piece of cheese won't do any harm" - and then, before you know it, your weight loss resolutions are shot.

It's not you. You're not weak-willed. You're physically addicted to certain foods, and this is why you crave them. Researchers have found that addictive foods release opiate-like chemicals in digestion, so that you become addicted to to these foods. The primary addictive foods include sugar, chocolate, cheese and meat.

You Can Break Your Addiction And Eliminate Food Cravings In Three Weeks

Once you know that your food cravings are the result of a physical addiction, you can stop your weight loss sabotage and eliminate your cravings for good. It takes around three weeks to stop craving foods to which you're addicted. Unfortunately, you need to completely eliminate the food which triggers the cravings for those three weeks.

This is very good news - you know that once the three weeks have passed, you've stopped the addiction, and your cravings won't return.

Five Tips To Stop Food Cravings For Easy Weight Loss

1. Eat enough every day - don't drastically cut your calorie intake. You must eat enough to maintain your ideal body weight. Don't go on any kind of starvation diet. Eat three healthy meals, including breakfast, and a couple of healthy snacks.

2. Use a natural appetite suppressant like Hoodia Balance to overcome food cravings and the urge to eat.

3. Sleep! Inadequate sleep triggers food cravings. Get your full eight hours each night, and go for a 20-minute walk every day - sleep and exercise get your body working optimally.

4. Maintain your blood sugar level, by eating whole grains, green vegetables and fruit, and don't leave long gaps between meals. When your blood sugar levels are low, you'll experience cravings.

5. Eat foods with plenty of fiber - try oatmeal for a healthy, satisfying breakfast which fills you up, and keeps you going for several hours.

These five tips will help you to eliminate food cravings, and lose weight fast.


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