Overcomming the Negative/Bad Eating Habits the easy way
“We are what we Eat” This Phrase Makes us Realize the Importance of Diet/Food that we are about to eat. But, while considering this Phrase, an Important Factor is mostly ignored. That is the Time, on which we eat or feel Hungry. Therefore, altering this Phrase a bit, so it looks like “Time is what that tells us when we eat”.
Now the above Altered Phrase will never Let us ignore the Importance of Time While Eating. The Timings of any Meal are Very Important, because it is the Time that either makes us extremely Hungry or not Hungry. For example; we eat more when we ignore our Hunger for more time, or like we eat less Before the Time we get Hungry.
Eating on Both the Times (Extreme Hunger/No Hunger) Leads to the Simple phenomenon called “The Bad/Negative Eating Habit”. The Negative/Bad Eating Habits are very easy to cope up with; all it needs us to follow a few baby steps, which are as follows.
The First step to follow is to know the reason of its occurrence. The Basic Reason of its occurrence is the Lack of Communication between the Mind and Body. Which means, not knowing or understanding that if you are hungry or not. It is very important for us to know about the nature of our hunger.
The Second Step for overcoming Bad/Negative Eating Habit is to differentiating between two types of hungers, for knowing the nature of our hunger. The First type of Hunger is “Hunger for Emotional Satisfaction (Fake)”, like seeing your Favorite Dish in the canteen after having your meal and asking yourself to eat it, seeing your friend eating something that you think is better than you ate before, watching cooking show on T.V and Want to eat the dish that you just saw on T.V, etc.
The Second type of Hunger is the “Physical Hunger (Real)”, Like Playing base ball for 1-2 hour and Feeling Hungry or like studying about 2-3 hours and Feeling Hungry.
Now the Third step to follow is to observe the Hunger Patterns that you follow, for example observing the Times on which, you get hungry and also observing the Factors that are making you feel Hungry on those times. For proper Observation you can Note down the Timings on which, you get hungry. Also you can Note down the Nature of the Hunger, on that time.
After taking notes for just 1 week, you will completely understand your Hunger and Eating Pattern. Along with that, understanding the Hunger/Eating Pattern will also bridge the communication Gap between your Mind and Body.
The Forth and Final Step to follow is to stop your self to Eat, when you get Hungry for emotional satisfaction. I Usually Divert my mind when getting this type of hunger, by Calling a Friend, Reading my favorite book, Going for a walk/Exercise, etc. these are the things that I do to stop myself from eating when I get hungry for my emotional satisfaction. However, you are the master of yourself and you can better divert your mind your way.
Coping up with your Bad/Negative Eating habits will be a Piece of cake for you.
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