8 Tips to Stop Overeating

This may sound a little weird, but humans actually have an instinctual fear of hunger, our reaction to hunger has not evolved with our convenience-centered world. This is the reason we run to the nearest place to fuel up as soon as out body sends the signal to eat. Hunger is a physical cue that you need energy. The problem comes when we don’t listen to our body and we eat more than needed or get too hungry and stoke out-of-control cravings.

Learn how to spot hunger and eat less while staying satisfied which will lead to a calorie controlled diet that will help you shed pounds without greater effort.

1. Meet the hunger scale
Learn how to recognize when you are really hungry, the physical cues that signal a true need of nourishment, it has been proved that normally we feed our emotions instead of our body.
Starving: An uncomfortable, empty feeling that may be accompanied by light-headedness or the jitters caused by low blood sugar levels from lack of food. Eat regularly to avoid getting to this point, since the risk of binge eating is very high here.

Hungry: Your next meal is on your mind. Eat something to avoid entering the dangerous “starving” territory.

Moderately hungry: Your stomach may be growling, and food is on your mind, this is a optimal eating time.
Satisfied: You’re not full, but not hungry, either. This is a good relaxed and comfortable place to be.
Full: If you get to this point, it’s more out of momentum than actual hunger, making your belly feel slightly bloated.
Stuffed: You feel uncomfortable and might even have mild heartburn from your stomach acids creeping back up into your esophagus.

2. Be aware
Be more attentive to the whole eating experience, don’t eat when you are driving or at the computer. When we’re distracted or hurried the food we eat tends not to register well in our brains. Get centered before eating so you can more easily derive pleasure from your food, give the meal your full attention, and notice when you’ve had enough.

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