How Food Addicts Can Stop Binge Eating For Good

Here are some helpful tips for those people who suffer from binge eating disorder:

1. Moderate Junk Food Habit: People who love junk foods will find it difficult to give up the habit of over eating. Junk food does not contain much nutrition and instead has empty calories. You need to eliminate this habit of junk food quickly.

However it is not easy to give up junk food so quickly. So what you can do is reduce the consumption of junk food. Slowly, step by step eliminate it from your diet.

Whenever you crave for junk food, eat only a little bit of it. This would satisfy your cravings and help you in fight further temptation. So instead of completely denying yourself just indulge a little bit but not further. Slowly step by step, you can then give up the habit.

2. Substitute: You are a food addict and cannot give up binge eating or snacking. I can understand that. So instead of fighting with yourself, you can adopt another simple strategy.

Substitute the snacks that you eat for something healthier. When you feel like eating cookies or chips, opt for carrots or cucumber instead. Keep fresh vegetables and fruits handy at your home.

Many times we just want to put something in our mouths to munch on. We don’t really care what we are eating. So if you eat fruits or vegetables, at least you will not be taking in lots of calories which are present in junk food.

Cucumbers, carrots, apple, banana, tomato, cabbage etc are good snack replacements to have. As with anything, initially you will find it difficult to make this change. But if you just keep up with it for a few days, you can successfully change your habit.

3. Be Watchful During Special Occasions: We become more vulnerable to indulge in binge eating during special occasions like functions, eating out with friends, holidays, vacations, weddings etc.

We usually drop our guard during such occasions because we are relaxed and in the mood to enjoy ourselves. Everybody around us is eating what they like and we too get tempted to do the same. It can be very difficult to control ourselves during such moments. So we need to be extra vigilant at these times.

I recommend taking a middle path here by allowing yourself to eat a little more than you normally would. At the same time, don’t go too far. As its a special occasion and you are in festive mood, don’t deny yourself the simple pleasure of eating. You cannot be as stern with yourself as during other times. The only thing to watch out for is to catch yourself before you have gone too far.

If you can successfully follow the above 3 simple tips, you can notice huge difference in your eating behavior in a very short span of time.