The temptation to binge can indeed be one of the hardest things to
overcome. However, there are some useful tips that can help deal with
this temptation and help you eventually overcome it.
Jumia Food shares 5 useful tips to deal with binge eating.
Keep Record of What You Eat
It is easier to deal with binge eating when you’re mindful of what you
eat. Keeping record of what you eat in a food diary can help you do just
that.
eat. Keeping record of what you eat in a food diary can help you do just
that.
Explore Food-Free Ways to Socialize
Most people tend to binge when they are alone or around food or both
(alone and around food), exploring food-free ways to socialize can help
involve you in activities that don’t involve eating and that can
otherwise fill the ‘void’. It will thus make it easier for you to eat
less and even develop healthy eating habits in the process.
(alone and around food), exploring food-free ways to socialize can help
involve you in activities that don’t involve eating and that can
otherwise fill the ‘void’. It will thus make it easier for you to eat
less and even develop healthy eating habits in the process.
Don’t Eat Food Just Anywhere
If you make a habit of eating this and that, here and there, you’re
going to end up eating more food than you should be eating in a day.
Harmless bites or spoons of this and that can easily accumulate into
quite an alarming intake that will only fuel your overeating. Ensure
that you time your meals (eat within certain periods of the day) and eat
meals in a comfortable and relaxed setting (preferably when sitting),
this way it’ll be easier for you to keep better record of what you’re
putting into your mouth.
going to end up eating more food than you should be eating in a day.
Harmless bites or spoons of this and that can easily accumulate into
quite an alarming intake that will only fuel your overeating. Ensure
that you time your meals (eat within certain periods of the day) and eat
meals in a comfortable and relaxed setting (preferably when sitting),
this way it’ll be easier for you to keep better record of what you’re
putting into your mouth.
Use the 10-Minute Rule Before Indulging
Learn to question your hunger. Before you ravage that cup of
delicious-looking ice cream, why not ask yourself if you’re really
hungry. Consider if you just want to eat the ice-cream because it is
there or because you really are hungry. Consider if you probably feel
such a strong desire to eat because you’re actually bored and have
nothing else to do, or because you’re just using food to make up for or
procrastinate from something. Learn to question your hunger. You’ll at
the end of the day realize that most times you want to indulge, you
really are not hungry and if you involve yourself in another activity
for 10 minutes, an activity away from food, you’ll witness yourself
overcome whatever urge to binge that seemed so uncontrollable a few
minutes ago.
delicious-looking ice cream, why not ask yourself if you’re really
hungry. Consider if you just want to eat the ice-cream because it is
there or because you really are hungry. Consider if you probably feel
such a strong desire to eat because you’re actually bored and have
nothing else to do, or because you’re just using food to make up for or
procrastinate from something. Learn to question your hunger. You’ll at
the end of the day realize that most times you want to indulge, you
really are not hungry and if you involve yourself in another activity
for 10 minutes, an activity away from food, you’ll witness yourself
overcome whatever urge to binge that seemed so uncontrollable a few
minutes ago.
Don’t Diet
This is quite obvious at this point. The No. 1 enemy of overcoming binge
eating is dieting because when the diet is over, you are very likely to
end up binge eating again. Rather than dieting, just make a decision to
eat healthily. Many studies have shown that calorie counting and
conscious dieting are associated with overeating
