Why we can not start to eat right and how to fight it

Leo Babauta shares his experiences rejection of tasty, but not very useful food. He weighed 31 kg more put his weight and was dependent on dzhankfuda. Leo took years to trying to understand where grow legs, depending on the food and why it is so hard to give it up. And thanks to its article you have a chance to spend a lot less time.

Quit junk food just as hard as stop smoking, because it is not just our taste preference. For those who like tasty and plenty to eat, the food is almost the whole universe. We eat when we are bored. We eat when we are sad. We eat to reward yourself for something. We seized the suffering of love chocolate ice cream - the reasons may be a million, and salvation - one... and it smells so good!

It turns out that as though we tried to begin to eat properly, in a few days, still there is a failure. Because a lot of snaps, and to get rid of them, we need to think of them instead for something more useful.

Leo believes that we are so hard to break the habit of tasty and plenty to eat because it replaces us a huge amount of needs. And give up this right means that we just do not know how to react and what to do if you run one of the triggers.

Causes

• We eat when experiencing stress. And if we abandon this, then how are we going to cope with stressful situations? We need to find new, more healthy options.
• We eat when we are sad and we are in a depression. How can you learn to deal with these unpleasant emotions more healthy way?
• We allow ourselves to something tasty as a reward. What we encourage yourself, if you cancel this sweet gingerbread?
• We eat in order to maintain communication. This is our meeting friends in cafes and restaurants, and about family dinners even frightening to remember. Than we can replace this option to communicate with friends and how to explain to my mother that this one has an extra pie ?!
• We eat when we miss. What else can occupy themselves, besides eating donuts?
• We eat when we are angry. This emotion is close to the stress, so that sticking it with something tasty - the usual case.
• We eat for pleasure, rewarding yourself and your taste buds a variety of flavors.
• We eat... for the sake of love. As a child, our mothers could indulge us with something tasty, so expressing her love. Our favorite spoil our romantic dinner. We know that love can be tasty and we like it. What you can replace it with an expression?

What can be replaced?

We all need love as a reward, the pleasure and reward. But what are we going to get all of the above situations, if you remove the food? The habit of seizing all firmly entrenched, and if you do not find it suitable, but a healthier substitute to lose weight will not be easy.

Everyone must find his own method, which really helps to cope with difficult emotions and at the same time replaces the desire to seize all this something tasty and not very helpful. Leo offered his options and they may help you even begin.

Exercises. A great way to deal with anger, boredom and stress. Something wrong? Hard work day? Nurse circle at the area or go to the gym - not only the sleeves all the unpleasant emotions, but also clean the head and lead yourself in perfect shape. You look, and after the reporting period or date of the project, you not only lost weight, but also blocks the press began to peep;)

Meditation. Too bad helps to cope with stress and anger, and learn to control their emotions.

Tea. Delicious tea may be reward and pleasure, and a way of communicating with people, and freedom from stress (especially chamomile or sweet mint).

People. Learn how to get from communicating with family and nice people you enjoy. If someone is willing to listen to you, then communication will be more and getting rid of stress.

Cleaning. Better and faster, I put away when angry. In this state, everything goes much faster and doubts such as "Do not leave the pot, and suddenly come in handy (nothing that he has two years worth, and still can not come in handy) "is not a trace remains. As a result, and the apartment cleaned and get rid of negative emotions.

Privacy. Instead of running to the store for another cake, better sit down in a quiet and secluded place and analyze why you feel these emotions, and not others? Why do you react? And even loneliness can be a reward in that case you are almost all the time with a large and noisy family. Family and children - that's great, but we all sometimes need to be alone with yourself.

Well, after the case only for you. Because only you can find the right substitute for a delicious pizza or a delicious piece of cake, which will really work.