How to Stop Overeating

<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Overeating was one of my biggest problems before i started my 50 pound weight loss journey. The thing is, i wasn't exactly eating the most unhealthy foods such as McDonalds, KFC, chocolate, donuts or whatever else. My problem was i was just eating TOO MUCH, especially certain food groups such as carbohydrates. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This was the first hurdle i overcame and trust me, it was NOT easy. Here are my top tips for avoiding overeating:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ol><li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Drink water-</b><br />I'm sure you've heard this before and if you haven't, you're hearing it now! Water is great for a lot of things. <b>Sometimes when we think we're hungry, we're actually thirsty! </b>So if you've just eaten yet you still feel hungry enough to eat more, Drink up! Make sure you have one glass before your meal, another during the meal and one after your meal. By the end you would have had three glasses of water to drink and you'll feel full!</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Snack-</b><br />That's right! you can snack but <b>it depends on what you're snacking on</b>. To avoid that feeling of uncontrollable hunger make sure you're snacking throughout the day on things like <b>fruit, veggies and nuts</b>. There's so much you can do to keep snacking fun! for example one of my favourites, Banana, Organic all natural peanut butter, Greek yogurt and granola:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIL-1DPVOG75XBoU1vtuia_XNcMVMi0K6SxezGXzpX0WTrgxMY1O6h_xhkmsdpAbqi7AvVHiQRvbrd0M4-6R9YMZMcPO0VOup_u_CUye_pCYgI976NZmazH9D0B9Sq0zcI1bnglOSXA-A/s1600/559779_309094412549453_2096902591_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIL-1DPVOG75XBoU1vtuia_XNcMVMi0K6SxezGXzpX0WTrgxMY1O6h_xhkmsdpAbqi7AvVHiQRvbrd0M4-6R9YMZMcPO0VOup_u_CUye_pCYgI976NZmazH9D0B9Sq0zcI1bnglOSXA-A/s400/559779_309094412549453_2096902591_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snack: Greek yogurt, Granola, Banana and Organic Peanut Butter.</td></tr></tbody></table></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b> Keep yourself busy-</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Its no secret that most of us end up overeating out of pure boredom. The best way to avoid this is to keep yourself busy. <b>Write up To-do lists </b>so that you always have something to do. This will not only help you stop overeating but you will feel GREAT for having gotten things done.<br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Know your portion sizes-</b><br />Its SO important to know what your portion sizes should be. <b>You can do this by eating on a smaller plate which will trick your mind into thinking you're full</b> after you've finished your meal. It may come as a bit of a shock how much you should really be eating but you will soon get used to this.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RdoWHrFZFQgwPIS1wi1u1Ye9Y2Brz52viBS31T5Fg41fZzXtfQzKn1zOquZH5Dhr-k0z4eGuXXFhh76UklR9XKGl03xZy05fgfPhV5LM67nB7Y1ln3nxaEgj7PhDsbJjIoPtZhisW-28/s1600/eatwell+plate+377+sized.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-RdoWHrFZFQgwPIS1wi1u1Ye9Y2Brz52viBS31T5Fg41fZzXtfQzKn1zOquZH5Dhr-k0z4eGuXXFhh76UklR9XKGl03xZy05fgfPhV5LM67nB7Y1ln3nxaEgj7PhDsbJjIoPtZhisW-28/s320/eatwell+plate+377+sized.jpg" width="320" /></a></div> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGfTrhX1PSVRSEH62Y1YD68S5BiXYZdDGHJQjvw1bgiPEOnuvF5PfPCYLpGnpvESEq1GnFeKgT2EBIgjRfFSpOwxWJUTbZEVmJf3etK6BfbFY0w47M2Lk3J2BtoD2EXqSf4zqH6AvAbxO/s1600/portion_control_chartFULL.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPGfTrhX1PSVRSEH62Y1YD68S5BiXYZdDGHJQjvw1bgiPEOnuvF5PfPCYLpGnpvESEq1GnFeKgT2EBIgjRfFSpOwxWJUTbZEVmJf3etK6BfbFY0w47M2Lk3J2BtoD2EXqSf4zqH6AvAbxO/s320/portion_control_chartFULL.gif" width="221" /></a><br /></span></li><li><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Do Not Restrict-</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Overeating can often be a result of being too strict on yourself. <b>You have to find a good balance between eating healthy and treating yourself</b>. You can keep it 80/20 which basically just means, 80% healthy and 20% of the time you can treat yourself. Or 90/10. Its up to you! just don't restrict! the pressure and stress will only lead to overeating in the long run. </span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hope these tips help you stay on track but remember, these are just tips, <b>YOU need to put in the work and put these into action.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stay healthy</span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">x</span></div>

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It's all about the attitude

<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Yesterday I posted about my binging, how I obsess over it. I also mentioned how Velda's <a href="http://theclimbandsometimesthefall.blogspot.com/" target="blank">post</a> put my problems in perspective.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">What really stands out about Velda isn't the fact that her problem is worse than my problem, it's her attitude. Even though her prognosis is grim (4 to 6 months to live), she is still positive and upbeat about her life. She's fighting as hard as she can to live her life to the fullest. She has hope that just maybe she'll beat the odds. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It really is all about our attitude. None of the weight loss experts can help us if we have a bad attitude. If we constantly tell ourselves we're going to fail at losing weight and maintaining the loss, we'll be right.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">That's exactly where I've been for the last few weeks. I was feeling like this was just impossible. My binging was getting the best of me.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">When I got home last night I decided I wasn't going to obsess about my binging anymore. I had to let go of that thought process. If it happened, it wasn't going to be the end of the world. So I eat late at night, so what? It might mean I won't lose weight, but again, so what?</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Last night I talked with my husband. I confessed my late night eating. He had no idea, which kind of surprised me. I told him it was a serious problem, and I didn't know how to fix it. Just sharing it with him was a relief. It's funny how I can tell complete strangers I'm a freak, but I struggle telling my own husband.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We didn't argue, he didn't say I was a bad person or crazy, and he wasn't judgmental. He was kind and understanding. He's never had a real weight issue himself, although he is currently 50 pounds overweight (and he hates it). He knows how hard I struggle, but I know he doesn't really get what I go through since he doesn't have food issues himself. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Afterwards I felt relaxed and not stressed out by the thoughts of binging. I really didn't care what happened. I couldn't keep fighting this thing tooth and nail, and then lose the battle every night. I decided it wouldn't be a battle. I'm not giving up, but I'm not going to war with myself night after night over whether or not I should eat.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I fell asleep early and slept through the night without waking up once during the night. It's been months since I've had a good night's sleep. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My attitude isn't super happy, with rainbows and butterflies, but I'm feeling kind of happy, hopeful. It's more of an attitude that I need to let some things go, things that aren't really that important. Things like binging.</span><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /><span style="color: blue;"><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em>A shoutout to my dear friend Pamela who is back among the living. I've missed her so much. She was the first person to ever comment on my blog. She's followed me for almost two years and has helped me tremendously. </em></span></strong><br /></span><br /><strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><em><span style="color: blue;">Now it's my turn to return the favor. Please stop by Pamela's <a href="http://www.uncoveringpamela.com/blog/"><span style="color: purple;">blog</span></a> and offer her support. She's a wonderful person and she needs help right now.</span></em></span></strong>

binging It's all about the attitude

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