How do you suppress your appetite?

How many times this has happened to you? You carefully prepared every meal, you ate healthy, you drank a lot of water and you did not eat anything between the meals. But when you get home, your appetite "hits" you for something sweet, something fried, unhealthy and difficult to digest. Before you know it, you ate a whole tablet of chocolate or a plate full of fries with mayonnaise or ketchup. Of course, the next minute you feel guilty that you have "caved to the temptation" and you wonder why you have not enough will to hold back this unhealthy habit. Do not be too mean to yourself: no matter how psychologically prepared you are, the biology of your body can restrain you. But if you know how the appetite “works”, you will know how to resist it.

Physical hunger vs. emotional hunger. According to nutritionists, there are two kinds of hunger: physical and emotional. Physical hunger is when you feel your stomach empty and you got collywobbles. In those moments, the stomach sends a signal to the brain, telling him it's time to eat. If you ignore the symptoms and do not feed your body, hunger will disappear, but it will come back and with more intense feelings, and at some point you will get to feel tired, weak and even dizzy.

Emotional hunger, on the other hand, is not accompanied by physical symptoms. That is when your appetite is for something, but you’re not really hungry. How many times did you not wake up and realize that you are eating because you're bored, depressed, happy, stressed or angry? You don’t have the physical need to eat; maybe you ate only a half an hour ago, with all this you react to this need with physical “weapons”.

Usually, emotional hunger comes from childhood, when parents or grandparents gave you something to eat - chocolate, cake, ice cream etc. - To stop crying or to forget an offense. Used to this habit, you’ll get, as a grown-up, to associate the feeling of eating with the release of stress or pain. Simply, it is easier to eat than to discover the source of boredom, depression or anger, and figure out a solution. Fortunately, there are solutions that can help you.

Here are some tips of Linda Crawford, a specialist in nutrition behaviors, how to forget about hunger when you are not really hungry: Try to not fall into temptation for at least 15 minutes; it might disappear. Distract your attention from the appetite for sweets, snacks, chips, etc.., get involved yourself in an activity that has nothing to do with food. Talk on the phone, take a shower, vacuum, do your manicure, do anything that will keep you busy and to stop you from thinking of food. Stay away from food. Stay away from the refrigerator or kitchen. Going to walk, to run or walk the dog if you have one. Get out of the house and stay away from the source of temptation. Make, on a scale of 1 to 5, how strong is the desire to eat. If your appetite for chocolate is in 5th place, you might not resist the temptation, especially if the strategies or the above-mentioned did not have effect. The problem now is how much chocolate you eat? Establish how much chocolate to eat, just to ease your appetite (now, I know it’s hard but it’s not impossible).

Put on a plate a reasonable portion, not too little but not too much either, and eat slowly, enjoying every mouthful. Most important is to not feel guilty for eating. Anyone can yield to temptation, it is important not to happen every time you feel like you want to “have a bite”. How to prevent this: Do not label foods as good and evil, permitted and prohibited. No food in itself matters, but how much does. Do not starve yourself. Have around you healthy snacks: - vegetables and fruit - in case you grab hunger between meals. Do not skip meals because you will be more exposed to your appetite and you will want more to eat something.

Drink lots of water. In some cases, dehydration can be mistaken for hunger. Water makes you feel full and less hungry. Do not keep in the house foods that can lead into temptation (or keep the hided). Do not go shopping when you are hungry. You will be tempted to buy more food than you need. Surrender to temptation once in a while. For example, if your usual appetite is chocolate, eat on piece on your own initiative. Workout, not only you’ll burn calories, but through sport you release the stress which could lead to the appearance of appetite.

Other ways to suppress your appetite is to use Appetite Suppressant Pills. There are lots of them available online. Some of them are working great and some of them are “a waste of money”. The most known appetite suppressant is Hoodia Gordonii. There are thousands of products based on Hoodia on the internet but UniqueHoodia I think is the best. Containing 100% Hoodia, it has 90 capsules, and 460mg dosage per pill (no other pill contains that much), a 6 month money back guarantee that covers the full order not just the unopened boxes, if the pills have no effect for you. For more information, and other tips about weight loss, please go to my blog.