Nighttime gluttony: how to overcome the desire to eat at night
You have firmly decided that you need to lose weight. And the best way is to eat less.
During the day, in the bustle of work, you can somehow distract yourself from thoughts about food. But what to do in the evening?
At home, you can trick your body by drinking a glass of kefir or eating an apple/carrot. But what if you are invited to a restaurant after work? Or a banquet is planned?
Is it possible to resist the temptation and not break down? After all, your hands are just reaching for sandwiches, small cakes, snacks...
Here are some ways to say "No!" to your stomach and endure the pangs of evening hunger.
The first of them is to constantly keep in mind the image of your new self - slim, with graceful forms, without disgusting excess fat. Or take as an example one of the models/singers who exactly correspond to your idea of the standard figure.
And every time you reach for a piece of cake before bed or are about to have fried potatoes for dinner, recall this “bright image”.
Soon this will happen on its own, and you will stop eating unhealthy, fatty and sweet foods at night.
Method number two - after work, instead of heading straight to the refrigerator, get into a warm bath.
This will help you relax and take your mind off other thoughts (including food). Your appetite won't disappear completely, but it will be enough to suppress it for a while.
The third way is to deceive the receptors. Sometimes it only seems to us that we want to eat. And it is enough to drink a glass of warm water, a cup of tea without sugar or chew gum to calm the stomach.
Sugar-free hard candies are also good for curbing hunger, so grab a few in the evening while you're reading a book or watching a movie and suck on them.
The fourth way is to do sports. No, you shouldn't rush to the gym right after work and work out until you're exhausted. But light exercise, stretching, or yoga will help you focus on other sensations and forget about hunger.
Method number five, which will help you out and distract you from thoughts about food, is to take a walk. And not just like that, but with an observational purpose. Look at everything that appears before your eyes: trees, houses, people, stray animals. And your brain will not constantly signal that it is time to have a snack, and you will burn more calories in the fresh air.
The sixth way is to eat anyway. But not fatty/sweet/fried food, but lighter food.
For example, yogurt without unnecessary additives, but rich in protein; some low-fat cottage cheese; an apple, a pear, a cucumber, a handful of nuts (not roasted peanuts, but walnuts or hazelnuts). And you need to eat slowly so that the signal of satiety reaches the brain faster, and you do not have time to overeat.
And the last way to not give in to thoughts about food at night is to go to bed. But this is only possible when the body only hints at "night gluttony": with a stomach aching from hunger and rumbling throughout the apartment, you can't fall asleep, no matter how hard you try. And you can drown out slight urges to eat with sleep, especially if you dream a little in bed about how slim and beautiful you will be.
Earlier we wrote about what will happen to the body if you eat beets every day.
