How to Get Your Appetite Under Control

Well, I lost my will-power again today. I ate the whole thing. I only have thirty pounds to lose and I couldn't seem to lose the first one because I just couldn't stop eating. I love to eat everything. Mexican food, Chinese food, chocolate, cheese, cookies, salads, everything. I've taken pills, potions, juices, etc. all in an effort to get control of my appetite. But I learned recently through self-reflection that my run-a-way appetite was a victim of not greed, but my mental state

When I'm bored, I eat. When I'm happy, I eat,. When I'm said, I eat. When I'm nervous, I...you guessed it. I eat! I started researching reasons on why and how this can be and decided it was time to get this out-of-control behavior in control. It was time for me to stop this madness.

I started keeping a food diary on myself to track my daily eating habits. I stuck with for one solid week and began noticing a pattern in my behavior. I then went another week , and another week, and another. Over the course of that month, I noticed that my reaction to particularly fattening on "non-flattering" foods were during periods of stress or anxiety. Now I knew where and what to tackle.

I started drinking a full twenty ounces of water whenever I felt these mood swings come on and I noticed that it really helped me curb my appetite. If after I drank these twenty ounces of water I was still hungry, I would then eat. Usually, drinking the water helped curb it though.

The next thing I did was I started eating a small, tossed green salad before each meal. This helped me feel fuller and also helped me get in my daily vegetable requirement.
* * Tip: If you do this, make sure to use a low-calorie dressing.

One other thing I did was to take a deep breath whenever I felt weak. This helped to "ground" me and gave me a chance to think before I go off into food-land and mess up.

Taking a few precautionary measures can help any diet be successful and give you new life-long habits to form. To date, I have lost 5 pounds, but they are five pounds that I WILL NOT be seeing again. Once I began taking control of my emotions and listening to my bodies signals, I was successful. Only 25 more pounds to go!