If you eat every time, such as snacking a little too much, your health may begin to deteriorate, and it will affect your mental and physical health. Overeating is not a good habit; one must also stop kids from snacking every time. Overeating would be defined as having additional meals after lunch or dinner or consuming more calories than your body needs to work perfectly every day. At some point in our life, we have done overeating on occasions or special holidays like Christmas, Thanksgiving or even at a birthday party. As we don’t get to enjoy these delicious dishes in our everyday routine. Overeating will lead you to gain weight, and that is not a good thing. It leaves you feeling bloated and suffering some severe digestive symptoms.
Factors Causing Overeating:
There are unlimited reasons for overeating. You may have yet to learn why you overeat. We have rounded up some of the most frequent ones to determine the reason for overeating.
- Dead tired – Being tired from working and arriving home, you may reach out to some sugary or carb-rich snack when feeling exhausted.
- Boredom – To fill our free time, we always watch a movie or TV show; for that, we need some snacks to eat, eventually leading to obesity.
- Alcohol – Alcohol increases your hunger and makes you feel empty every time. Some salty and oily snacks are paired with it, making you drink more.
- Dehydration – Not drinking enough water will make you think you are hungry.
Listed below are some of the ways to eliminate this habit:
Be Attentive of What you eat.
Making mindless food choices will lead us to gain extra weight. A common problem in Western society is that they don’t make food choices. They eat whatever they get, which is the fundamental problem. Being very busy in their family and work makes them reach for quick snacks to activate them while completing their task. Having some snacks while watching TV shows or movies is also a kind of mindless eating. If you follow this type of routine, your health will begin to suffer both mentally and physically. Eating unhealthy snacks will lead us to eat more and reduce food comfort. Our mind also fails to respond to what we eat and how much.
A solution for mindless eating would be to choose what you are eating. Ask yourself some questions: Are you actually hungry? Are you bored? Are you tired? Have you drunk water? When you ask these questions, you will remain focused on what you are eating, and in this way, your brain will get engaged with your food. If you still eat some snacks, you will remain mindful of how much to eat. Mindful eating is necessary, and nutritionists also suggest that you should know what your body needs. Eating everything will make your body suffer. By following this technique, you can manage to control your eating behaviour.
Prepare Your Meals
You must plan and prepare your meals before going to work. Eating healthy meals is not possible if you are outside the house. Get yourself prepared with some healthy meals to take with yourself before going out. Having a freshly made turkey sandwich will never let you to buy some potato chips. Being hungry and not having anything will often rush you to some restaurants and coffee shops, falling victim to fast food. Also, if you are going out for dinner, you must select a good restaurant that offers great meals according to your taste and diet.
Add Protein and Fiber to your diet.
Eating more protein and fiber will not let you to be hungry for a long time. Protein helps in restoring muscle tissue and plays many other important functions. Research shows that having breakfast high in protein will increase the satisfaction of eating and lessen hunger for the whole day. The digestive system takes longer to break down protein; in this way, you will not feel hungry. Researchers also performed an experiment by magnetic resonance imaging to demonstrate that eating breakfast high in protein will decrease and control the brain’s food motivation and eating behavior. The same goes for fiber; it prevents overeating while being low in calories. It advances the blood sugar levels, and it takes time to digest. By eating fiber, you may not crave sweet things (carbs & treats), and it prevents constipation.
