Curbing The Cravings

I want to eat Chocolates, Jalebi, Samose, Aalu Paratha, Cheese Maggi, Gulab Jamun, noodles and everything, all together.  We all feel like this at some time or the other.

Starting as a craving, the tongue reacting to the food starts to rule us.  We don't even realize that our tongue, an organ in our body responsible to salivate and keep the mouth wet and realize the taste,  can lead us to such a dead end or a wonderful start, create havoc or get the situations better. It rules us, be it for our speech, our stomach, our taste, or our Cravings.   

How do I differentiate between hunger and cravings?

Hunger

• It comes on gradually
• Hunger is felt in your stomach
• Any food will be okay
• hunger is easy to satisfy

Craving

• It hits suddenly
• It is a mental desire
• Specific food wanted
• It is hard to satisfy

Most often we mistake cravings to be hunger and the results become difficult to accept.

So what do we do? What do I do when I crave at different and weird times?

I follow the rule of two

I start by drinking at least  two big gulps of water,

Give myself two minutes to realize,

Then decide either of the two conditions

Condition 1- I am thirsty and so my mind was playing games with me so that I load up with something.

Condition 2- I am actually hungry and so started craving for something.

Pay attention to how your body reacts to your actions.

It is okay to eat a small block of chocolate if you have tried to avoid the same but haven't been able to, but make sure that you do not end up eating the entire packet or more than what you should. When the mind and the tongue mix well, the stomach gets loaded. Do not give in to your mind playing games.  Keep a count of what you eat. Switch to healthier alternatives. We all need to eat, if we do it by tricking our mind that we are eating what the tongue has ordered and eating healthy at the same time, it would be great.

I'm no Diet expert to comment on what you can substitute with which item, also everyone has a different body and its varied mechanism, so I could just share about what I do. Earlier I used to live to eat. Now I made a small change by eating healthy to live healthily. Yes, I do accept the fact that I have done all sort of binge and emotional and boredom and craving eatings, after trying out all the type of rash eating behavior I realized I was always hungry for more food. Having hunger swings like I have never had food. Going to the restaurant and ordering for two plates instead of one just to be sure that I don’t have to wait for another. I had a slow digestion which meant my stomach would still feel empty even after I had eaten, which resulted in me eating extra, also my tongue always kept wanting more of taste. To give it the taste I ate more and more.

These days I do try and curb my cravings, I trick my tongue. When I crave for sweets I eat a bite, very small yet enough to give taste to my tongue. I don’t do that every time, only once a week.
 I have taken a step to not give in to temptations. Have you?

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