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1. Use the "Stop Your Cravings" chart
2. Get rid of all the bad foods you crave for!
This is the easiest "most common sense" thing you can do to kill your cravings so…
Just throw out all those snacks, candies, donuts and other bad foods that's making you gain weight and even if you still have strong cravings for those bad foods…
The next 20+ tips below will definitely help curb your cravings & put you on the track to permanent weight loss if you stick to them.
3. Eat more fiber (Raw Fruits & Veggies)
Fiber keeps you fuller longer and kills all your sugar cravings. Get fiber by eating fruits (especially apples) & vegetables, whole grains, nuts (almonds are the best) and seeds.
Eating Fiber will help you lose weight faster because it fills up your stomach quicker making you eat less.
4. Make sure at least 30% of your diet is protein
Like fiber, Protein also makes you feel full and keeps you satisfied longer because…
Protein helps regulate your blood sugar & it makes your body release appetite suppressing hormones (like cholecystokinin and GLP-1) and in a recent study…
People who drank either whey protein 90 minutes before being allowed to eat freely at a buffet table ate significantly less calories than those who did not drink whey protein.
Use a calculator to see how much protein you need to be 30% of your diet.
5. Drink more WATER
When you get dehydrated you will get very hungry because your body will increase your hunger pangs in an attempt to get more water to re-hydrate itself so make sure you're drinking enough water to prevent hunger and…
You can also drink about 8+ ounces of water before your meals to make you feel fuller quicker so you'll eat less or…
6. You can drink a glass of vegetable juice before meals
Studies have shown that drinking vegetable juice before meals suppresses your appetite by making you eat 135 less calories at each meal.
7. Get Fiber, Protein & Water at ever meal to…
Regulate your blood sugar because when your blood sugar is out of whack you'll crave for more food which means you'll eat a lot more and gain more weight.
For example… If you eat some almonds & some veggies for fiberand eat some tuna or baked chicken for protein and if you wash all that down with 12 ounces of water… You'll won't have any food cravings for at least 3-to-5 hours and…
Drinking at least 8 ounces of water with high fiber foods helps the undigested fiber in your stomach expand to make you feel fuller much longer.
8. Eat a small meal every 2-to-3 hours
Doing this also regulates your blood sugar by giving you a constant supply of energy which really reduces your cravings and kills your big appetite.
9. Don't skip breakfast
Skipping breakfast makes your already low morning blood sugar drop even more and this will cause you to have massive food cravings for the rest of the day and…
You certainly do not want to skip breakfast if your job or lifestyle is stressful as this will make your cravings even worse but on the other hand…
10. Skip breakfast & Try Intermittent fasting
It may be tough for you at first to skip breakfast and fast for 12+ hours a day but Intermittent fasting will progressively eliminate your cravings and you will not be as hungry all the time plus…
Intermittent fasting is a good dieting trick to help you burn fat faster. Whether you skip or eat breakfast depends on what is best for you when dealing with hunger & cravings to help you lose weight faster.
11. Drink or supplement with Green Tea
Green tea by itself is a potent fat burner but green tea is also a potent appetite suppressant because just like protein…
Green tea also forces your body to release the appetite suppressing hormone CCK (cholecystokinin).
12. Have an egg for breakfast
Studies found that an egg for breakfast helped overweight people feel more full over 24 hours than a bagel-based breakfast of equal calories and the people who ate the egg breakfast ate 330 calories less during the day and after an 8-week study…
The people who had eggs for breakfast instead of bagels lost 65% more weight and they lost 16% more fat and don't worry about your cholesterol levels going up because even though the people in that 8 week study had 2 eggs for breakfast everyday…
Their cholesterol levels were the same as the group that ate bagels after 8 weeks and eating eggs will only raise your HDL cholesterol levels which is the good cholesterol but…
The reason why eggs may be "nature's appetite suppressant"according to dietician Dr. Carrie Ruxton is because eggs increase the powerful satiety hormone PPY (Peptide YY) while lowering hunger causing hormones like ghrelin.
13. Lose Belly Fat & have Less Cravings
According to researchers at University if Western Ontario - Belly fat makes you hungry because it makes a hormone called neuropeptide Y that makes you hungry.
14. Don't get stressed out - relax more.
When you get stressed out you usually overeat because your body releases a hormone called Cortisol that makes you hungry and…
15. Understand why you go on a binge
16. Battle PMS cravings with Calcium
Research has shown that women who take calcium supplements or consume at least 1 serving of dairy products daily (like yogurt, skim milk, or low-fat cheese) about 2 weeks before menstruation will significantly lower their cravings during PMS for bad carbs that make them gain weight.
17. Use these 2 words to stop cravings- I DONT EAT THAT- every time you see the food you dont want to eat due to your diet out loud and/or in your head repeat I DONT EAT THAT 7x each time trick your mind
18. Avoid refined or processed carbs (mainly sugar)
Refined carbs include heavily processed or high sugar foods like fluffy white breads/bread snacks, regular sodas, most breakfast cereal, sweets, candy, cookies and cakes.
Refined carbs cause your blood sugar levels to rise very fast and then crash very quickly making you crave for more sugar (refined carbs).
Doing numbers 1-to-4 & especially #5 will help reduce your cravings for refined carbs or sugar.
19. Limit your salt intake
Salt also makes your cravings worse and too much salt also causes you to gain unwanted water weight -
20. Take a whiff of Vanilla scent to curb cravings
The sweet smell of vanilla tricks you into thinking you already satisfied your cravings for sugars.
21. Eat on blue plates
It may sound weird but the research does show that blue is a natural appetite suppressant so try to use blue silverware, napkins, etc. whenever you eat and on the flip side…
Red, yellow, and orange have been shown to increase your appetite and make you eat more.
2. Get rid of all the bad foods you crave for!
This is the easiest "most common sense" thing you can do to kill your cravings so…
Just throw out all those snacks, candies, donuts and other bad foods that's making you gain weight and even if you still have strong cravings for those bad foods…
The next 20+ tips below will definitely help curb your cravings & put you on the track to permanent weight loss if you stick to them.
3. Eat more fiber (Raw Fruits & Veggies)
Fiber keeps you fuller longer and kills all your sugar cravings. Get fiber by eating fruits (especially apples) & vegetables, whole grains, nuts (almonds are the best) and seeds.
Eating Fiber will help you lose weight faster because it fills up your stomach quicker making you eat less.
4. Make sure at least 30% of your diet is protein
Like fiber, Protein also makes you feel full and keeps you satisfied longer because…
Protein helps regulate your blood sugar & it makes your body release appetite suppressing hormones (like cholecystokinin and GLP-1) and in a recent study…
People who drank either whey protein 90 minutes before being allowed to eat freely at a buffet table ate significantly less calories than those who did not drink whey protein.
Use a calculator to see how much protein you need to be 30% of your diet.
5. Drink more WATER
When you get dehydrated you will get very hungry because your body will increase your hunger pangs in an attempt to get more water to re-hydrate itself so make sure you're drinking enough water to prevent hunger and…
You can also drink about 8+ ounces of water before your meals to make you feel fuller quicker so you'll eat less or…
6. You can drink a glass of vegetable juice before meals
Studies have shown that drinking vegetable juice before meals suppresses your appetite by making you eat 135 less calories at each meal.
7. Get Fiber, Protein & Water at ever meal to…
Regulate your blood sugar because when your blood sugar is out of whack you'll crave for more food which means you'll eat a lot more and gain more weight.
For example… If you eat some almonds & some veggies for fiberand eat some tuna or baked chicken for protein and if you wash all that down with 12 ounces of water… You'll won't have any food cravings for at least 3-to-5 hours and…
Drinking at least 8 ounces of water with high fiber foods helps the undigested fiber in your stomach expand to make you feel fuller much longer.
8. Eat a small meal every 2-to-3 hours
Doing this also regulates your blood sugar by giving you a constant supply of energy which really reduces your cravings and kills your big appetite.
9. Don't skip breakfast
Skipping breakfast makes your already low morning blood sugar drop even more and this will cause you to have massive food cravings for the rest of the day and…
You certainly do not want to skip breakfast if your job or lifestyle is stressful as this will make your cravings even worse but on the other hand…
10. Skip breakfast & Try Intermittent fasting
It may be tough for you at first to skip breakfast and fast for 12+ hours a day but Intermittent fasting will progressively eliminate your cravings and you will not be as hungry all the time plus…
Intermittent fasting is a good dieting trick to help you burn fat faster. Whether you skip or eat breakfast depends on what is best for you when dealing with hunger & cravings to help you lose weight faster.
11. Drink or supplement with Green Tea
Green tea by itself is a potent fat burner but green tea is also a potent appetite suppressant because just like protein…
Green tea also forces your body to release the appetite suppressing hormone CCK (cholecystokinin).
12. Have an egg for breakfast
Studies found that an egg for breakfast helped overweight people feel more full over 24 hours than a bagel-based breakfast of equal calories and the people who ate the egg breakfast ate 330 calories less during the day and after an 8-week study…
The people who had eggs for breakfast instead of bagels lost 65% more weight and they lost 16% more fat and don't worry about your cholesterol levels going up because even though the people in that 8 week study had 2 eggs for breakfast everyday…
Their cholesterol levels were the same as the group that ate bagels after 8 weeks and eating eggs will only raise your HDL cholesterol levels which is the good cholesterol but…
The reason why eggs may be "nature's appetite suppressant"according to dietician Dr. Carrie Ruxton is because eggs increase the powerful satiety hormone PPY (Peptide YY) while lowering hunger causing hormones like ghrelin.
13. Lose Belly Fat & have Less Cravings
According to researchers at University if Western Ontario - Belly fat makes you hungry because it makes a hormone called neuropeptide Y that makes you hungry.
14. Don't get stressed out - relax more.
When you get stressed out you usually overeat because your body releases a hormone called Cortisol that makes you hungry and…
15. Understand why you go on a binge
16. Battle PMS cravings with Calcium
Research has shown that women who take calcium supplements or consume at least 1 serving of dairy products daily (like yogurt, skim milk, or low-fat cheese) about 2 weeks before menstruation will significantly lower their cravings during PMS for bad carbs that make them gain weight.
17. Use these 2 words to stop cravings- I DONT EAT THAT- every time you see the food you dont want to eat due to your diet out loud and/or in your head repeat I DONT EAT THAT 7x each time trick your mind
18. Avoid refined or processed carbs (mainly sugar)
Refined carbs include heavily processed or high sugar foods like fluffy white breads/bread snacks, regular sodas, most breakfast cereal, sweets, candy, cookies and cakes.
Refined carbs cause your blood sugar levels to rise very fast and then crash very quickly making you crave for more sugar (refined carbs).
Doing numbers 1-to-4 & especially #5 will help reduce your cravings for refined carbs or sugar.
19. Limit your salt intake
Salt also makes your cravings worse and too much salt also causes you to gain unwanted water weight -
20. Take a whiff of Vanilla scent to curb cravings
The sweet smell of vanilla tricks you into thinking you already satisfied your cravings for sugars.
21. Eat on blue plates
It may sound weird but the research does show that blue is a natural appetite suppressant so try to use blue silverware, napkins, etc. whenever you eat and on the flip side…
Red, yellow, and orange have been shown to increase your appetite and make you eat more.
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