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Avoid Fast and Convenience Foods

Avoid Fast and Convenience Foods

Convenience foods are often times high in processed sugars and unhealthy fats.  They usually contain cheap, highly refined fats that are often hydrogenated and turn into trans fats.

Furthermore, the excessive amounts of processed sugars added to foods creates a hypersecretion of insulin in your body that causes hunger cravings instead of feelings of fullness.

Do This:

  • When possible, do your best to plan your daily meals so you do not find yourself indulging in laboratory grown foods that will wreak havoc on your body.
  • Aim to eat foods that are minimally processed, without added sugars or sweeteners and polyunsaturated vegetable oils or fried foods

Why it Works:

Much like an engine – everything that you put into your body will either cleanse you or clog you.  Choose wisely!

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Check Your Hunger Cues

Check Your Hunger Cues!

Too many times we find ourselves reaching for something to eat when we aren’t even hungry.

How many times have you found yourself reaching for snacks and foods when you weren’t truly hungry? Here are some ideas to help check your hunger cues.

Do This:

  • Pay close attention to the signals telling you to eat.
  • Are they physiological or psychological?
  • Ask yourself how long it has been since your last meal and are you truly hungry, or are you eating out of stress, boredom or anxiety?

Why it Works:

Simply developing enough awareness to question your own motives for reaching for something to eat can be a powerful tool in aiding your weight loss.

This is where you can spot your emotional eating habits by learning to question your motives before taking in unnecessary calories out of boredom, anger, anxiety, sadness or just plain old habit.

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