You feel greedy.

You feel weak.

But honestly, you are neither.

If it was that simple, you would have done it by now wouldn’t you?

Well now you can make it that much easier.  Stop food cravings by discovering the 2 crucial foods that diminish intense cravings for good and give YOU back control.

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When we eat refined sugary foods it is our body simply going for the foods it knows and searching out the nutrients it requires (despite the fact the food rarely contains any nutrition benefit).  If it knew better and was used to an abundance of fruit then these would be the first foods it would search for.

On top of this our cravings are usually emotional cravings.  No one really reaches for junk foods for their nutritional benefit do they?  And this is where the idea of what society sees food as goes wrong.

Food has a purpose, a function.  It isn’t to entertain us (although you may disagree), it is to provide us with fuel, with nutrition so we can keep going.  When we look to food for more than this, then we have a problem.  Many of you probably know this, if you crave sugar, cheese, chocolate etc.

So what can you do to kick your food cravings in the butt?

First start adding in NUTRITIOUS foods.  Make sure you eat plenty of whole raw foods.  This will help keep physical cravings to a minimum.

Second, if this isn’t enough for you to stop craving and give up the junk, observe yourself and see what triggers yourself.  Work on your emotional eating issues.  This can be tough so use a program liek Roger Gould’s Shrink Yourself, to really get to the root cause of your proble,

Third – go cold turkey.  The first bite is the EASIEST to resist.  Once you go past that you will most likely end up bingeing.  It’s inevitable.  Just give up your prized junk food and start treating your body the way you should and deserve to.  It can take some time to muorn the loss of your emotion comfort but it isn’t doing you any favors (and most likely leaves you moody and depressed the next day).

Lastly, believe you can do this because you can.  You can give up your favorite junk foods, you will give up your favorite junk foods andy ou DESERVE to be free from food addiction for good.

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When we experience emotional cravings that are out of control, we need to start observing ourselves and seeing exactly what emotions are causing the triggers.  Maybe we eat out of boredom.  Maybe we eat because we are dissatisfied about our relationship.  Cravings – emotional cravings – are telling you something.  Instead of eating you need to listen.

A good start pointing when tackling this issue is to tackle our mindset first.  Negativity is something many people habitually part take in.  Our inner critic tells us we are not good enough and we constantly play the worse case scenario in any situation instead of weighing up all the facts.

Your weight loss outcomes can depend on many things but at the core of it all you need to believe in 3 things in order to successfully lose the battle with the bulge.

You need to believe:

1. POSSIBILITY: It is possible for you to overcome cravings.
2. ACHIEVEMENT: You are able to stop craving.
3. WORTHINESS: You deserve to stop craving and lose weight.

Possibility

Possibility is almost always mistaken for competence. We think that something isn’t possible, that we aren’t able to give up our favorite junk foods or stop craving when really we don’t know how to do it – we don’t have the knowledge or resources to be able to stop craving.

It is possible though, regardless of your situation. You can’t prove that it isn’t possible – you can only say that you haven’t achieved it yet.

Beliefs are not fact.

Beliefs are just our best guess at something and we often sell ourselves short. Do you think you have put a mental ceiling on your achievements? Do you think you have hindered your ability to stop craving through your beliefs about yourself?

Ability

Most of us tend to make others aware of our short comings, when we can’t do something. If you take a day out and observe people and what they say, you should notice how often people say they can’t do this or they can’t do that. We all think this is being modest, when in fact its not. Modesty is not boasting about what we can do, it isn’t boasting about what we can’t!

Once you become aware of yourself voicing your inability to give up chocolate/junk/sugar, you can stop yourself voicing it. If you continue to voice your inability to give it up, it will hold you back from achieving your lifestyle/weight loss goals. If you find it difficult to stop voicing your inability, a good alternative is to add the word “yet” to the end of your statements.

“I haven’t been able to give up chocolate…yet”

“I can’t stop craving…yet”.

It is also important not to make excuses for your craving failures. If you do not have the knowledge to prevent cravings, go out and get it.  Set tasks that you need to do in order to achieve your slimmer figure.

A general belief that you should try to hold is:

You have not yet reached the limit of what you are capable of.

Keeping this in mind will help you to achieve your craving and weight loss goals.

Worthiness

Do you deserve to give up junk food/lose weight? Does it make you feel uncomfortable to say you deserve to? If it does, this should help you figure out any obstacles that are in your way to achieving your goal. List them and work out how you can overcome them.

e.g. I don’t have the correct knowledge to stop my sugar addiction – to overcome this I am going to do some research and find a suitable diet program or expert to help me.

Allow yourself to believe these 3 things and you will be on the right path to a positive mindset to help yourself overcome cravings.

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No matter whether you crave a little or a lot, chocolate is addicted and targets the same area of your brain as heroin does. On top of having an opiate like effect on your brain, chocolate also contains caffeine, theobromine (a stimulant similar to caffeine), phenylethylamine (an amphetamine-like substance) and also traces of compounds similar to THC (the active ingredient in Marijuana). So you are fighting a physically addictive substance here and it shouldn’t be taken so light heartedly!

On top of physically craving chocolate, chocolate is also a comfort food used by many us. Of course it isn’t the only one – other junk foods are also commonly used to emotional numb us, take away boredom and relieve us from stress. However the physical addiction of chocolate as well as the emotional addiction can lead to disaster and can make it almost impossible to overcome.

So what do you do when cravings hit? Here are 5 tips to help you overcome the physical cravings to chocolate.

1. Eat a nutritious satiating breakfast.

Eating a good breakfast will not only help you overcome cravings but if help you fight them off later in the day. I know if I don’t have a good breakfast I can get intense cravings very easily in the afternoon. Be careful what you choose to eat also. Whole foods are the best type of food to eat in the morning as they will give you the energy you need and won’t have been stripped from nutrients, so try to consume plenty of fresh fruit with your breakfast. Dr Neal Barnard in his book Breaking the Food Seduction, sites a study stating that when volunteers ate regular oatmeal over instant oatmeal they snacked 35% less during the day. This shows you how important it is to eat a less refined breakfast and one that is nutritious and will sustain you.

2. Eat regularly.

Try not to leave a huge gap between meals or leave time for you to start feeling too hungry. Being too hungry can lead to uncontrollable cravings.

Eat regularly to avoid getting overly hungry. Five mini-meals spaced out throughout the day may work best. But if that is too hard to accomplish go for three main meals with two healthy snacks.

3. Don’t even have a little chocolate.

Many people advocate giving yourself a little “treat” now and then. I think that to have only a small treat of something you crave so much is dangerous and always leads to eating more. That has always been the case for me. I don’t eat it now and haven’t for a long time. I don’t miss it either! So be strong. Your cravings will diminish completely after a few days or so.

4. Identify what triggers your cravings.

Do you crave chocolate when you are bored, stressed, angry? Find out what triggers your cravings and find something else to overcome the feelings you are having. This can be as easy as allowing yourself time alone to feel the emotion and let it pass, to going for a walk or talking to someone.

5. Wait it out.

Sometimes cravings only last a few minutes. So you can try waiting it out. If you find it doesn’t subside and are still craving badly have some water or eat some fruit. Don’t stock chocolate in your house either as this makes it easier for you to get a hold of and more likely you will cave.

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Free to Eat’s Combat Your Cravings ebook includes everything you need to know on cravings and will give you a better understanding about why you crave and what you can do about it. Below are a few things that the guide includes:

• Common addictions and what they are doing to your body. This section will give you motivation to change your cravings. Knowing the affect they have on your body will help you understand more as to why you have cravings and how these foods make you feel.

• How to become aware of your food craving problems to overcome them. Although you know you crave, you may have no idea when, where, why and how you feel before and after. This book tackles these areas to help you be more in tune with you and your body so you have more chance of overcoming them.

• Hunger versus cravings – what true hunger is. Most people never experience true hunger – what they experience is either digestive distress or cravings. This section lets you know exactly what true hunger is and what isn’t.

• What to eat to combat cravings or significantly reduce them. Most people don’t eat the right foods to satisfy their body’s nutritional needs. You will discover exactly what you need to eat in order to completely eradicate or drastically reduce physical cravings.

• Guidance and activities to help you overcome emotional eating and stay focused on your goals.

So follow the the guidance in this book and you will learn exactly how to beat food cravings for good.

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Refined sugar if taken in excess can be very bad for your health because refined sugar is practically empty calories. You are depriving yourself of nutrients for your sugar fix.

So how to stop sugar cravings?

• Recognize the problem. Be aware of your cravings and when they take place.
• Avoid drinking sugary drinks. Instead opt to only drink water or herbal teas like green tea.
• Get plenty of exercise. Many have found this to be beneficial in stopping their cravings.
• Increase your will power.
• Do not keep junk foods and sweet foods in the house. Make it hard for yourself to get them.
• Do not taste the sweet food you want or have only a little bit. Avoid at all costs. Most people cannot control their sweet craving enough only to indulge a little.
• Go for a walk.
• Find something to distract you.

You can overcome your sugar cravings you just need to be able to recognize them and have the willpower and plan to get rid of them for good.

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To stop cravings first you need to prepare. So don’t stock junk food in your house or those items you are most likely to binge on and devour. This is really important because you are shooting yourself in the foot by surrounding yourself with the food cravings.

So don’t buy them!

The harder and long it takes you to get the craved item, the more likely the craving will have resolved itself. So if you can’t get it straight away because it isn’t in the house, that is a good thing and very helpful to you.

If a craving comes on, the first thing you should do is eat fruit. I am not talking about 1 piece of fruit as that is likely to make your craving worse but I am talking about quite a few pieces. The thing that has helped me the most is to blend 4-5 bananas together or more, with a little water and then drink it all down. Doing this will really take the edge off the craving and very quickly because it will satisfy you nutritionally and we all know a lot of cravings can occur when we are deprived nutritionally. Soo this is your best bet. You can also try blending the bananas with some spinach as this will add a great deal of minerals to aid in diminishing your craving.

If you don’t feel like eating fruit, then you know you aren’t really hungry and this is a true sign of craving, but I still recommend doing so for your own benefit.

If you find yourself in the car on your way to the store to get the craved item then take fruit with you to eat in the car. You can even talk yourself into eating the fruit by saying things like “If I eat this fruit, then I will allow myself the craved food”.

Hopefully once you reach the store your cravings would have completely gone or diminished to the point that you can make a rational decision not to give into them. This would have happened because you provided your body with enough nutrition to conquer it and also because enough time had passed for your body to get over it.

So when trying to stop cravings, make sure you have fruit to eat and none of your craved foods in the house. Time and good nutrition are your top resources for fighting cravings head on.

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