5 ways to stop overeating

NeoreactionSafe · 2017-06-08T11:58:50+00:00

Don't confuse hunger and thirst.

Often you can drink some water and wait a minute and your body realizes it's doing just fine food wise.

Your body needs water to burn calories... drink the water so that your body can do the work necessary to process your existing food and fats.

TeleportingToYerMoms · 2017-06-08T11:24:47+00:00

I'm in the middle of a 24 hour fast, so this post came in an opportune time.

A lot of people unknowingly use food as their drug of choice, including myself, to ease their frustrations and anxiety caused by a deep craving for connections & a sense of accomplishment. If someone is committed to losing weight, they should seriously consider if they're guilty of this error.

Personally, I deal with emotional eating by fasting and making sure that my energies are put to productive and fulfilling use.

LymanRP · 2017-06-08T13:15:20+00:00

Simple advice I'd give anyone looking to avoid overeating and implement good eating habits:

Healthy fats are your friend. They provide your body vital nutrients, don't spike blood sugar, and keep you full for longer. Ever see anyone still hungry after taking down an 8oz ribeye?
Eliminate all added sugars and flours. No cookies, chips, crackers, snacks, etc. These all spike your blood sugar temporarily, but will leave you hungry later.
Eat real foods, not manufactured crap. A good rule of thumb, if you can't describe how a food was produced in more than 2-3 steps, avoid it. Chicken? Killed, butchered and cooked. Easy. Brussel sprouts? Picked, washed, and cooked. Doritos? Good luck.

1z1z2x2x3c3c4v4v · 2017-06-08T14:53:31+00:00

Drink more water. That helped me limit my over-eating. (also cut out all the sugary drinks)

Need2LickMuff · 2017-06-08T11:30:04+00:00

What got me out of eating myself fat was giving up wheat carbs, sugar, and doing IF. In around 2 months I went from 42" waist to 33" - Didn't even lift or anything, managed to retain most of my mass (only lost like .5" everywhere).

Pamphlet__ · 2017-06-08T14:12:52+00:00

Overeating is a consequence of evolution.

Those who were able to eat more than necessary when possible had better odds of survival because they were able to be prepared for periods of starvation.

That's why we separate intestinal satiety (no more hunger : what's necessary for your body) and gastric satiety (no more physical space in the stomach). Scientific paper here

Being satisfied with intestinal satiety is unnatural when food is still available, but it's a habit everyone can and should develop in our modern society. It's all about listening to our bodies and acknowledging our nature.

I see it as another opportunity to build discipline which bring positive momentum in my life.

clme · 2017-06-08T13:24:40+00:00

Buy a scale and use it weekly.
Beware of justifying eating an excess of "healthy foods" such as nuts or avocado, that are actually very calorie-dense. Avoid the foods that fill. Think watermelon and cucumber, not peanuts and olives.

MattyAnon · 2017-06-08T16:43:23+00:00

Here's how I do it:

Count calories. Stay honest about it.
Zero cal drinks or water. Drinks don't fill you up, but they do make you fat, as OP says.
Alternate between losing weight and staying flat. My weight loss limit is 3 months, so I stayed flat after that until recharged enough to do another chunk. Your period may be more or less than this, do what works.
Either try to lose 1 or 2 lb a week or stay flat. It's motivating to be losing a significant amount. Less than 1 lb a week gets lost in the noise.
Advanced: cut/bulk cycles, when you're in good shape.
Lift (proven to help weight loss)
Cardio (keeps metabolism up, burns cals, obvious fitness)
Drink enough water, obv.
Record progress to stay motivated.

Have targets, but more importantly develop a system that works for YOU. Every day I tweaked my system. What works? Do that. What doesn't work ... how can I fix it? Then fix it. Read a bit. Do a bit. Improve my eating and exercise system every day or every week.

Examples for me (yours will be different)

No eating out. Unknown cals.
Only get and make food I can count
Adjust meal size for convenience, counting, hunger.
Hunger management: when do I need to eat in my day? where can I cut back?
Gym sessions were getting cut short by the gym closing. Changed gym with better opening hours.
Too hot at the gym: got a fan
Hard to go to the gym: change into my gym kit half an hour before going, have water, gym bag ready to go. Then all I have to do is move to the gym, no other barriers.

Everything has been made as streamlined and easy as possible to minimise required willpower.

You don't have to be great looking to be good with girls, but it sure helps. I'd rather spend an hour in the gym than an hour battling with LMR.

stephcurrythrowaway · 2017-06-08T20:18:03+00:00

Drink a glass of water then wait 5 minutes before you eat. You'll probably eat less regardless

Boy2Mann · 2017-06-08T11:14:01+00:00

That eating out of anxiousness bit really hit home for me. It's a habit i need to eradicate.

SwoleyMoleyFrijoley · 2017-06-08T11:35:20+00:00

I'm in the middle of a three day fast right now. The biggest hunger killers for me have been an EC stack and drinking only water. Drinking only water has this weird effect of making the fast easy. When I include diet pop my fasts are difficult as fuck.

Futon_Rasenshuriken · 2017-06-08T12:49:50+00:00

I also like to trick my mind or keep myself occupied with things that require both hands, concentration, and/or constant movement.

My fitness pal can be a great help too so you know when you've reached your limit.

nebder · 2017-06-08T13:56:24+00:00

Good tips. The basics are MyFitnessPal, a food scale and only water and water based drinks like coffee and tea. (excluding protein supplements if that's your thing). That is the basis of a solid nutrition plan. Add on meal prep and you're off to the races.

The first day of IF was the worst getting to lunch time. Now I have the opposite problem of getting all my calories during my feeding window. I use cottage cheese to finish up my calories if needed. Good macro mix and relatively calorie dense.

King_crabs · 2017-06-08T19:10:51+00:00

A little late to the party but I have a helpful tact courtesy of our Lord and Savior Tim Ferriss. Here are his five rules as a part of a slow carb diet.

1.) nothing that can be white (no grains, breads, pastas, whatever) 2.) no fruits (high in sugar) 3.) don't drink your calories. so basically just water and black coffee. Exception: 1-2 glasses of red wine a night 4.) eat the same 3 meals a day, spaced out 4-5 hours between bfast and lunch, and 6-8 hours between lunch and dinner. 5.) CHEAT DAY. One day to eat whatver and go wild. I recommend and use Saturday (as does L&S Tim)

Has helped me out a ton with this exact problem.

Radinax · 2017-06-08T21:21:55+00:00

Somethings that helped me lose nearly 20kg is to drink a glass water before eating, it makes me archieve my sense of being full with much less food. Also using MyFitness pal has helped to notice how much calories are in my meals and I used it until I memorized what I eat.

Drinking only water with Coffee in the morning and the rest zero sugar and boom in 8 months I lost those 20Kg while adding lifting and I have a body that I;m happy with and getting compliments and looks, while I'm not even close to the goal I want to reach.

suckmuckduck · 2017-06-08T21:23:31+00:00

Try green tea. If you hate the taste, try green-tea pills...lost tons of weight.

ssr401 · 2017-06-09T03:59:26+00:00

Jeez how many different ways do you need? Just put down the fucking fork. Done.

first_time_using_net · 2017-06-09T01:08:02+00:00

what the fuck is this buzzfeed

Title	5 ways to stop overeating
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