In 2012, when I began my healthy eating commitment, I had cravings and difficult battles with temptation.
It gets better! Eventually these foods look too salty, sweet, greasy to your highly developed, healthy eating pallet.
Meanwhile, what to do?
Purge your kitchen. “If it is in your house, it is in your mouth.“
When you go shopping, exercising willpower muscles can be draining.
I use Walmart grocery curbside pickup and/or home delivery. It is a great time saver too.
Save $10 on your first Walmart Grocery ! There are other grocery stores or services which may offer curbside or home delivery.
If you have a family member who is not on board, ask them to at least keep the tempting items in another room (if possible).
Take the moment of temptation as an opportunity to:
- Floss your teeth
- Brush your teeth (food doesn’t always taste as good after you brush your teeth).
- Use a water pick. It is a great distraction, gives you something to occupy your hands and mouth and it helps with dental hygiene too!
- Take a walk (this helps you to remove yourself from the situation)
- If you can’t take a walk, do other exercise, even if it is to simply stand on one foot for for as long as you can and then the other foot.
- Trim/file/buff your fingernails and toe nails.
- Give yourself a manicure and pedicure.
- Take a nap / go to bed early (we all need to get rest).
- Drink a glass of water as sometimes thirst is disguised as hunger.
I learned that I do better by having non-starchy vegetables for my first meal. If I eat oatmeal or fruit, I crave sweets for the rest of the day.
My later meals always include: a sweet potato and beans which help with satiety. Greens, especially leafy ones, help to control cravings.
Be sure you are getting enough calories. When I began, I felt hungry often. I added large, baked sweet potatoes to each meal and my cravings for calorie dense foods like meat went away.
Also, remember to take healthy food with you when you leave your home, always! Baked sweet potatoes are delicious warm or cold. Other portable food are apples and bananas. When we are hungry and/or tired, we make the worst decisions. The destination is worth the journey!
Read more about this in my blog Making Deals With Cheat Meals.
Here are some awesome tips from Esther Loveridge who at age 72, Esther went from size 26 to size 6!
I have helped many people recover from going off the wagon. If you would like help to prevent yourself from going off the wagon and learn other ways to navigate this lifestyle, please contact me for a coaching session. Many have been successful when pairing up with me as their accountability partner. I have learned many strategies, tips and hacks while coaching people since 2012. I would love to help you be successful as well.
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Check out my blogs below on beating The Cravings Beasty.
Conquer Cravings: Salty Things
It is not your fault that you are craving highly palatable foods. Learn why and what you can do about it from this plant based book The Pleasure Trap
Learn how our taste buds have been hijacked by the food industry. Salt, Sugar & Fat, How the Food Giants Hooked Us.
What strategies do / did you use to resist temptation?
I have helped many people recover from going off the wagon. If you would like help to prevent yourself from going off the wagon and learn other ways to navigate this lifestyle, please contact me for a coaching session. I have learned many strategies, tips and hacks while coaching people since 2012. I would love to help you be successful as well.
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