If you can’t imagine a day without a chocolate, chocolate bar, cake or candy, and the scale screams “stop”, surely the cause of your fat is sweets. Nothing is as fattening as sugar addiction. Sweet addiction is a problem for most women – unfortunately, it is in the psyche, because women tend to eat emotionally more often. When they are in a bad mood, it is gray and gloomy outside the window, or they are simply bored and want to fill the void with something, they reach for chocolates more often than men. Can you get rid of this addiction?
And sweets, as we know, apart from giving us a momentary pleasure, have only disadvantages: they cause troublesome cellulite, make the body addictive, increase the deposition of adipose tissue. In addition, they fill up space in the belly, which means that instead of eating a full-fledged dinner, we clog up with cookies and deprive the body of vitamin fuel. Sweets are also the biggest enemy of people on a diet – it is difficult to give them up, and a depressed mood during weight loss increases the temptation for caloric snacks.
Here are some practical steps that will help you to eliminate this burdensome addiction. There is less and less time until summer, so put down the chocolate and get to work!
- Positive thinking is the key to success – before you start losing weight, give up negative attitude. Realize that parting with sweets is no tragedy and think about the benefits that will appear quickly. By eliminating bars and other sweet products from your diet, you will gain not only the state of your figure, but also your health. You will get rid of unnecessary amounts of calories, trans fats, sugar and chemical additives marked with the letter “E”. After two weeks of discontinuing them, you will feel that your taste buds have changed their attitude – from now on, this delicious bar will turn out to be too sweet and not as delicious as you thought before, you will discover that fresh and full of vitamins fruits can be much tastier. Realizing the benefits of giving up sweets is the first step to success!
- Specify when you usually eat sweets – Very often, overeating is related to specific situations. Such situations are watching TV in the evening, meeting a friend in a cafe, taking a break from work, etc. You don’t notice it on a daily basis, but you need to notice when (at what time of day and in what place) you reach for sweets – thanks to this you will be aware what you should focus on.
- Meet the healthy alternativeand – throw out all sweets from the cupboards, because their presence provokes you to reach for caloric snacks. Instead, equip your kitchen with healthy alternatives that will make you forget about your addiction. You can prepare a sweet and healthy cocktail, dessert or snack from them. Buy plenty of fruit and set them on the table in a large bowl so that they are always at hand. In addition, your shopping list must include: dried fruit (cranberries, raisins, dates, apricots, figs, plums), dark chocolate, bitter cocoa, millet, oatmeal rich in fiber, nuts. You can also try preparations that reduce cravings for sweets. Remember that slimming is not about denying yourself everything – on the contrary, it’s about replacing what is unhealthy with what is delicious and fit!