Many of us at least once in our lives were on a diet, tried separate or fractional meals, limited ourselves to sweet and fatty foods. But more often than not, we have enough for a short time, and the weight returns to its previous indicators. Eating behavior specialist Anastasia Tomilova talks about the basic principles that will help you not only change your attitude to food, but also stick to new eating habits.
We often hear that the proverbial “getting out of your comfort zone” is necessary to really make a difference in your life. Sometimes this is true, but this principle does not work with eating behavior. Our body perceives a severe restriction in nutrition as a threat to life and begins to resist with all its might. You can be sure: the desire to live (in other words, to eat) will win.
You need to approach the change in eating behavior consciously, be ready to really change, study yourself and move towards the intended goal in stages and at your own pace. So what do you need to do to change your relationship with food?
1. Study the features of your eating behavior. Those who want to lose weight have a lot in common, but the reasons and features that led to overeating and weight gain are different. It is important to understand what you need to pay attention to.
2. Find an additional resource. Food is one of the most powerful emotional resources. But you can enjoy and “fill up” in other ways. To consolidate changes in nutrition, you need to find the sources of these pleasures. And mentally prepare for the fact that these “substitutes” will not immediately become for you as simple, trouble-free and psychologically effective as food.
3. Pick the right technology. Strict diets are not suitable for anyone. Correct technology takes into account your individual characteristics. Its essence is in the balance of small restrictions and freedom of choice.
4. Develop food awareness. This does not mean that you gather your will into a fist and refuse the cake on your own birthday. Mindfulness implies inclusion, enjoyment of food. You need to learn to listen to your body and understand what and when you really want to eat.
, which will help in practice to master comfortable weight loss, opens our new project – “Online School of Psychology”. This is not training on the principle of “this is right, but this is not”. We will teach you how to help yourself.
Psychology Online School will begin work with a burning topic: how to lose weight without the usual strict restrictions and at the same time maintain the result. We invited Anastasia Tomilova, an expert in the field of eating behavior correction, the author of many effective weight loss methods, a psychologist, a candidate of psychological sciences, who created the course “When food is your friend” especially for our online school.
Psychologies online course: “When food is your friend”
Anastasia Tomilova, an expert in the field of the psychology of eating behavior and overweight correction with more than 15 years of practical experience, will conduct a 4-week online course “Eating mindfully: when food is your friend” especially for Psychologies readers. You will learn how to build a relationship with food, create a delicious menu, understand how to stop overeating and get rid of debilitating diets. The program starts on January 16th. Detailed information and registration .
The article was prepared on the basis of the online lecture “When food is your friend” in in Odnoklassniki. Subscribe so you don’t miss anything!