Cravings occur from expectations. If you routinely eat sweets at a certain time of day, your brain’s reward center, stomach and mouth are preparing themselves for this routine of a sugar hit! And if they don’t receive it, cravings will occur.
Studies have shown that people were more likely to snack on foods such as chocolate, grapes and crackers when they were in arms reach than if they were 6 meters away. A great thing to do is to keep healthy foods on hand instead – another study shows that individuals who kept fruit on their kitchen bench instead of soft drinks, lollies and cereals had a lower BMI.
Replace some of your old habits with new ones! What little changes can you make? And very importantly, accept you're going to slip up eventually and maybe even more than once– no one is perfect! Be kind to yourself – it is not easy making life-long changes.
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