“Beyond your own capabilities”: How to give up sweets and starchy foods

It's a rare girl who doesn't consider herself a sweet tooth. And even those who are constantly on diets, no, no, and sometimes allow themselves a small cake. Of course, this happens strictly before 12 noon and with careful calorie counting. This article will tell you why we constantly want sweets and how to get rid of the “flour” addiction.

Why do you want sweets?

Spontaneous food desires are nothing more than a signal from the body about a lack of some useful substance. As a rule, the body requires sweets when there is severe emotional exhaustion. Eating sweets gives a person pleasure. Happy hormones are produced by the body and help fight stress. Thus, the need to consume sweets is caused by psychological hunger rather than physiological. These types of hunger have the following differences:

1. Physiological hunger increases gradually, while hunger “from the head” arises abruptly and spontaneously.
2. Banal hunger appears a few hours after eating food. The psychological one can arise as soon as you get up from the table.
3. When normal hunger is satisfied, a feeling of satisfaction arises. Psychological hunger causes a feeling of guilt and is akin to gluttony.
4. Physiological is satisfied by any product. The psychological one knows exactly what he needs and decreases only after eating this particular product.

The main causes of psychological hunger:

• Lack of sleep causes the production of the hormone leptin, which is responsible for feeling hungry;
• lack of B vitamins, which are contained in flour products;
• lack of chromium in the body, it is responsible for glucose metabolism;
• severe stress or mental disorders;
• greater physical activity requires consuming more calories and carbohydrates;
• Dieting for a long time, after constantly infringing on yourself in food, a moment of breakdown will definitely come.

How to give up sweets

Excessive consumption of sweets and starchy foods causes deterioration in appearance - figure suffers, and internal health - allergies, thrush, gastrointestinal disorders. Therefore, self-control in this matter is a necessary thing.

First of all, you should remove from your life the factors that provoke this desire. Such as lack of sleep and regular stress. Learn to deal with nervous situations in other ways. Try switching. Go outside more often and breathe fresh air. A change of environment will help avoid “tunnel” syndrome. Its essence lies in the fact that a person concentrates on the negative and does not pay attention to anything else.

Learn to enjoy life. After all, there is a lot of other things in it that cause a surge of happiness, besides food. Music, art, beautiful photographs, children and animals.

1. But you shouldn’t suddenly stop eating goodies, this will provoke new stress in the body.
2. Try to replace sweets with good emotions gradually. Start small. For example, get into the habit of drinking tea without sugar. Replace the delicious loaf with gray or rye bread.
3. Don't feel sorry for yourself, don't justify your failures. This is your health and you shouldn’t forgive yourself for small weaknesses in this matter.
4. Be sure to play sports. This helps improve metabolism and produce positive hormones.
5. Drink enough fluids.
6. Don’t tempt yourself with trips to the candy store and completely give up all kinds of soda. Even if they say “Sugar Free”.
7. Buy flavored, or better yet, good tea with herbal additives. Aromatherapy has long been known as a means of combating gluttony.

How to replace sweets

First of all, replace sugar completely honey. Whether in tea, baked goods or snacks, add honey everywhere. It is not only tasty, but also healthy.

It is also recommended to include as much as possible in your diet:

• fresh vegetables - to combat vitamin deficiency;
• local fruits in season - a natural source of sweetness;
• dried fruits, especially in combination with honey;
• start using marmalade, or better yet, prepare it at home yourself - this way you will be confident in its benefits and naturalness;
• dark chocolate, it has almost no sugar and a lot of benefits.

Why do you want flour

The prerequisites for the emergence of this desire are the same as the need for sweets.

1. Stress and lack of sleep.
2. Lack of nutrients such as chromium and magnesium, and B vitamins.
3. Lack of positive emotions.
4. Irregular or poor nutrition.

Therefore, first of all, it is necessary to improve your life. Introduce into it the correct daily routine, where there is room for proper sleep. Learn not to eat stress, but deal with it yourself. To do this, you can drink soothing teas or herbal infusions. They must contain chamomile, mint and thyme.

How to give up flour

Try to wash down the first urge to eat something extra with water. If you want flour, drink water. If this technique doesn’t work at all, replace sweets and baked goods with carrots, apples, and dried fruits.

The main thing is to determine for yourself why you are craving these products and eliminate the cause of the addiction.

How to replace flour

It is most difficult for those who love and know how to bake to limit themselves in eating flour. Is it possible to take a rosy, aromatic pie out of the oven and not want to try it? Of course you can't. In this case, pay attention to dietary recipes. They can be no worse than ordinary ones. For example, regular charlotte can be replaced with manna. Bake pancakes instead cottage cheese.

Make yourself a good habit - every day have a full breakfast. This normalizes blood sugar levels and during the day the desire for sweets will not be so acute.

Be sure to include in your diet:

• legumes;
• whole wheat bread;
• porridge and cereals;
• potato;
• fermented milk products;
• eggs;
• mushrooms.