Binge eating can be pretty difficult to overcome. But not so if you are serious about losing unwanted fat, and can follow the below given tips. You may find it a little difficult to stick to these tips initially. However, things should become easy after a while. And when that happens, you may find your binging habit is quickly fading away.
1. Delay Eating: Whenever you get the urge, the best thing you can do is to stop yourself from immediately reaching for the food. Just delaying by 10-15 minutes can have profound effect in diminishing the food cravings.
2. Rate Your Hunger Intensity: Many times you are not really hungry but just want to eat food for the good feelings it provides. The question is how do you differentiate whether your food cravings is due to real hunger or not. A simple technique is to rate your hunger. If your hunger rating is less than 3 or 4 in a scale of 1-10, then resist eating.
3. Distract Your Mind: When your mind starts thinking about other things, then you can overcome the binge habit with relative ease. Take time out to engage in activities that you like and enjoy. When you keep yourself engaged in doing things you love then you will stop turning to food for comfort.
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