Weight Loss Part 3: Satiety

Understanding Your Eating Routine

Breaking the habit of eating at specific times can be tough due to our creature-of-habit nature. To ease into eating less:

• Swap your usual snack with a different, ideally less sugary option. Focus on changing the habit rather than immediately cutting calories. I.e. Eat a salty snack salty when you crave sweets

• Vary your snack time gradually. Some days push it later, other days pull it earlier to help break the pattern.

Emotions: Food often provides comfort and represents love, making reducing food intake emotionally challenging.

Counterbalance this by:

• Engaging in activities that offer a substitute for the comfort food provides, such as taking a brisk walk for endorphin release, chatting with a friend, or watching a funny movie.

• Distract yourself from thoughts of food by actively engaging in enjoyable activities to prevent mindless snacking.