Recommendation: This is an add- on to a previously posted write up titled “HUNGER VERSUS APPETITE”, I recommend that you read the previous post on this blog space in order to have a rich understanding of my thoughts on the subject.
Our pick up point from the previous post is the statement, “A very good and helpful tool of weight management is the ability to differentiate the two types of drives at each particular point in time, because we are often faced by these drives daily”. The predominantly asked question was “I’ve realized my major problem is appetite, what physical steps can I take to ensure that I eat only when I am hungry and not just because the food is tempting?”
The Physical solution to this is Behaviour Modification. (Kindly refer to an earlier post where Behaviour Modification was treated in details). The individual key will now be to find out what triggers your appetite, i.e. what is the external factor that triggers your desire to eat? For instance, if you discover that you reach out for an unhealthy snack every time you see a particular food commercial on TV, even after you just had a satisfying meal, then you have to break that Chain. Not buying unhealthy snacks also will work for most people as this will help you to break the unhealthy chain, and control the stimuli of eat –at- sight.
The crux of the whole issue is to identify what triggers your appetite and deal with it; nobody can do it for you but you.
Whatever you say yes to controls you.
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