#thinthursday

Think Thin Thursday Tip: If you have tempting leftovers in your house, it’s critical to make a plan for exactly when and how much you’re going to have. That way, it will be much easier to resist them at any given moment because you’ll be able to say to yourself, “I don’t need to have this now, I get to have some for dinner tonight.” If you have no plan, resisting will be much more difficult.

Think Thin Thursday Tip: Want to know something you can do to make controlling your eating so much easier? GO TO BED!! Getting enough sleep is so critical to help regulate hunger and cravings. Being sleep deprived makes everything harder, and eating is no exception. If you’re tempted to say up late, think about how much harder it will make your day tomorrow vs. how much better it will be if you get enough sleep. Losing weight is hard enough, don’t make it unnecessarily harder for yourself.

Think Thin Thursday Tip: The thought, “I’ve lost enough weight, this is good enough,” maybe true or it may not be true, it’s important for you to make that determination. If you’re at a weight that is still stopping you from fully reaching important goals or preventing you from having better health, remind yourself of these things and keep moving forward.

Think Thin Thursday Tip: Cravings always pass. Even if you do nothing, the craving will go away eventually on its own. Cravings do NOT just get worse and worse until you eventually give in. And, you can make cravings go away much more quickly by getting distracted. The moment your attention is fully engaged in something else is the moment the cravings passes entirely.

If you tend to be a secret eater, remember that your body doesn’t care if no one is watching you eat or if 100 people are. It can be helpful to ask yourself, “Would I eat this if someone were watching?” If the answer is no, then maybe it’s worth working on resisting.