Okay here are my tips:
1. What triggers you to overeat?
a) Is it a certain situation?
Social situations eg. chocolates in work, cinema snacks, eating out, drinks with friends at weekends.
b) Places e.g. supermarket, newsagents, cinemas etc.
c) People i.e. negative people.
d) Feelings-stress, boredom, loneliness, being tired.
e) Thoughts-negative thoughts.
2. Solution:
*Okay for the social situations, plan ahead.
*Stick to a shopping list in the supermarket and don't deviate from it. -Don't buy those BOGOF junk food things, it may be cheap money wise but its costing you weight loss so is it worth it?
*Oh you ARE worth the effort involved in making your own food, taking up a new exercise and learning new ways to cope aside from food. Never doubt that you are worth it!
*Bring fruit and a bottle of water (or nothing if you want-even better!) to the cinema or else a treat already pointed in.
*Stay away from negative people as much as possible, don't discuss your weight loss progress with them. Gravitate towards positive people and they will support you as you reach goal weight and beyond!
*Feelings are not facts. Thoughts are just opinions, not necessarily reality. We don't need to eat our feelings. If we are lonely, we can always reach out to someone in our support network. If we are angry, then that's a sign something needs to change-either in a relationship or in the way we're approaching something. Either way, dont beat yourself up for feeling angry. If you're stressed, learn to prioritise, plan ahead and relax. If you're bored, go for a walk or tidy the house-there is always something to do!
*If we have negative thoughts, think of what we'd say to a best friend. We wouldn't criticise our best friend, would we? So why would we criticise ourselves? We're only doing our best, mistakes are part of the journey so dust ourselves and start again always. After all, it's about persistence, not perfection and remind ourselves that we CAN do it!
*Oh stick 110% to the Weight Watchers plan. Trust in the plan and it will work for you. Trust that it will work; after all, weight watchers has been around for years for a reason!
*Ask ourselves "am I hungry?" If you're not hungry, then there's no need to eat. Simple as that. And when we're halfway through our food, say "am I full yet?" If you are, stop. You don't have to eat everything on your plate, in fact you shouldn't really..leave some food on your plate always! Oh when you're in a restaurant, only eat half the portion as portions are so huge there! Stay away from sauces (except tomato sauce) and dressings in restaurants and order plain food! x
