Don’t trust yourself… 🤨
I mean this in the best possible way but if you want to help yourself stick to a calorie goal then don’t trust yourself. Seriously, instead of buying large, single bags of crisps, biscuits, drinks etc buy multipacks of single servings. In my experience with 100s of clients, this simple approach and reduce the likelihood of overconsumption of these highly palatable and frankly delicious snacks.
Instead of trying to depend on ‘will power’ and ‘motivation’ to stick to your nutrition plan, instead try to remove some of the likely pitfalls. Decision fatigue is a very real thing and as the day and week progresses your ability to make an informed, logical, decision reduces. So instead of relying on your will power to portion out the snacks in the evening after a long day, put strategies in place to help.
Buying a pack of mini packs of crisps or biscuits, or smaller cans of drink can help you not to overeat. These foods are perfectly fine to include in your diet but they’re designed to be hyper palatable due to the combination of fat, sugar, lack of fibre and general tastiness! And before you say ‘I’ll just end up eating 2 or 3 mini packs’ – well that’s still better than eating the whole of a large pack! Look at the calorie differences in these examples. And even the short break between small packs can provide some time for you to reflect and potentially halt the overeating.
And if you’re concerned about the extra cost or packaging and want to buy larger bags then do yourself a favour and portion them out immediately into other containers. Don’t wait until you’re starving and tired to try to do it.
Other strategies to help include putting them into a small bowl to eat from, slowing down when you eat and focusing on the food (rather than shoving handfuls in your mouth whilst doing chores), try to break the link between these snacks and tv/other enjoyable activities and of course track the calories . No
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