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Watching what you eat, counting calories, and eating healthy foods is a good start for weight loss, but if you aren’t eating in a mindful manner, your weight may not budge. Here are five effective strategies for mindful eating for weight loss and weight control.
Eating has a useful function – it helps us refuel. In the best of all possible worlds, we’d only eat when we hungry. Now a new study shows MOST eating is motivated by factors other than hunger. Surprised? Discover how psychological factors subtly influence how much and what you eat.
What is it that motivates you to eat – or to overeat? Your appetite is regulated by a complex group of peptides including appetite hormones like leptin, produced by fat cells. Leptin turns off your appetite and reduces the desire to eat. Ghrelin, a hormone produced by the lining of your stomach has the opposite effect – it strongly stimulates the desire to eat. Think mad rush to the refrigerator! These hormones exert their effects on a portion of your brain called the hypothalamus.
When hunger strikes, you don’t necessarily have to satiate it with food. Use one of these food free appetite strategies to help the craving pass.
