Overeating— How To Get Over It

As a nation we’re getting bigger and munching more. But there are effective ways to curb your appetite and eat only as much as you need

Begone, low-nutrition snacks!

That means ice cream, sweets, crisps, biscuits, cakes and any other salty or sugary snacks you graze on between meals. You can learn to live without these unhealthy—and fattening—additions to your diet, but we’ve got a tendency to eat them compulsively. Try to make it your habit only to eat them when offered at social events, or as a special treat.

Shell out on nuts

The fact of the matter is that compulsive eating is often about boredom, stress and other issues. But nuts in their shells require you to crack them open and extract the contents, making it a therapeutic and distracting activity. What’s more, they’re healthy. Invest in a good nutcracker and go for plain walnuts, almonds, pecans, Brazils or hazelnuts.

Never stop at a shop to buy a snack