| When youre hungry you make poor food choices. Eating fewer calories than normal will make you hungry. How you deal with hunger can make or break your diet. One thing I discovered is that there are foods and items that reduce my appetite. I use the following foods, activities, and drinks to reduce my hunger: Sugar-free cough drops Sugar-free gum Sugar-free mints Diet Soda Fruits Nuts Low sugar protein bars Eating multiple small meals Avoiding foods that taste great when behind my goal Water Diet Snapple Brushing my teeth Flossing Ambesol Seltzer Low calorie protein shakes These are a few things that helped. You need to experiment and find things that help reduce your hunger. Also keep these things around and available so you dont have to go to the candy machine and buy junk food. Note that all these tips apply when Im behind my daily goal. If Im ahead I eat whatever I want. Another technique, if you're hungry, is to do something fun or interesting to distract you. Have you played a game or worked on a project and time disappeared? Ive worked on interesting projects where I lost track of time and didnt need to eat lunch. |