How do you prevent the craving of food when you're not hungry?!
Question: Hi, I'm a dancer, I'm 5' 3" at 112 lbs. I'm not concerned about my weight, for I know it's just right. What I have a problem with is my eating habits.
About three weekends ago, I went into this depression (because of a guy, haha. STUPID, I know) and I binged. My body easily retains water, so I gain weight easily. I was so mad at myself, I went on this "diet" for two weeks where I only ate a bowl of some organic cereal in the morning, went to school/dance rehearsal, and came back at 10:00pm and ate a fat-free salad. I was consuming barely 500 calories a day. Within two weeks, I went from 120 to 108 lbs. The sad part is, I was happy with how I looked. My bmi was healthy and I felt healthy. I was even dancing better. Then last weekend, as in the end of week 2 of my "diet" my dormitory had an ice cream party. That launched my binging again. So I gained back about 5lbs. I gave up caring so much about what I ate, and now I'm kicking myself. Help me eat right! (I <3 cheesecake!)
Answers: Hi, I'm a dancer, I'm 5' 3" at 112 lbs. I'm not concerned about my weight, for I know it's just right. What I have a problem with is my eating habits.
About three weekends ago, I went into this depression (because of a guy, haha. STUPID, I know) and I binged. My body easily retains water, so I gain weight easily. I was so mad at myself, I went on this "diet" for two weeks where I only ate a bowl of some organic cereal in the morning, went to school/dance rehearsal, and came back at 10:00pm and ate a fat-free salad. I was consuming barely 500 calories a day. Within two weeks, I went from 120 to 108 lbs. The sad part is, I was happy with how I looked. My bmi was healthy and I felt healthy. I was even dancing better. Then last weekend, as in the end of week 2 of my "diet" my dormitory had an ice cream party. That launched my binging again. So I gained back about 5lbs. I gave up caring so much about what I ate, and now I'm kicking myself. Help me eat right! (I <3 cheesecake!)
hi! i have the same problem, i crave junk food all the time. the fact that you are a dancer is great because you are not likely to have weight problems, excersise is the most important. the problem is emotional eating and eating out of boredom. i always crave food when bored so try to distract yourself, when you crave food go for a walk, go to town or anything that will get your mind off it. drinking is also very important, thirst often disguises itself as hunger and especially with your active lifestyle it is really important to get hydrated. if you dont like water go for fresh fruit juice. this is great because it is sweet and healthy and stops the craving. also try sugarfree chewing gum or a mint once in a while. it will calm your craving down.
the next thing you need to think about is what you eat for your main meals. you have to eat three big meals a day and have snacks in between, apples or yoghurts are great or even musly bars or vegetables. the main meals however should contain protein as that will fill you up.
remember that you can always eat junk (it is the reason to live :))) and go for the cheesecake once in a while, it isnt going to harm you, you are a dancer for crying out loud but just dont take it over the top. if you keep hydrated, distract yourself when the craving comes and have a healthy diet you will feel so much better and it will show in your mood and appearence!
best of luck!!!!
well if your a dancer then you need the calories for the energy. I wouldn't worry about any weight you gain since dancing will work it off you anyway. You would burn mega calories so you really don't need to worry about a diet. You could still have all the things you love but just limit it to 1 item a day along with the rest of your meals being healthy.
this happens to me too. i will feel like a big slice of cake just after i've eaten - and i'm not even hungry.
just don't let that type of food get into your house - then you can't eat it
You may be thin, but what you are putting in your body is not healthy and you should be worrying about developing diabetes or what your triglyceride levels are, etc. The key to cutting unhealthy cravings lies within the principles of the South Beach Diet. Buy or check out a book and try it, my carb cravings go away in a few days and I feel soo much better. It definitely outlines the path to better health and mindset. I highly reccomend that and never consuming as little as 500 calories, especially while exercising!
first off sorry to hear about your problem. eating when your depressed is totally normal. however, starving yourself and eating low carlorie diet all the time is not healthy! eat a healthy breakfast like a whole grain cereal, fresh fruit. NO Starbucks! also try running, and watch your portions of food that you intake, limit yourself to eating food afte a certain time period at night. i stop eating after 8:30pm and i run in the morning. there is nothing wrong with a hamburger or ice cream with all it's topping sometimes just watch what you eat and how much you consume. also try fiber, its very important hope this helps!