The best tips against sweet hunger
Talk to you!
There he is, the juggler on chocolate. Now Tacheles talk to yourself: Do I really need the candy bar? I am not hungry at all, but tense and stressed ... Ask yourself, what would be good for you now: Cinema? Bathtub? Such self-talk from the cognitive behavioral therapy are inexpensive, but effective, says the Fulda nutrition psychologist Christoph Klotter, especially if you then really reward yourself with a nice movie or fragrant bath.
Refuel oxygen
Before you hectically search for the next sugar kick, consciously inhale and exhale. The deep breathing Prana brings a lot of oxygen into the body and calms the nerves, Ayurveda doctor Dietrich Wachsmuth knows. So anytime fast relaxation is possible. Breathe deeply into the abdomen until the abdominal wall lifts, exhale vigorously, pause and repeat until the seizure is over. For prevention: 15 to 20 minutes twice a day.
Black and white look
Have you ever had an appetite for black and white food photos? Just. Only color photos address the part of the brain where greed is created, says the Hamburg-based psychologist Cora Besser-Siegmund. Black and white photos do not whet your appetite. So put a black and white copy of your favorite snack in a drawer. At cravings drawer on. This trick your appetite for the snack, your mind retains the upper hand.
Crayons out!
With blue and green against sweet hunger. Recommends the Celler color psychologist dr. Georg Franzen. Because behind the appetite for sweetness is an inner state of excitement, and the view of blue or green calms, has a balancing effect. Blue is ideal, because there are hardly any blue foods, we do not associate anything tasty with this color. Paint blue circles or mandalas in both colors. The painting of circles and other round shapes relieves the tension behind the eating attack, says Franzen.
Push Zhong Wan
Eating bites are based on Far Eastern understanding of a malfunction of the stomach: He then reports even without hunger, would like a reward. Get him back on the ball with acupressure. Slightly sit down, bend forward slightly, exhale and press the middle point between the sternum end and the belly button in the middle, about half a minute. A tip from the Hamburg Shiatsu teacher Gabriele Kaechele.
Plan B
Did not benefit anything? Then Plan B follows: give a limited yield. Drink a glass of light Cola or Limo, recommends the Munich nutritionist Volker Schusdziarra. It is sweet and has zero calories. Or eat a piece of chocolate and wait three minutes before the next. Usually you do not need it anymore, say US researchers. Sometimes chewing gum is enough.
