BEAT YOUR SWEET CRAVINGS

-brush your teeth immediately after a meal

-chew a sugar-free gum after a meal

-have green tea after a meal

-have a piece of fruit

-remove temptations. If you don't have it in the house, you don't eat it.

-increase your protein intake

-go for a healthier dessert like mashed avocado with cacao and pure stevia or a piece of a home-made protein bar. You can find plenty of healthy recipes on my blog www.feedtheiron.blogspot.com

-do a sugar detox. For more info go to my blog www.feedtheiron.blogspot.com and click on the "Get Fit and Helathy Challenges" label. Select "Challenge #1"

-cut out all processed foods and especially those containing added sugar

-eat plenty of green veggies with your meal

I highly recommend flexible dieting like IIFYM (If it fits your macros). If you have a strict diet regimen and you cut out entire food categories you'll never be able to stick to the plan and sooner or later you'll get tremendous cravings which lead to binge eating. Try sticking to your plan 90% of the time. This means that if you have 7 meals a day, you can get a little cheat meal that still fits your macros. So, for example, for the same macros (same amount of carbs in this case) you can have oven baked chips or pop-corn instead of brown rice. Or you can have low-fat ice cream for your post-workout meal instead of a banana. Our body doesn't know what kind of food you eat.. so if you had brown rice or white bread it doesn't matter because in the end everything transforms into glucose (blood sugar). The difference between the two foods stays in the fiber and nutrient content which determine how the food is metabolized and how quickly the nutrients are absorbed by your body. They also impact insulin levels which consequently affect overall health and body composition. If you feed yourself only processed foods, your body will lack in nutrients and you'll end up sick. This is why it is important to consume nutrient dense foods that are also free of toxins. 

It's not that junk food makes you more fat than healthy food. If you overeat healthy foods you'll still get fat, no matter what. The point is: do not prohibit yourself from eating any particular type of food but rather choose to eat healthier. We all know well that the things that are forbidden or illegal are the most desirable. It's been like that since we were kids and now that we are adults things haven't changed much. So switch your mindset. No food is forbidden. You can have anything you want...but you CHOOSE to eat healthy.

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