✨Constantly snacking? Try these tips💛👇
👉I have had clients say things like, “I have a snacking problem.”
People often feel guilty for snacking. They feel like they shouldn’t be eating or can’t stop once they start.
When it comes to snacking + mindfulness, there are a few things that people may be experiencing:
1️⃣Practicing mindfulness
When someone eats a snack outside of the purpose to satisfy hunger, it can often be because of things like stress, boredom, habit, or simply because eating something that tastes good is fun.
Those things aren’t inherently bad reasons to eat, they are just something to be mindful of, because often there is some other need that isn’t being met.
Being aware of that can help identify your actual need so it can be met outside of food.
2️⃣Eat bigger meals
In other instances, when people think they snack too much, they don’t have a “snacking problem.” They just need to eat bigger meals.
A lot of times, people limit the size of their meals and don’t fully satisfy their hunger.
They try to eat super small portion sizes for meals in order to lose weight…and that is when reaching for the snacks tends to happen.
Learning to listen to hunger and honor fullness is a skill, but it will take off a ton of pressure in the long run.
It will help you feel less ravenous between meals and truly honor your body.
3️⃣Snacking isn’t bad. You are not “bad” for snacking.
When you take a step back and evaluate your overall approach to nutrition with the prior two points by focusing on mindfulness and listening to your body, snacking will feel less stressful because you will be more in tune with what your body actually needs.
You’ll feel less pressure and guilt about eating so that you’ll be able to enjoy your food to the fullest.
💛Food choice doesn’t determine your morality. You are a great person because of who you are, not because you did or didn’t reach for the snack.
👉What are your thoughts on snacking? Let me know!
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