There is a big difference between physical hunger and psychological hunger or cravings.  Read on to identify these two to help you avoid gaining weight from eating too much.

A genuine physical hunger is usually indicated by a rumbling stomach, irritability, headache, dizziness and difficulty in concentrating.  These signs indicate a need to eat and drink but sometimes we ignore these signs.  Physical hunger should never be ignored because it could cause your blood sugar to decrease dangerously and diminish you’re controlling power.  Being too hungry will make it harder for you to control what you eat that may cause you to eat unhealthy foods.

Cravings are different because they don’t have the signs that physical hunger has.   Cravings could be the result of stress, lack of sleep, grief, boredom or simply seeing a tempting food ad on your TV screen.  To help you avoid cravings, make a list of things that would keep you engaged and distracted like playing computer games, listen to music, read a good book or magazine or go outside for a walk/run/jog.  Do this for 30 minutes until you’ve lost your cravings.