Do you eat a lot and don’t know how to avoid it? We discover some useful tips that will help you not to overeat, especially if you are going to do it outside the home.
When we find ourselves in a big feast with our family or friends, it is usual that we have at our disposal a wide variety of delicious and succulent dishes, so that we feel a certain eagerness to try each dish and we forget not to overeat.
On any holiday, especially Christmas, it is certainly common to enjoy succulent, wonderful and delicious meals and dinners, it is common for many people to tend to overeat.
Which can, in fact, be extremely damaging or annoying for them. As is known, overeating can cause some annoying symptoms, such as: indigestion, abdominal bloating, gas or flatulence, and an upset stomach in general.
Therefore, it is appropriate to know why we tend to overeat and, above all, how to avoid it so as not to suffer its annoying consequences later. Which is perfectly complemented by the tricks to avoid excesses at the table that we talked about some time ago.
Why do we tend to overeat?
The appetite is the desire to eat food each person feels, which is regulated by various structures in the brain, known as appetite center.
When the appetite center is stimulated, this is the moment when the sensation of appetite appears. Therefore, when the stimulus reaches the satiety center, the desire that the person may feel to eat stops.
It is common for this physiological system to tend to work perfectly when we eat regularly and, above all, when we do it slowly, without haste.
However, it is more or less common that, when we are in a family gathering or with friends, we tend to eat quickly and compulsively, so that our satiety center does not receive the “alarm” in time that we have already eaten until it’s not too late.
How to avoid eating too much easily: some useful tips?
There is no doubt that one of the best ways to avoid overeating is precisely by not overeating and compulsive.
In this sense, it helps in a more or less positive way that we eat slowly, which will in fact allow us not only to regulate our hunger correctly, but also to help us better enjoy each dish we consume.
Although it is not recommended, you can always consume the occasional dessert or sweet, although it is generally better if it is fruit.
In addition, we propose the following tips:
- Eat light the days before: If you know the specific date that such celebration is going to take place, a great idea is to eat light in the days before, not forgetting to drink plenty of fluids.
- Be careful with abundant dishes: During one of those usual meals, it is usually normal that we forget to eat properly and fairly, and we fall into excessive consumption even if we are not hungry enough. In these cases, it is always best to be as rational as possible, enjoying –of course- the delicious dishes we find on the table, but avoiding overeating as much as possible.
- Eat slowly: Eat calmly and relaxed, especially slowly and chewing food very well. The first will help you enjoy food more and not overeat, while the second will mean that your digestive system will thank you, since you will make digestion better.
- When finished: Finish the meal, if possible, with a yogurt or an infusion.
By following these simple tips, you will be able, in most cases, to avoid excessive meals that not only tend to produce weight gain when this habit is maintained regularly over time (for example, as is the case with what is known as binge eating disorder ), but that both can harm our health, both digestive and in general.
And, for example, when we overeat, not only our weight can suffer. Also vital organs such as our liver or our pancreas, in addition to the stomach itself.
