Food addict? no more

We present some recommendations to eliminate that anxiety and desire for food that, outside of benefiting you, harms your health and your environment if you think you are addicted to food. 1. Understand what the origin of addiction is. This may be: because we see food as a method to calm ourselves, it is a way of controlling other things that we do not control around us, it is a way to entertain our mind or keep it away from something we do not want to think about. 2. Identify the mood that predominates in you when you have a desire for food. This helps you know that when you are angry, sad, depressed or happy, you know that you are vulnerable to overeating. When this emotion occurs, take a deep breath and go for a walk. Distract yourself with a hobby or do something that activates your mind and not your desire to eat. 3. Have a list of positive thoughts and positive results that you have had throughout your life. So that when you have a binge eating episode it will help you know that throughout your life there are things that motivate you to keep going. 4. Practice some physical activity. Exercise to reduce anxiety along with your desire to eat. A very good option is yoga as it helps you relax and think more clearly. But any activity you enjoy can work to lower your stress levels. With these tips you will stop being addicted to food, it all comes from high levels of stress and anxiety.