One of the hardest things to control when you are on a diet are food cravings. Because you are already denying yourself some foods you automatically start longing for them. And the food types we crave are always the ones that will not help you lose weight like bread, cheese, chocolate, ice cream and peanuts. So what do I do to stop my cravings for the wrong foods.

The initial tactic is to avoid contact with the wrong foods and only have good food in the house. I clear the food cupboard and fridge of anything that is going to tempt me into a food binge. I know that your family will be missing oiut as well but they will know the reasons why.

The second thing to do is surround yourself with permitted foods that you can freely snack. For a low GI diet you can stop your cravings with fruit and fresh vegetables. If you were on the Atkins style diet you could have some cold meat in the fridge.

The issue will be that you will not your bad cravings for the wrong food. You may be eating something healthy like a stick of celery but your mind is focussed on cheese or bread. What you have to do is train your mind to crave the good foods instead of the bad ones.

To start with choose a fruit that you enjoy eating. Take the humble apple. Many fruits seem humdrum and ordinary like the eating apple. What I do is say to myself that It is not just an apple. I picture it as a crunchy fresh apple with a glossy red skin that has a bright sweet tangy flavour. You can almost taste it now. By envisioning your food like this repeatedly you will begin to desire and crave good foods.

To try this with another fruit imagine a mandarin. But look at it this way. This mandarin just falls out of its peel and smells of the juice that it contains. When you eat your fresh juicy mandarin it just fills your mouth with tangy flavour. If you really cannot stop eating the wrong food you should start training your mind in this way.

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