Head Up Eating Bites

Continuing with the Simpson's theme is this little gem poking fun at eating when you're not hungry.



A while back I read a great little post about a way to tell if you are truly hungry. Ask yourself, where does my hunger come from?

If your feelings of hunger originate from the neck up, your hunger is emotionally based.

If you feel hunger from the neck down, your body is telling you it is hungry.

This advice was great when I heard it the first time, but I figured out why it didn't always work for me. It's because I was eating my "Trigger Food."

When I ate sugar, my emotional eating increased and I often overlooked the fact that it was emotional because I just wanted to eat the food I was addicted to.

So, identify those trigger foods, stop eating them, and learn to eat from the neck down. It's a pretty liberating feeling to be in control of your appetite. And next time you'll know when to stop eating, even when you "can't seem to stand up under your own power any more."