If you always think about food all the time or if you get mouth water every time you see a commercial or a video that has appetizing foods, you can have a fat mind even though you are a person who is apparently thin.
To avoid these thoughts, you can:
- Make a food journal to observe well everything you will eat during the day;
- Always eat at the right time, not snacking during the day;
- Put everything you eat in that meal on a single plate and do not repeat the meal;
- Compare the amount of food on your plate with that of your friends and family;
- Resist gluttony and do not eat if you are not hungry.
But if your emotions are behind your food cravings, try exercising to counteract stress, sadness, and anxiety. A good tactic is to write down everything you eat on a calendar or a mobile application, for example, noting also the times you ate because it helps you become more aware of your food and the exaggerations you make.
How To Know If You Have Fat Thoughts
To identify fat thoughts one must be alert to food-related desires and attitudes and, if need be, seek help from friends and family. Some examples of these thoughts are:
- Always be thinking about food and what you will eat soon after;
- Salivate whenever you watch a commercial or video on the Internet that involves food;
- Eat even without hunger, just because the food seems irresistible;
- To think that food is never enough and always have much more than what is needed at the table at mealtimes;
- To have constant desires with food and to do everything possible to accomplish them;
- Whenever you go out for a walk, think first about what you can eat in that place;
- Choose the places to stroll for food that can be found there, not for comfort, company or local attractions;
- Eat and continue eating whenever you feel sad or anxious;
- Think about the snack or the next meal when you have not even finished what you are eating;
- You can not control yourself when you go to a self service or a carvery, eating as much as you can;
- Exaggerate at the weekend just because the diet starts on Monday.
A good tip is to listen to criticism from family or friends, as they are usually able to identify small attitudes that reflect the thoughts of the fat mind.
In addition to adopting these strategies, it is important to know that err is normal and that eating sweets or a fat one from time to time is no excuse to quit completely from the diet. Eating a sweetie on the weekend is less damaging than staying many days without eating any sweets and then eating a lot of sweets or other fats for several days.
