The food craving, the one that hovers slyly above our plates, waiting for a moment of weakness to manifest itself, leaving us remorseful and unmotivated afterwards.  

Let's learn to anticipate them and tame them.

Where do these impulses come from?

Eating urges are the hallmark of diets hyper restrictive The more prohibitions and constraints we impose on ourselves, the more forbidden foods become objects of temptation, even of obsession.

In practice, people who impose drastic diets on themselves constantly oscillate between two phases:

– Hypercontrol The draconian diet is followed to the letter, and all pleasure foods are banned at great effort.

Loss of control translating to episodes of uncontrollable food cravings.

How to avoid them?

The idea is therefore not to feel like you're on a diet, and that's why with SwitchUp, you're your own dietitian and decide for yourself: what you want to keep, what you want to switch out, and what you can do without, without hunger or frustration. Because they are indeed the culprits: Frustration and hunger, always the origin of impulses.

Our recommendations:

It is paramount to eat enough end to avoid cravingsSwitchUp will help you with this by offering you less caloric but no less satisfying alternatives. 

Do you allow pleasure foods (chocolate, cookies, desserts, cheese...), learn how to savor without guilt and all your senses on alert. This way, they will no longer be taboo or obsessive because you will find that consuming them regularly and in moderation is not a hindrance to your weight loss.

As you can understand, the solution to overcome binge eating is to not demonize any food.