3 Tips to Help You Combat Mindless Eating

Feeling a little like you can't turn off your snacking habit? Do you often wonder if you will ever be able to lose weight when half the time you hardly even realize you're eating? If so, you aren't alone. Many people often feel this way and as a result of it, put on pounds of body weight. Unless you can get control over your mindless eating, it gets very hard to see the success you want. Becoming more self-aware is the first step.

Here are three tips to help you put mindless munching behind you.

1. Sit While You Eat. The first and highly useful piece of advice is always to ensure you are seated while eating. No exceptions. If you make this a rule, it will automatically make you more aware of what you are eating and help reduce the chances you take in foods you shouldn't.

Often it's the foods you eat while standing - chocolate from you co-workers desk, a bite of your child's sandwich while cleaning up their lunch box, or the sample of pizza you grabbed at the grocery store. Cut these out and you will be amazed at the weight loss results you see.

2. Always Buy The Smallest Package. Sometimes the best method is simply damage control. If you eat out of smaller packages (even if you are dishing the food into a bowl or a plate), this too can reduce how much you eat. That, in turn, reduces the total calories you take in, helping to maintain faster fat loss results.

And, as an added tip, never eat out of a package. If you can transfer it to a dish, this too will usually cut back on mindless eating.

3. Decrease Your Variety. While a variety of food choices is great when it comes to getting in more fresh fruits or vegetables, that isn't the case when it comes to snack type of foods.

The more variety of food you have available, the more you will want to eat, and this can lead to an excessive number of calories being consumed.

Essentially, when you have many flavors available, you will want to try all the flavors. If you have just one flavor, you'll be satisfied with a much smaller amount.

So, remember these tips to help you combat mindless munching. Endless munching is the one thing you must learn to get control over if you are going to move on and reach your weight loss goals.

Although managing your disease can be very challenging, Type 2 diabetes is not a condition you must just live with. You can make simple changes to your daily routine and lower both your weight and your blood sugar levels. Hang in there, the longer you do it, the easier it gets.