Contents:
- Medical Video: 6 Types of Body Fat and How to Get Rid of It
- How to refrain from overeating during Eid?
- 1. Get to know the triggers for your overeating
- 2. Eat slowly
- 3. Do other activities
- 4. Routine meal schedules
- 5. Set your meal portion
- 6. Get enough sleep
Medical Video: 6 Types of Body Fat and How to Get Rid of It
Who is not tempted to see the typical Lebaran food menu. During Eid, usually every family serves typical Lebaran food and cakes, such as opor, rendang, nastar cakes, or snow princess cakes. These foods certainly arouse your appetite, so you feel like eating and continuing.
Eating with Eid with family is also a pleasure. What's more, when visiting your home, seeing different food menus will certainly increase your appetite. You like to taste all the food and eat more and more. This overeating will certainly be trigger weight gain You.
Do you want? If not, consider the following review to avoid overeating during Eid, so that #HidupEnak after Eid is over.
How to refrain from overeating during Eid?
1. Get to know the triggers for your overeating
You can take notes when you start eating and eating a large portion. Also note what foods make your appetite increase. By doing this, you will know exactly what triggers your overeating and can overcome it later on.
2. Eat slowly
If you still feel you need to eat, try to eat slowly. Your stomach actually takes about 20 minutes to signal to the brain whether it's full or not. Therefore, chew food slowly and until it's really soft to swallow.
If you fill your stomach constantly, the stomach will be confused when to signal a sign of satiety. Finally, you eat more.
3. Do other activities
You might not be able to control yourself when you see delicious food typical of Eid. Especially after undergoing a full month of fasting, you feel it's time to eat a lot when Eid.
Instead of eating mostly on Eid, you can replace it with other activities. You can chat or play with your relatives. You can also stay away from the dining room, so as not to be tempted when you see delicious food.
4. Routine meal schedules
When fasting, you eat only the time of dawn and when breaking the fast. Well, during Lebaran you should return to a regular meal schedule, such as breakfast, lunch, and night, and maybe a little snack.
Having a regular eating schedule helps you control your appetite, so the stomach is used to certain eating times. This avoids the appearance of fake hunger that can make you overeat.
5. Set your meal portion
So as not to overeat when Eid, use a plate or food container smaller than usual to adjust your meal portion. So, your dinner plate can only hold a little food and prevent you from overeating.
6. Get enough sleep
When you are tired, you can eat more than usual. A study shows that lack of sleep has a direct relationship with increased stress and emotional eating in women.
People who sleep well, around 7-8 hours every night, eat a normal portion compared to people who lack sleep. Therefore, when fasting, make sure you sleep enough, so that when Lebaran comes you don't feel tired from lack of sleep.
