 Many of us have those certain foods that once we start eating them, we can have a difficult time consuming a reasonable portion of. It can set off a course of overeating where all control can be lost. Eating a little bit usually leads to cleaning off the rest of the plate or finishing of the pack no matter what, it may even be to the point of feeling uncomfortably full, sick or "ready to burst".
These can be known as trigger foods and are normally calorie-dense, easily digested, highly palatable foods that are often combinations of fat and salt (e.g. your crisps, nuts, pizza, chips etc.) and/ or sugar and fat (ice cream, biscuits, chocolate). We know it is not good for us to over eat them, we probably won’t feel too good after and we certainly know it won’t be good for our body composition finishing off that entire pack of biscuits, even when we are not hungry. But why are some of us still inclined to finish that entire pack of biscuits or polish off the whole tub of ice-cream even though we feel stuffed. What strategies can we use to help prevent this or try and limit our calorie intake? It is something I have struggled with - My trigger foods are mostly sweet- chocolate, ice cream and certain breakfast cereals. If there is a tub of ice cream, there is no way I am just having a couple of spoon fulls or only half a tub- the tub is getting finished no matter what (sometimes even to the point of feeling sick).
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March 2021
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