The Ultimate Hack to Kill Cravings

Why is it when you start a program, you crave things like cookies, bread, candy, and chocolate –but not broccoli?

Believe it or not, your body IS telling you to eat broccoli. You’ve just got your wires crossed!

Let’s get this all straightened out so you can kill cravings for good.

Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories. — Sun Tzu

To understand how to kill cravings, we need to understand what causes them. Two things work together to create cravings…

One: you crave a food out of habit.

You are craving foods that you ate before because you have conditioned yourself to think of them whenever you are hungry, emotional, or need some energy. In the past, reaching for chocolate, ice cream, potato chips and other WRONG FOODS were your immediate answer.

Two: your body is deficient in some vital nutrient.

Your body is very smart. When it senses it is missing a vital nutrient it sends siren signals to your brain that say “I’M STARVING, EAT SOMETHING!” to fill in the gap.

And this is where cravings can spiral out of control. You get the signal to eat something, and the first thing you think to eat are the WRONG FOODS. Of course, those foods aren’t packed with nutrients, nor are they very filling. So you EAT MORE.

After the bag of chips is emptied, maybe you have taken in enough nutrients to satisfy your body– for the moment. With the wrong foods, it doesn’t take long before the vital nutrients dwindle, sounding the EAT SOMETHING siren in your head again.

The cycle goes on: EAT SOMETHING!… EAT THE WRONG FOODS… EAT MORE!… EAT SOMETHING… and so on.

Here’s the hack to short-circuit cravings: when you hear the call to EAT SOMETHING!, you need to EAT THE RIGHT FOODS!

The right foods are full of nutrients. They also make you feel fuller longer. And your body doesn’t get depleted as readily. Unless you skip a meal, you aren’t going to hear EAT SOMETHING! as much.

Making it a habit to EAT THE RIGHT FOODS is the game-changer. Over time, the first thing you will think of when you get hungry are the RIGHT FOODS; a cheese stick, some non-starchy veggies, or some protein.

(This is how a broccoli-addiction gets started, folks!)

This healthy cycle looks like this: EAT SOMETHING!… EAT THE RIGHT FOODS… that was good, I’m full now.

When the next meal or snack rolls around, instead of a panicked siren call, you hear “it’s almost time to eat my next healthy meal– how about some broccoli?”

The chart below gives examples of the food that you think you’re craving, and the vital nutrient your body is probably missing.

As you read the foods your body is really asking you to eat, you can see why Personal Trainer Food kills cravings so you can lose weight FOR GOOD!