23/03/2021
Ever feel absolutely out of CONTROL around packaged and processed foods? 🤬🤯🤬 YOU AREN’T ALONE, GIRLFRIEND! I have a distinct memory from childhood where I’d grab a handful of Cheezits from the box in the pantry, eat them, then KEEP going back for more while simultaneously thinking “WHY CAN’T I QUIT EATING THESE???!”
Ever had that feeling? 😅 LOL who hasn’t, right?? Let’s chat.
There are 3 big reasons processed, packaged foods taste SOOO good (and are SOOO easy to overeat), and it DOESN’T have to do with your lack of willpower or self control, HOLLA 👊🏼 The 3 reasons:
1️⃣ They are scientifically designed to contain the perfect mix of fat, salt and sugar to make your taste buds go CRAZY. Seriously, companies have literal scientists that engineer their foods to have that addictive quality.
2️⃣ They are low volume foods, meaning they take up less space in your stomach, making it even easier to eat more and more AND MORE to get “full”.
3️⃣ They are easy to chew, which means you have to expend less energy, again, making it easy to eat more. Think of the difference between chomping on carrots vs Cheezits!
So basically, it’s not always your “lack of willpower and self control” when it comes to these foods. NO MA’AM 🙅🏻♀️ Those packaged snack foods you struggle with? Yeah, they’re designed to be irresistible and hard to stop eating. Cool, cool, realllll cool. 🙄
Rather than demonizing these foods and labeling them as “bad” or “off limits” (which just leads you to crave them more overtime), swipe over ➡️ to learn three simple tactics you can employ to be more mindful around processed snack foods, without demonizing them or feeling like you’re a failure who has lost all control around food 👍🏼
But now I have to know — what packaged food do you have a hard time resisting?? Do you see how it might fit into one of these 3 categories? How does that empower you?