The Biggest Enemy Of Weight Loss

When carving strikes, people almost impossible to dismiss it, but why? The mere thought of satisfying the hankering launches the body into a “feeding frenzy” of predigestive action. The heart beats become faster, the salivary glands start flowing and the stomach lining secrets acid. Also, the pancreas releases the hormone insulin, causing a drop in blood sugar levels that leads to feelings of hunger.
In the past, a carving was regarded as just the body’s signal for a lacking nutrient. An ice-cream addict would rationalize three bowls of mint chocolate-chip as something “my body is trying to tell me.” Even today, some experts feel that “the wisdom of the body” can play a least some role in carvings. But most now believe that the mind plays a larger role in carvings than the body does. It your body needs a certain nutrient; you may not necessarily crave it.
Often we do not crave sweets even when their bodies are desperately low in blood sugar. They feel terrible, but they don’t know what it is their bodies want. Just because you crave a specific food, it does not necessarily mean your body needs it.
When the brain and body don’t adequately communicate to produce enough of the chemicals needed to satisfy the carving. With no I feel better now message coming from the brain, the person keeps eating, long past the point of feeling full.
Along with brain chemicals, psychological factors play a strong role in food urges. Pleasant recollections often attach themselves to the foods that trigger carvings. Sweets and other foods are frequently given to children when they are sad or upset, or as a reward for something. This is one reason ice cream is such a common carving.
As scientists continue to work on these psychological and biochemical aspects of food carvings, experts suggest several strategies for keeping your own urges under control:

Deal with carving:
If you know when and where to expect a carving, you are better able to deal with it. For example, if you have to attend a meeting that may cause stress, have a low-calorie snack on hand afterward to keep you from running out for potato chips or candy.
Often emotion may be a trigger.
Keep moving regularly:
An aerobic workout biking, running, fast walking realest the same feel-good chemicals in the brain that many experts believe are released by food. And active people tend to choose diets lower in fat.
Complex carbohydrates are better:
Foods like rice, potatoes, whole-grams breads and pasta can satisfy your appetite with fewer than half the calories of an equivalent portion of fat-rich food. Complex carbohydrates are slowly converted to blood sugar and thus stay in the system longer, replacing the urge for a quick, sweet snack.
Don’t sip the meals:
The body needs fuel every four to five hours. When people skip meals, blood sugar levels drop and energy wanes, setting them up for carvings. Fasting also put a bad affect in the brain, and this increases hunger sometimes to the point of bingeing.
In other words, if food carving overpowers you, give in- but ust a little. Be reasonable as you enjoy.