Trying to lose weight but having craving issues?

So you’re doing your best to lose weight, sticking to a good eating plan, exercising and then along comes that CRAVING for your comfort food of choice… what do you do?

Have you been able to notice a pattern between your feelings and the types of food you are craving?  Something I’ve been doing of late – which seems to be making quite a difference – is to ensure that I’m getting enough sleep AND I quit drinking coffee! 

When the afternoon energy drop hits, I have a large mug of Egyptian Licorice (if you don’t like licorice, perhaps you could try another sweet tasting herbal tea) after a 10-15 minute meditation… this gives me the energy boost I need and the great thing is that I don’t have that energy crash that we can get after having sugar.

By allowing access to the emotional and energy requirements of my body, I’ve cut way back on my snacking and oddly enough, my cravings have reduced markedly.

If you have not been able to connect your cravings to your emotions – let me know, there’s some tools and techniques I have that might help!