How To Train Your Mind To Hate Junk Food Using These 5 Hacks

Jan 02, 2019 by apost team

For many, junk food is an ongoing temptation, but sometimes it's harder to resist than others.

You walk into the grocery store and see a triple layer chocolate cake sitting there. While it looks good, you walk right past without hesitation. The next time you go into the store and see another triple layer chocolate cake sitting there. You can't take your eyes off it. It's luscious chocolate frosting sings to you from across the aisle. It's almost impossible to go home without it in a bag.

There are legitimate reasons why sometimes you can walk past junk food and other times it's a major struggle. Your brain can interpret junk food in different ways and it can change its mind. The good news is that you can use this brain mechanism to train your brain away from junk food.

The fact is, you would be healthier if you weren't eating junk food. Let's look at five methods for training your brain to stay away from junk food.

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Junk food is easy. When you're hungry, you can hit the drive-thru and have food on hand and in your mouth in just a few minutes.

To counter this easy solution, you need to make healthier food just as easy and convenient. That means setting up your office or kitchen so that you can grab something healthy with just as much ease. This will allow you to eat healthier without making it difficult.

It does take work to make sure you have convenient access to healthy options. You can meal prep once a week so that you have healthy meals and snacks. It will minimize the work needed during the week to eat healthy and to stave off junk food.

An easy way to put junk food aside is to give your body the chance to feel how it is to eat a healthy diet.

If you have some junk food at lunch, see how you feel during the afternoon. Make a note of it. Then, repeat this for a few days. Then, switch over to healthy food for lunch and see how you feel. Repeat for a few days.

You are going to notice that healthy food makes you more alert and energetic. On the other hand, junk food tends to make it difficult to concentrate and makes you feel lethargic. With that information imprinted on your brain, it's hard to go back to junk food. Raising your awareness of how food affects your body makes a big impact.

What is the one food that you find it almost impossible to resist? Almost everyone has a trigger food that is irresistible. It might be chocolate fudge brownies from the bakery, a large order of fries from McDonald's or a bag of your favorite candy. That trigger food is your greatest threat.

Don't keep trigger foods nearby. If they are in your house, hide them. Avoid them when out of the house. That means staying away from the bakery, the candy aisle, and your favorite fast food joint.

It's not a perfect system, but it will work.

Want to make your brain want to turn away from junk food? Super binge. Go get your favorite junk food and eat as much as you can, then eat some more.

It may not sound too pleasant, but it's an effective way to resist junk food, especially if you are having a really hard time. After super binging on your favorite cake or McDonald's, your body is not going to like it. You won't want to touch it for quite a while. This gives you the chance to eat healthier, and give your body the message of how good you feel after a healthy meal.

While the easiest item on the list, this is also the most effective.

Junk food can be addictive. Sugar triggers endorphins which make us feel good. A fat juicy burger is comfort food. This is why it's so hard to cut back, especially when most of your diet consists of junk food.

The good news is that when you cut back on how much junk food you eat, your taste buds won't crave it so much. This is especially true for sugary foods. You will find healthier foods taste better, which makes it easier to turn away from the taste of junk food. And, even if you have a major junk food craving, you will find yourself satiated with less.

Going to a completely healthy diet at one time is very hard and likely to fail. The better option is cut back gradually.

An easy method for cutting back is to slowly reduce the amount of sweetener you put in your coffee. If you like three sugars, go for two and a half. Then, in a couple of weeks, go down to two.

Transformation requires effort. You need to think about what you want to change, find ways to do it, then execute your plan.

So, are you going to use these methods to cut down on your junk food intake? Do you know someone who would benefit from this advice? Send them a link.