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Eating Behaviour to lose weight and fats

People on diets often find themselves on a rebound — a perfectly good diet goes for a toss. You don’t actually need a diet plan — what you need is an eating behaviour insight.

What is eating behaviour?

• Eating behaviour is all about the way we relate to food. Another popular work life related behaviour is “I have no time to eat’ — what with the pressure of work”. An eating behaviour develops and arises from subconscious thoughts that precede or accompany the eating occasion. We try to define our eating behaviour relating it to the way we are.

How do I recognise eating behaviours?

• Eating behaviours are thoughts and feelings that bring about an emotional payoff. They are deeply embedded in our minds and the act of eating certain foods, or events trigger these in a subconscious way. For example people with weight issues display periods of great control along with periods of indulgence as a way of dieting. Others set themselves up for an evening time ‘good food’ after a hard day’s work. Yet another way is to make the weekends count. It’s the typical fasting–feasting way of eating. Another demonstration of an eating behaviour is when food is used to bond. How can I say ‘no’. Quite often emotions of anger, fear, anxiety, shame and sadness, trigger a compelling desire to eat. Most eating behaviours create a self perpetuating cycle leading to weight rebound. We shouldn’t blame ourselves for failed diets – it’s a feedback to us that food requires a more sensitive approach.

How do these behaviours lead to weight gain?

• If we accept emotions have an influential role in what and how we eat – we should accept that this is where weight gain begins. During a day at office we drink 3-4 cups of tea or coffee — subconscious reasoning is either busting, courtesy, or bonding with workmates —while at home it’s just the breakfast cup. So we eat when hungry and when we are not. A full milk cup of coffee or tea packs about 120 calories so you can calculate your calorie intake from 3-4 cups – and 5 days a week. If we look into daily routines we would find many such ‘nonhungry episodes’.

How can Kaya life help me in my eating behaviours?

• Kaya life makes the complete shift from mere diet plans to focusing on eating behaviour. In a sense it moves away from the commonsensical way of doing – which is why it is a new approach. Every client gets a life coach and dietician who take an inventory of foods and eating behaviours. Through several sessions your coach motivates you to see the mindbody split that pleases the mind but distresses the body. Simple changes in the way we think can change behaviour. For example shifting the mind from ‘why am I fat’ to ‘how did I get so fat’ moves our thinking to new possibilities instead of resigned acceptance. Kaya life invites you to look at new behaviours in a warm and sensitive partnership - new eating behaviours that settle comfortably with the mind – this is the keystone for sustainable .

Written by James · Filed Under Fats 

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