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The Best Natural Appetite Suppressants That Work

These are the best natural appetite suppressants for losing weight for women who are hungry all the time while on a diet. Safe over the counter herbs, supplements and tips to curb your hunger fast.Is your appetite completely out of control?  Are you trying to stick to your diet, but you keep failing because you’re just so darn hungry?  Below I have for you the best natural appetite suppressants that work!  Keep reading to find out how easy it will be to kick your hunger to the curb with these tips.

I used to have an uncontrollable appetite.  I would finish a meal and be thinking about what snack I could eat.  I had crazy intense cravings that I just couldn’t get to go away no matter what I did.  I had tried all the pills that people claim will suppress your appetite, I took prescription appetite suppressants, and I can tell you that they did me no good.  Losing weight is hard enough without having to tame a beast of an appetite.  These are tried and true natural appetite suppressants that work and have worked for me personally.

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The Best Natural Appetite Suppressants That Actually Work

  1. Ketogenic Diet-For many people following a keto diet is a natural appetite suppressant.  Carbohydrates and sugary, craving-causing foods are eliminated and so is the appetite that comes along with them.  If you’re following a keto diet and still have cravings and an uncontrollable appetite, the next tips should help.  I followed a keto diet for a long time and my appetite was suppressed.  I got away from it for a while and when I tried going back to it, it did not suppress my appetite anymore.  I later discovered that was because my gut was imbalanced.  I used the following 4 natural ways to suppress my appetite and really start losing weight.
  2. Apple Cider Vinegar-Apple cider vinegar reduces your blood sugar response to a meal thereby causing less cravings and decreasing your appetite.  Be sure when you buy it to get the raw unfiltered one that has the mother in it.  Raw unfiltered ACV contains protein, enzymes and friendly bacteria that can help your gut.  Put a tablespoon of ACV in a few ounces of water and take it before meals to help digestion and naturally suppress your appetite.  If you can’t handle drinking apple cider vinegar, you can get it in pill form here.
  3. Cistus Tea–Cistus tea is my favorite supplement EVER.  I can’t even tell you how much this stuff has changed my body!  Once I started drinking it I was able to kick my sugar cravings and my appetite reduced so much that I sometimes forget to eat.  It helps break up biofilms in the body created by unfriendly bacteria, yeasts, and parasites.  I know that sounds weird probably, but a few days after I started drinking it, my body felt lighter and my appetite and cravings were practically non-existent.  You can read about my experience here if you want to know more.
  4. Whole Food Diet-If a keto diet to suppress your appetite isn’t for you, then a whole food diet could be the answer to curb your appetite.  Focus on lots of colorful vegetables, lean proteins, fruits, and healthy fats.  Once I implemented a whole food diet, added the fermented and probiotic foods that are below and started drinking cistus tea every day, everything changed for me.  I have no cravings, I’m not hungry unless I’m really actually hungry and I don’t obsess about food anymore.
  5. Fermented Foods-Fermented foods are great for helping get your gut in balance by adding beneficial bacteria to your body.  These good bacteria help push out the bad guys.  Once your gut is healthy, your ravenous appetite and cravings will be no more.  You can buy fermented vegetables at the health food store or make your own.  There are lots of options of vegetables that can be fermented.  The ones you’ll usually find in a store are kimchi, saurkraut, and pickles.  I’m not talking about regular pickles and saurkraut from the regular grocery store.  These would be in the health food store in a refrigerated area to preserve the probiotics that are in them.  Kombucha is a tea that is fermented and it is delicious!  Yogurt and kefir also have beneficial bacteria.  If you’re interested in learning how to eat a whole food diet with fermented foods, read this post.

I really hope you try these natural appetite suppressants because I know they will work for you if you give them a chance.  Like I said before, I tried all the magic pills that people say will curb your appetite and unfortunately, I found that none of them worked.  If your appetite is out of control, your body is probably trying to tell you something.  My gut problems were causing vitamin and mineral deficiencies in my body and everything was going haywire.  Listen to your body and you will find the answers you’re looking for.

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How To Stop Binge Eating Junk Food And Lose Weight

If you feel like your eating is out of control and you can't stop eating junk food, click through to find out how you can control your eating and food cravings with these tips and habits that will put a stop to binge eating and help with your weight loss.Do you find yourself losing control of your eating?  Do you eat dinner and then find yourself eating an entire package of cookies afterward?  I can totally relate!  I used to be completely out of control when I started eating some delicious junk food.  Sometimes I would even binge on junk food that didn’t even taste that great.  I’m going to share some tips with you on how to stop binge eating junk food and lose weight.

How To Stop Binge Eating Junk Food And Lose Weight

  1. Be sweet to yourself.  Binge eating is related to emotions many times.  We have thousands and thousands of thoughts every day, most of which are negative.  Pay attention to your thoughts and you’ll quickly see what I’m talking about.  Try to keep your thoughts positive and think good things about yourself.  The binge eating cycle just makes this worse because when we binge eat, we feel guilty and think terrible things about ourselves which just makes us want to binge all over again.  Work on positive self-talk.  I know this might sound weird or hokey, but it works.  We’re surrounded by so much negativity every day.  Give yourself some positive vibes and it will change your mood.
  2. Pay attention to what triggers your binge eating.  Do you binge after a stressful day at work?  When you hang out with a certain friend or family member, do you tend to binge?  Does watching TV trigger a junk food binge?  I bet if you give it a little attention, you’ll find a pattern to what is triggering your binge sessions.  Once you know what it is, you can work to change your habits.  For me, my main trigger was watching TV.  For some reason when I would sit in front of the TV, I needed to be munching on something (usually something sweet).
  3. Keep junk food out of your house.  It’s a lot harder to binge on junk food if you don’t have the food readily available.  I know some people say “But I have to have that stuff for my kids and husband to eat.”  They really don’t need to eat that stuff either.  Processed food is not necessary for anyone’s survival.  Keep healthy options for them and yourself to snack on.  It will help you avoid temptation and they’ll be healthier for it too.
  4. Don’t give yourself crazy diet restrictions.  If you feel like you can’t have anything good to eat, chances are you’re going to go crazy and eat all the things.  Focus on eating whole foods like vegetables, fruits, protein and healthy fats.  Find delicious recipes so you’ll feel like you’re indulging when you really aren’t.
  5. Heal your gut.  My experience with binge eating was that I would crave things and just couldn’t stop thinking about it until I just gave in and ate it.  Once I started eating, I couldn’t stop.  I took steps to change my way of eating and heal my gut which resulted in my food cravings going away and my belly bloat going away.  This was the way I personally overcame my binge eating and food cravings.  Your gut is connected to almost every part of your body and it is directly connected to your brain.  Having an imbalance of bacteria in your gut can wreak havoc in your whole body!  If you’ve been eating a lot of processed foods for a while or most of your life, its’ pretty likely you’re gut needs some love.

If you’ve tried everything and nothing works, you can seek professional help from an organization like Overeaters Anonymous.  I had a friend who had success with them and spoke very highly of their services.

Whatever you do, don’t give up!  I know you can beat this binge eating!  Believe in yourself and realize how strong you are and that you can overcome anything.

XOXO,

Cassie

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Why Can’t I Stick To My Diet And Have Willpower?

Do you keep failing at your diet and beating yourself up for your lack of willpower? Do you wonder "Why can't I stick to my diet"? Maybe you crave sugar or just love food and don't have self control or motivation. These simple tips will help you stop cheating on your diet and start losing weight and get healthy!Why can’t I stick to my diet?

Willpower.

I know you’ve heard this term and probably used it yourself in regard to dieting.  Well I’ll be the one to tell you that it’s all a crock!

We start out on a diet where we have all of these restrictions, can’t eat any of the things we love and frankly, I’ve gotten quite depressed on some diets because of this.  I mean who really wants to live every day denying themselves of things that bring them joy in life?

When we fail at our diet which wasn’t designed for us to be successful anyway, we feel guilty and ashamed that we couldn’t have enough willpower to stick to it.  We feel like such a failure.

Why is it so hard to stick to a diet?

  1. Your diet is too restrictive.  I think the most important part of sticking to a diet is listening to your body.  I did a low carb diet in my 20s.  I lost 90 pounds, felt great and got in the best shape of my life.  My body was loving that diet at that time.  I tried a low carb diet again in my late 30s and I felt completely horrible.  I felt like I couldn’t digest the food properly and I didn’t lose anything.  In fact, I gained a few pounds!  I now listen to my body and what it needs to do its job.  If I try a way of eating that doesn’t feel good, I don’t continue with it.
  2. You have uncontrollable sugar cravings.  It is impossible to stick with a diet if you can’t stop thinking about all the sugary goodness that you can’t have.  I know.  I’ve been there.  It isn’t pretty!  My sugar cravings would haunt me until I just ate whatever I was craving.  I couldn’t get them out of my head no matter what I did.  I would read online to just have some water or go for a walk and they would subside.  Are you kidding?!  That doesn’t work!  So I would give in to the sugar monster and eat that sweet goodness.  And then of course, I would have the feelings of guilt and shame for failing myself.  You can read here how I’ve kicked my sugar cravings for good.
  3. You’re dieting only to lose weight.  I know we all want to lose weight and that’s usually the main goal of going on a diet. But what if you changed the way you look at dieting?  Stop focusing on the scale and focus on how you feel.  If you’re eating healthy food and listening to what your body needs, you should be feeling great and the weight loss will come with that.  The more we stress about the scale and pressure ourselves to lose the pounds, the more a diet sucks.  Are you eating in a way that you can live with for the rest of your life?  If not, search for the diet that makes your body happy and your mind happy.  I’ve put my scale away and am focusing on what makes my body feel good and I’m so much happier!  And I know I’m losing weight because my clothes are getting loose.  Who cares what that scale says?! Wouldn’t you rather see your pants size go down than a number on the scale?
  4. You’re deficient in vitamins and minerals.  A lack of essential nutrients can cause all sorts of problems in our bodies.  I was deficient in several nutrients including vitamin D and the b vitamins.  It took me a long time to figure it out, but a gut bacteria imbalance was causing my nutrient deficiencies.  These bad gut bacteria were using up all of my vitamins and leaving none for my body to use which caused all kinds of crazy symptoms in my body that I would never have thought would be related to my gut or vitamins.  Vitamin and mineral deficiencies can cause cravings that make you fail at your diet.  This is how I got my gut balanced so my body can use the nutrients I put into it.

How To Have More Willpower

The most important things you can do to overcome your lack of “willpower” are to listen to your body and talk to yourself positively every day.  Negative thoughts about yourself just bring more negativity.  Instead of beating yourself up, take the time to try to figure out why you can’t stick to your diet.  Maybe you have one of the issues above.

Trust in yourself and put in the time to try to understand what is happening and why so you can correct it.  In the medical world, doctors seem to look for a quick fix band-aid rather than finding the root cause of a problem.  As a society, we all want instant gratification.  I fully believe in finding out what is causing your problem so you can fix it permanently rather than just masking the symptoms.  If you’re having cravings, there’s a reason.  If you’re body doesn’t respond well to a certain diet, there’s a reason.  Your lack of willpower is your body trying to tell you something.  Listen to it.

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How To Stay Motivated To Lose Weight

 

 

Tips and tricks for how to stay motivated to lose weight. Weight loss motivation for women who want to get fit and healthy and stick to their diet plans. If you've lost your motivation to lose weight and keep going, you'll want to see these hacks to get motivated and inspired to lose those last 10 pounds or lose over 100 pounds.Figuring out how to stay motivated to lose weight is one of the most difficult things.  Temptation is around every corner.  Some days you’re discouraged with your lack of progress.  You’re hungry and you just want to eat.  Your kids’ unhealthy snacks are calling your name.  No one is noticing that you’re losing weight.  It’s a challenge, but I have a few tips that will help keep you motivated when times get tough.

How To Stay Motivated To Lose Weight:

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  1. Find your reason why.  Why do you want to lose weight?  Maybe your reason is to be able to play with your kids or to fit in your skinny jeans or to feel amazing in a swimsuit or to be able to run a marathon or to feel more attractive.  Really take some time and figure out why you want to lose the weight.  Why do you want that?  How will you feel when you reach your goal?  This is one of the most important things that will keep you motivated.  Always remind yourself what your reason is when you want to give up.
  2. Imagine yourself as you’d like to be.  If you can really visualize what you want to look like, feel like and act like when you reach your goal, it will help you stay on track and committed to the process.  Take a few minutes when you first wake up or before you go to sleep to just imagine how amazing you will feel, what you’ll wear, and how you will be when you reach your goal.
  3. Celebrate your small successes.  Made it through a day without cheating?  Got your workouts in all week?  Drank a gallon of water today?  Passed up that cupcake at work?  Whatever your small successes are, be sure to celebrate them.  Be proud of yourself for the little things.  It’s the little things that will get you to your big goal in the end.  It’s ok to toot your own horn!
  4. Join a support community or find a support partner.  Having support on a weight loss journey is so helpful!  Just knowing that there are other people who get what you’re going through makes all the difference in the world.  Your family may not understand your struggles.  Your skinny friends who can eat anything they want won’t get why you can’t just have pizza.  Find people who are on the same journey as you and embrace them.  You can find weight loss groups on Facebook or find a hiking group or workout partner in your local area so you can support each other and motivate each other.
  5. Stop making excuses.  Life gets busy and stressful, but you can’t excuse your way out of doing what you need to do for yourself.  You keep your commitments to work, your kids and your husband.  Why can’t you keep your commitments to yourself?  You have to get out of your own way.
  6. Follow a program that is so simple you don’t have to think about it constantly.  Find something that fits into your life and your routine like it’s second nature.  It’s impossible to stick to something that you have to have on your mind every minute of the day.  We have other things going on besides dieting.  Keep it simple.  This is the biggest tip on how to stay motivated to lose weight.  The right program is the key!  When you can enjoy the process and don’t have to focus on the outcome to get through it, everything will be easy.
  7. Love yourself as you are.  There is a sense of calmness that comes when you stop beating yourself up, body shaming yourself, and talking to yourself negatively.   I challenge you to wake up each morning, look at yourself in the mirror and say one nice thing about yourself.  Learn to love who you are and all of your wonderful qualities instead of focusing on the things that you think are wrong with you.
  8. Keep your fridge and pantry stocked with healthy foods.  It’s a whole lot easier to make the right choices when you have the right foods on hand.  Let your pantry get too empty and temptation sets in because you have no options but junk food.
  9. Recommit to yourself and your program each week.  Set a goal for the week and commit to reaching it no matter how small it is.  Set a day each week to take a few minutes to think about this and make a commitment to yourself.  Get your free weight loss tracker so you can write down your goals and track your progress.
  10. Be patient.  I KNOW!  I’m the least patient person on the planet, but weight loss doesn’t happen in the blink of an eye (unless you’re I Dream Of Jeannie).  You have to just do your thing, stay committed, live life the best you can and it will happen.  This is why you need to follow a simple program that fits your lifestyle.  It makes this patience part a whole lot easier.

Do you have any tips on how you stay motivated to lose weight?  Let me know in the comments below.

XOXO,

Cassie

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