This is an outline from Coach Michelle’s Weekly Facebook Live. View the full video here.

Causes

• Stress & Anxiety
• Lack of Sleep
• Infrequent eating, dieting, cal’s too low
• Dehydration
• Eliminations

Stress & Anxiety

• Adrenaline eats up blood sugar  (eat right after crashing)
• Triggers cravings for CHO & Fat
  • CHO boosts serotonin (calming effect)
  • Fat boosts dopamine (pleasure & reward feeling)

Lack of Sleep

• Being tired increases cravings for high-energy foods like Fat & Sugar
  • Quick cal’s found in junk food & desserts

Infrequent Eating, Dieting, Cal’s Too Low

• Being over-hungry and/or under-caloried increases cravings for Fat & Sugar
• Usually don’t make great food choices
  • Tend to consume quick cal’s found in junk food & desserts

Dehydration

• Often mistaken for hunger
• Body needs water to process CHO
  • If not enough water, CHO isn’t utilized as well…makes us feel tired…increases cravings for quick energy

Eliminations

• When you can’t have, you will want!
• Often feel like we’re not in control (“I can’t have”)
  • Change statement to “I won’t have”!

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