MODULE 3 LESSON 7

Managing your food environment can help control hunger and cravings significantly.

Removing tempting foods from your immediate surroundings may help eliminate over-indulgences.

Being in control of your food environment helps you maintain control of your nutrition, on your terms.

You don't have to label foods as bad or completely remove them from your diet.

But creating effort barriers and limiting visual cues will mean you have these foods only when you REALLY want them.

YOUR TASK:
  • Consciously manage your food environment this week.
  • Remove foods from the house that you find tempting and difficult to resist.
  • Create multiple effort barriers between you and food.
  • At work, have alternative snacks available that you can eat when others bring in tempting treats.
  • Remove extrinsic cues as much as possible, ie TV shows, adverts, etc.
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The key point to remember is that these foods aren't off-limits and you CAN have them. This task is about making access to the more challenging. Therefore, limiting mindless snacking over overeating.