How To: Stop Snacking From Emotional Eating While Home During COVID-19

7 strategies & tips when boredom sets in – and – you find yourself hovering or meandering near the kitchen:

1. Use the kitchen for meal prep and meals and plan all else in another room. Don’t leave snack foods out or have them easily accessible.

2. Are you truly hungry?  Switch to another activity if you are not sure. or know you aren't hungry.

3. Drink water or herbal tea - dehydration signals can often be misinterpreted as a need to eat.

4. Exercise, take a walk/ be outdoors (weather permitting)  instead

5. Call or video chat with a friend.

6. Read a book.

7. Engage with children & pets - according to Ayurveda, animals truly activate the pleasure center in our brain and is a much better form of relaxation than other activities, such as TV.

Contact me if you are interested in more specific ways to stop snacking from emotional eating.