Fast bite
We understand, you're a busy person. You may not have enough time to make your meal or sit down and enjoy the essence of the dish. Hence, fast food seems more ideal and suits your speed, while eating on the road is nothing new to you. But that also means you don't pay attention to what you eat either.
How this harms you is that the faster you eat, the more you eat as well. The brain doesn't realise when you're full, and sends you a warning signal till about 15 to 20 minutes after the first bite. Plus, you don't really think much about what you're having as you gobble it down, and your mind stays busy on more important things in that moment. Plus, if it's fast food that you're having, you may be in big trouble, quite literally.
Bowling big
This is a psychological game your brain gets fooled by, every single time. Food psychologist Brian Wansink, PhD, from Cornell University discovered the bigger your plate is, the more you will unknowingly consume, cause, you know, there's more food.
How this harms you is obvious, for the aim is to eat as much as your body needs to break even. But let's not go into the mind-numbing details which will make you hungry, remember to just grab a smaller plate and take smaller portions. This also means you're not wasting food.
Skipping the brunch
Let's face it. Breakfast for many has become obsolete, so let's just stick to brunch. Well, many of us skip that as well, and fill ourselves with anything as we get ravenous after a few hours. A person having junk food as the first meal will be much healthier than the one who skips it entirely.
How this harms you would rather not be explained using unnecessarily complicated terminology, for the many simply don't get it and suffer. If you don't have energy at the start of the day, you won't be able to cope. You think you can, but remember this – it takes the phone a lot longer to charge and turn back on once it dries out completely, so better to start with a full battery, yeah?
Stress food
Ogh mhy gowd, *gulp* the rain completely ruined my Eid shoes *omn* and a car's tires sprayed muddy water on my dress. Sound familiar? Yeah, emotional eating is one habit we never realise we do, but it's actually universal. Nothing can cheer one up so often as food.
How this harms you is by pouring all your hard diets and exercise down the drain at a single go, for stress eating never happens according to plan. To tackle it, clinging yourself to another stress relieving activity may just do the trick, while keeping you slick.
Midnight munch
Oh boy. This one will be tough to get over but we really need to stop thinking about that last slice of pizza and leftover brownies when the clock points up.
Not only does this harm you all through the night, specially if you snooze right after, but it also ruins your morning appetite making you weaker throughout the day. To counter the urge, have a proper dinner, sleep on time and brush your teeth after dinner. This reduces the willingness to hamper a freshly cleaned mouth and clean it again.
