Tips for controlling what you eat

Advertiser Staff

• Don't skip breakfast; this increases cravings and plays havoc with blood sugar levels.

• Plan healthy snacks.

• Don't diet or deprive yourself to make up for an indulgence.

• Eat several small meals to keep blood chemistry in balance.

• Instead of eating, talk — to friends, in the form of words in a journal, or to a therapist.

• Think about what's bothering you when reaching for food and deal with that in a direct way.

• Exercise. It stimulates endorphins, consumes calories, keeps you away from the refrigerator and depresses appetite.