The reasons for overeating are many. Many people eat with depression and boredom, with irregular eating, when there is a strong sense of hunger and control your appetite can be very difficult, from the inability to stop on time.
Two concepts of hunger are divided: physiological and psychological. And most often overeating occurs precisely for psychological reasons.
Physiological hunger is felt 3-5 hours after eating. In the area of the stomach, mild discomfort begins, which gradually builds up, a person feels gastric spasms. To satisfy such hunger is easy: the discomfort passes after eating. With physiological hunger, as a rule, there is no desire to eat something definite (a piece of chocolate or a chicken leg).
It is important here not to allow a strong sense of hunger. Too hungry a person is difficult to control the amount of food eaten, he eats quickly and hastily. This every time leads to the fact that he is overeating.
This is important: Physiological hunger is sometimes confused with thirst. The impulses that the human brain receives under both these states are the same. If the lunch or snack was not so long ago, but still “sucking in the pitcher”, you can drink a glass of water. As a rule, after this discomfort goes away.
The psychological hunger does not cause discomfort. These are obsessive thoughts about eating, which can occur even immediately after eating. This reaction becomes responsive to stress, lack of communication, frustration and other life troubles.
If there is an understanding that there is really no need for food at the moment, but still pulling something to eat, you can try to distract yourself, find a job or just get ready and go out for a walk to the next meal.