How to avoid gaining weight during self-isolation

Home mode has recently become the norm of our life, but for many, self-isolation began even earlier, and they have already felt its results for themselves. The prospect of losing shape and gaining weight is quite real for forced stay-at-home people. The reasons are obvious — there is a decrease in physical activity, and the immediate proximity of the refrigerator, and banal boredom. How to adapt to new conditions and learn to eat in a balanced way.

Let’s look at the situation with optimism: we have to stay at home, but this time gives us a chance to calmly and without stress put the food scheme under control, while there are no distractions-trips to visit, delays at work, meals in a hurry and on the run, which have always served us as an excuse.

Otherwise, overeating becomes unavoidable simply because our entire life today is spent in dangerous proximity to the kitchen, that is, an uninterrupted source of spontaneous snacks. And this is a very dangerous thing. Remove seeds, nuts, and dried fruits. All this potentially useful, but high-calorie food imperceptibly adds to us kilograms if the level of activity decreases. It is clear that we are triggered by instinct-endlessly sending something into our mouth, we feel protected, and thus relieve stress. But try to put the computer away from food sources, the refrigerator or the buffet, and…