Often people associate hunger with weight loss. The fear of constant hunger causes many people to avoid a weight loss plan.
And yes, a lot of times for many people it’s better to be overweight than to starve. I’m no exception. I really like to eat, so there’s no way I would be constantly hungry for the sake being thin. What kind of life is it if you’re always feeling hungry?
Our natural instinct tells us to eat when we are hungry. Hunger is a signal telling the body that it needs to eat. It is also a signal to the body that it is in danger, that it needs food now. Our self-preservation instinct makes us scarf down everything in sight in response to feelings of starvation.
Our body doesn’t care that we live in the modern world where food is plentiful. It acts the same as it would if we were living in a wild, having to hunt for our food. And it is not wise to go against the instinct that is designed to protect us from starvation death.
So, get ready for a surprise: you do not have to be hungry in order to lose weight. On the contrary, eating regular meals and keeping yourself full is what will actually help you stick to your healthy eating plan and reach your goals. Keeping your hunger in check will help you avoid overeating. It will also prevent you from feeling miserable, frustrated and out of control.
Rather than eating three large meals a day, eat five or six small meals. When you go to long between meals, when you finally eat you will be famished an unable to control how much you eat. When you eat small meals more frequently you will always be satisfied and in complete control.
Never skip meals. Some people think that by skipping breakfast or lunch they will save total calories, but the opposite happens. Because they go for too long without food, they end up compensating for it and then some later in the day. In addition, skipping meals slows down your metabolism, because your body feels like it’s not getting enough food. So it activates its survival instinct and burns fewer calories.
It is also helpful to eat slowly. It takes about 20 minutes for the body to realize that it’s full. When you eat quickly, you will likely eat unnecessary calories while your body is waiting to receive the signal that it’s full. By the time it understands that its full, it’s usually too late. You’ve eaten more food than your body needed. By eating slowly, the brain sends the signal to stop eating before you’ve eaten too much.
So don’t starve yourself in pursuit of weight loss. There’s absolutely no need for it. Get used to the idea that losing weight does not require being hungry.
Losing weight in a healthy manner never involves deprivation or starvation of any kind. When you lose weight in a healthy way, the loss will likely be permanent.
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