Hunger, fullness and satisfaction
BackThe best way to learn your body's genuine hunger signals is to get hungry on purpose and observe what happens. Thin people have lots of direct experience of hunger to draw on, because they don't especially mind hunger or rush to relieve it. This is usually not the case with inaccurate eaters, however. They tend to overreact to the first signs of hunger, relieving it before they've had time to fully experience what it feels like. Some inaccurate eaters never get truly hungry, because they are eating so often to meet needs other than hunger. The human body can survive for many weeks without food. There's nothing dangerous about missing a meal. It won't even cause you serious discomfort. Mind you, I'm not recommending that you start skipping meals as a method of weight control. I'm simply pointing out that hunger isn't an emergency. Unless you're diabetic, letting yourself get a little hungrier than you're used to isn't going to do you any harm. Prolong your hunger just enough to learn what it feels like, how it differs from your other impulses to eat—and to get over your fear of it. Try postponing a meal for an hour or so, or skipping a habitual snack, and pay close attention to what you experience in your body. When you get in touch with your actual hunger, you may make some surprising discoveries about it. For example, you may find that it doesn't correspond to your current meal schedule, or that your hunger levels fluctuate from day to day. I must admit that I'm still surprised sometimes when I come home from a ten mile run and don't feel especially hungry. Having burned up all that energy, why doesn't my body need more? And why do I sometimes find myself unusually hungry the next day, when I'm still recovering from my workout and not exerting myself much? There's probably a scientific explanation, but I don't know what it is. All I know is that when I eat in accordance with my actual hunger—as opposed to my idea of how hungry I should or shouldn't be—I'm able to maintain my ideal weight without a struggle.
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Uploaded: October 17th, 2006 @ 7:59 pm
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