Monday, September 2, 2013

“No hunger” is the key


Hunger is the biggest pothole on the road of successful weight loss. The importance of no hunger in your weight loss strategy cannot be overstated. Allowing yourself to get to the point of feeling hungry will not help you lose weight. It is hard not to eat when you get hungry. It goes against human nature.

When you get hungry, you tend to want to eat more. The feeling of an empty stomach is very difficult, if not impossible, to tolerate and at some point you give in. Hunger is the most significant problem with weight loss and a diet that results in hunger will never be successful.

Snacking on healthy foods every few hours helps you avoid hunger and the associated  overeating. Apples work perfectly for me.

Diet programs that encourage you to eat smaller portions of the same foods you have been eating, rather than shift your eating entirely to a new regimen will not be successful, either. Reducing your portions to the point that you feel hungry at the end of a meal will not work. It is hard to force yourself to eat less.
But it's possible to choose what you eat. The answer to weight loss challenge lies in shifting your attention to the types of food you should be eating, rather than just counting calories or eating smaller portions of the foods you have been eating.

I really think anyone can lose weight without feeling hungry. You just have to eat the right foods. Automate your meal choices to create routines that make it easy to eat the right food.

I changed the types of food I ate and I lost weight. It took a bit of focus in the beginning to do it, but after a while, it became a natural way of eating.

4 comments:

  1. I don’t think making a true lifestyle change that results in significant weight loss is easy. But I agree with you that it can be done, and that long-term success is about adapting to permanent lifestyle changes. Changes that will help you make the right choices and stick to good habits.

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  2. Maintaining a healthy diet of nutritious foods like fruits, vegetables, and whole grains is an effective and easy way to lose weight. In fact, a change from unhealthy eating to healthy eating is a key factor to losing unwanted pounds. Eating healthy foods on a daily basis will not only help you lose weight, but it’s important to maintain good health as well.

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  3. One of the most important decisions we make about food is how much to eat. Many people struggle with portion sizes. Most of the time we eat portions that are too large and this contributes to weight gain.

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  4. I think there is also a tendency to eat sugar based or barb based snacks when we're hungry. I have changed my diet recently and now do not snack at all between meals, but the meals are different so I do not find myself hungry in between, which is brilliant because I was a real snacker!

    Enjoy the journey.

    Mandy

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