Suzanne Wright
The Metabolic Health Coach
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When it's a mealtime, are you actually hungry?
17 July 2021
If it’s been several hours since you ate, and your body is ready for food, you’ll recognise what true hunger feels like.
Take notice of that feeling.
And that will help you to recognise all the other feelings that come along.
The ones that feel a lot like being hungry, but aren’t.
For example, when it’s mealtime and you’re not really feeling like eating, but you do anyway, because everyone else is.
Or an hour after a carb-heavy meal when you’re having a sugar crash, and you’re desperate to get your energy back up again.
Or when you walk past the café & see the cake in the window.
Are you actually hungry at that moment or is it just your taste-buds suggesting that you might fancy a plate of something yummy?
On those occasions you can MINDFULLY make a choice of what to do.
The opposite of this is MINDLESS eating.
We’re all guilty of that sometimes, but recognising it is the first step to doing something about it!
When it’s not a mealtime and you DO feel hungry, be mindful of why.If you skipped a meal, or had a very small portion, perhaps your body is protesting about this, and you could eat a bit more next time, to avoid the temptation to reach for unplanned snacks.
Try to rebalance your meals so that it has LESS refined carbohydrates, MORE fibre, MORE protein, and MORE fat.
A well balanced meal shouldn’t cause a blood sugar spike, and you’ll find you’ll have less of the pretend-hunger that makes starting a healthy eating plan so hard.
Here’s to new healthy habits!
Suzanne Wright
The Metabolic Health Coach
Copyright 2023. All Rights Reserved.