Lose weight the fun way.

FOOD

I’ve gotten several emails about being hungry etc. Here’s the deal, hungry is normal. You need to understand the difference between being full and satiated. After I eat clean I’m a little hungry but I’m satisfied because I know I’m going to eat again in a little while. When you feel FULL that’s actually not good. In our country we’ve come to think full is a good feeling when in fact it’s the opposite. When your stomach feels full that means it’s going to be that much harder to digest the food. You need to learn to train your body to understand the difference between full and satisfied/satiated.

Little Tricks
Don’t eat the entire meal in one POW, graze on it throughout the day. DO NOT finish your last meal any earlier than 7pm… That’s a death wish. YOU WILL BE HUNGRY until you go to sleep and it will annoy you and make you think you’re weak. PACE YOUR FOOD PROPERLY.

EXTRAS
Nuts (trader joe’s little portion size packets)
Apple
Table Spoon Almond Butter
MORE VEGGIES
Hot broth based or tomato based soup

TRICKS UP ME SLEEVES
Warm and Spicy trick your stomach into feeling satiated. Add spices to your food, have hot tea before bed.

SWEET TOOTH
If you must get some Ginger Chews, they sell them at Trader Joes. Be careful because they are highly addictive. You can have 3-4 (5 MAX).

mrs k

03/10/2016 9:27AM

so i grew up with supper being on the table by like 5:30. now that i'm married my husband likes to do dinner at like 8 at night and i thought it was the strangest thing...i guess to me it always seemed too late. it does make sense though to hear someone else say it. when i eat dinner later i don't feel the urge to snack before bed.

lacey s. likes this comment.

lacey s.

It's a great way to stave off hunger in the evening.

Sandy

That's a good point. We were the same. 5:30 dinner in my big family helped keep the routine/schedule and keep my mom sane. :) But then she (and us teenagers or young adults) would always have a treat before bed - a bowl of ice cream, or some other snack. Maybe that's where I got my late night munchies habit. Staying up to watch a movie or to do homework, or whatever it was.. by 8/9/10, I was hungry again, so I would eat more. Now I'm trying to eat dinner more like 7/8, and if I start to get the munchies (although I'm learning to recognize that I'm not actually "hungry" at that point), I'll go ahead and chew minty gum or brush my teeth, so I don't feel like eating actual food. It helps.Thanks Lacey for the advice.

Sabrina D.

03/10/2016 3:52AM

Thanks for the suggestions.

Thank you!

HUNGRY?

Comment Now!