Staying on Track: I'm Hungry!

Letting your self get hungry can set back your weight reduction plan. It's not weakness, it's a hormone thing called Grehlin. Once grehlin is secreted in the stomach, inner strength alone will not prevent you from stuffing food in to your mouth. Grehlin is stronger than your powers of reasoning and high levels of motivation and commitment.

So the trick is to NEVER GET HUNGRY. say what? how do you lose weight then?
1. Know when hunger normally kicks in and beat it to the punch. If you find 4 pm hard to stay on track, then eat something healthy and in correct portion at 3:30PM.
2. Are you seriously hungry or just on autopilot? My mother smoked. When the phone rang, she instinctively grabbed her cigarettes, as she went to the phone. Make sure your reaching for food is not a similar reflex. If you are used to late night snacking- go to bed early until you break that cycle.
3. Drink some water or zero calorie fluid- sometimes your body mistakes being hungry for being thirsty. Drink a glass and give it 10 mintues, 80% of the time you were thirsty (assuming you have been eating on your 5/ day schedule)
4. Even if you don't feel hungry, stay on your plan of eating 5 small to moderate meals throughout the day rather than 3 big ones. This keeps your blood sugar at an even level. You'll be less hungry and more active all day.
5. Have healthy power-up meals (instead of snacks) that have components that fuel you: Protein, fiber and small amounts of healthy fat will stick with you longer than sugar filled things- and that includes some fruits. Eat fruits with some protein to slow the uptake of sugar in your system.