22/09/2021
Contrary to popular belief it’s OK to feel hungry when you’re in a deficit/ dieting phase.
Yes, there are lots of things we can and should do to make this feeling more manageable so that we can stick to our deficit and sustain it for long enough to get the desired result, but at times, we just have to ACCEPT that it is likely we will feel hungry.
Often we get too side tracked on trying to avoid feeling hungry, that we forget the fact that if you have been over consuming calories for a significant amount of time which has led to weight gain, then ultimately we need to eat less (and do more) than we were doing before to achieve the weight (or fat) loss.
And in doing so, the likelihood of you feeling hungry is high.
I’m a coach, not a magician, so at some point you’re going to have to just be strong and ignore those hunger cravings, because give it 30 mins and get distracted with something else and I promise you they will have disappeared and you’ll have forgotten all about it.
And if you stick with it, in time you will become more and more used to eating less, and as you do, these feelings of hunger will become less and less.
In the meantime:
🌿 Eating slower
🌿 Drinking a glass of water before your meal
🌿 Taking part of your meal off your plate before you start eating
🌿 Chewing your food a certain amount of times
🌿 Not having distractions like TV or phone when eating
Are just some of the things that you can do now to help you stop over eating.
And REMEMBER!
Just because we have a plate full of food in front of us, doesn’t mean we have to finish it!
You can save some of it for another meal or a snack in the next few days, or give it to a partner.
And if you think it’s wasteful, I want you to ask yourself, by you not eating that food, are you actually giving it to people less fortunate than you?
Probably not!
You’d be better off donating to charity instead. 🤷🏼♀️