Respect Your Hunger to Achieve True Weight Loss Results

There is an old adage that suggests it is a cardinal sin or extremely poor strategy to go grocery shopping when you are really hungry. Well, when it comes to losing weight, the same can be said about being really hungry period. Many dieters feel that they need to suffer through a constant state of hunger and essentially limp along all during the diet process. Nothing could be further from the truth. One major key to weight loss is being attuned to your hunger and not allowing yourself to ever get too hungry.

If we can learn to focus a little more on the hunger, we can avoid so many of the unhealthy food choices we make when we are famished. Just like the example of the hunger shopper who fills the cart to the brim with anything and everything, the super hungry person will more likely eat indiscriminately when food becomes available.

For us to reach our weight loss goals we need to reeducate ourselves to recognize hunger. Many of us, because of our work demands, have learned to ignore hunger and keep pressing. Though we have become adept at wrestling with the burdens of deadlines and finish lines, we have deadened our hunger meters in the process. What we need now is to sharpen those senses anew.

Growling stomachs, headaches or light headedness, fatigue - these are some of the most common signs of hunger. Instead of fighting through those feelings and sensations, try to focus on recognizing when they first start to crop up. If you can nip the hunger in the bud, you will be far more likely to do it with a well thought out food choice as opposed to the first thing that you lay your eyes on. Furthermore, when you are able to notice the first signs of hunger, a little healthy snack will easily quell the hunger. You will be far less likely to eat with a vengeance, as is often the case when you wait too long to eat.

Don't wait for more than 15 to 20 minutes to eat once you have noticed the onset of hunger signs. There are some additional side benefits to eating before you are too hungry as well. Your focus will remain sharper if you refuel in little fueling stops along the way. You will be far more successful in meeting your deadlines by not suffering through the symptoms of being overly hungry.

Additionally, your body will keep burning calories at a higher rate if you eat at more regular intervals. Your body is brilliant at recognizing hunger. Its response is too slow down metabolism so as to conserve its store of energy. The problem is, if you wait too long and binge later, the body has gotten used to conserving instead of burning. Recognizing hunger and responding to it will keep you focused and keep the fat burning.

Get in touch with your hunger. Give it its due and give it some healthy fuel so you can maintain your momentum on your weight loss travels.