When it comes to weight loss sometimes it’s easier to do something when you fully understand why you are doing it. So as part of our SPRING INTO WEIGHT LOSS i’m going to explain a FACT and/or MYTH every week so you can understand what works and what doesn’t and most importantly why.
THIS WEEK FACT: You need to be a little hungry to lose weight.
When it comes to hunger and being uncomfortable I think it’s pretty obvious no one likes to be either. I hear it all the time – “I had an extra handful because I was hungry.” or “I was starving I needed an extra snack.” I have said it many times and will continue to say it – 99% of us don’t even know what starving is. We use the word so loose that we forgot what the true meaning is. When you feel a little uncomfortable it’s not starving it’s just a little hungry. Yes you will absolutely have a little hunger on program. You have to if you are losing weight.
THIS IS WHY:
WEIGHT LOSS – in order to lose weight you need to take in less than the body currently needs. If you are currently 150 and want to be 140 you have to eat like someone who is 140. Because if you eat like someone who is 150 you will maintain and not lose. But when you are 150 and you are eating like someone who is 140 then of course you are going to be hungry because you are taking in less than you body needs to maintain and that is what creates the hunger. And of course this goes for if you are 125 trying to get to 110 or if you are 200 trying to get to 180. Regardless of where you currently are you need to eat less than your body currently needs to lose weight.
THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU EAT LESS THAN WHAT YOUR BODY CURRENTLY NEEDS:
When you eat less your body goes into a deficit and it doesn’t want to be there. It’s going to tell you that it’s in a deficit by giving you hunger signals. It knows you are not giving it enough food to maintain it’s current weight. So it gives you hunger signals to tell you it’s looking for more food. but when you don’t feed into that hunger and ignore it the body is very smart and it will get what it needs from somewhere else – it will get it from your fat reserves. The extra fat you have on your body is received for exactly these times. Our body stores fat to protect us from hunger and famine. Since you are not going to feed it what it needs — it starts using your stored fat. That’s a good thing!
RECAP:
When you eat less and you feel that little hunger your body can’t get what it needs so it taps into your stored fat reserves. — This is exactly why I tell you to embrace the hunger. It’s good to feel the little hunger here and there because it means you are talking in less and your body is going to get what it needs from your fat reserves and that is how you lose weight. you are losing real fat. Embrace it!
HOW TO GET THROUGH IT:
When I say that the little hunger will pass and you should go have tea or drink water or go for a walk – It may feel a little challenging at the moment but it will pass. Why does it pass? Because once the body taps into your stored fat reserves it’s happy again. The hunger signal goes away. you just have to give it a chance to do that. So when you tell e you felt hungry but didn’t feed into it and it passed this is why — because it took from your reserves and it’s happy again. Just always remember before it takes from the stored fat it’s going to send a signal to your brain to feed it first. When you don’t immediately feed it then it will take from the stored fat.
** This is only going to work if you are feeding your body properly with your meals and snack(s). Depending on where you are on program and weight you menu is designed to feed you nutritionally and help you lose weight. If you just stop eating all together you won’t lose weight because the body will go into starvation. But if you eat the right amount of food for where you are with your weight and where you want to be with your weight loss — only then the body will go to the fat reserves when it’s hungry. This is why it’s so important to follow your menu 100%.
CONSISTENCY:
Now in order for the body to continue to tap into the fat reserves you have to do this consistently – the word I use so often CONSISTENT. When you do it consistently for 6 days is when your body has the opportunity to lose real fat and that equals pounds. Your body will keep going to reserves and the more it goes to the reserves the more pounds you lose. YAY!!!! So everyday when you feel a little hungry you must remind yourself that you are eating enough and following your menu and when you don’t feed into that little uncomfortable hunger is when it will take from your fat reserves — and that’s exactly what you want it to do. EMBRACE IT!
Self-Discipline is the magic that makes dreams into reality
~Love to Live Healthy with Josephine Fitzpatrick
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