Controlling hunger is one of the great difficulties everyone faces when attempting to lose weight. What everyone needs
to realize is that hunger is not meant to be ignored. Its natures powerful way to keep you alive. When your body goes without
food for a prolonged period, it goes into a survival mode and works against your diet battle. One is a tendancy to overeat
when food becomes available. Another is the body will lower its metabolic rate. Lowered metabolism means that dieters burn
fewer calories at rest and when they exercise.
Dieters think their hunger drive is wrong and they try to manipulate this drive by pills, surgery, making themselves
sick and giving up.
One example I like is in regards to breathing. Air is necessary for life and we would not survive long without it. How
would it feel if you tried to cut down on the number of breaths you took per minute? Do you know people that "overbreathe?"
How about thirst? Do you trust it when you are thirsty on a hot day?Your drive for hunger is the same. Once the need is met,
you will not be hungry. You cannot control weight by controlling hunger. You must satisfy hunger by eating all you need
and eat foods that will help you lose weight and encourage health as you eat. Your hunger drive is satisfied by carbohydrates
not by fat, because carbohydrates are the basic fuel of cellular metabolism. Carbohydrates maintain the body and provide
energy. Your body wants carbohydrates more than any other component of your food. It will urge you to eat and eat until it
gets an adequate supply of them.
