My Body Tutor : No More Excuses

My #1 rule for success is to not let ourselves get super hungry. Because when we’re ravenous, it’s extremely hard to make good decisions.

Our irrational mind starts to make a lot of sense. It’s starts saying things like “Yeah! I do deserve that cookie. I do deserve that ice cream! What’s the difference anyway?”

This happens a lot less often when you protect yourself from getting ravenous.

But that doesn’t mean you’re supposed to never be hungry.

Let me explain:

The problem is we all think of hunger nowadays as not being full. If I’m not comfortably stuffed, then I must be hungry!

Satisfied and light is the goal. Not stuffed and tired. And I’m not saying after every meal you’re Thanksgiving stuffed full. But I believe we still all eat too much.

We also eat too soon.

We need to build up our tolerance because like anything it comes down to conditioning.

We fear hunger. We fear being satisfied and light.

It’s so easy to just keep on eating. It’s so comforting! Our distant ancestors would beg us to keep on eating.

But, food wasn’t so readily available back then. People weren’t cued 1000x a day to eat.

So, try to embrace the slight discomfort of feeling satisfied instead of stuffed. Try to embrace the slight discomfort of feeling like you could eat but you know you’re not really hungry.

Because eventually, you’ll feel uncomfortable when you eat too much. And are too full.