If you haven’t heard of the hunger scale and you are looking to lose weight, it has been seen as a very effective tool to lose weight. The Hunger Scale is by its name a scale of how hungry you are at a certain time. It is really a guideline that tells you when you should and shouldn’t eat. See the hunger scale below:
10: Stuffed to the point of feeling sick (Thanksgiving full!)
9: Very uncomfortable, tired
8: Uncomfortably full
7: Feel you have eaten just a little bit too much
6: Comfortable, satisfied [stop eating]
5: Just noticing the first signs of hunger [slow down, if eating]
4: Hungry, ready to eat [Eat at this point]
3: Very hungry
2: Extremely hungry, irritable
1: Starving, can’t concentrate, dizzy
Doesn’t that make a lot of sense? I think it’s great! And, here’s why:
1) It doesn’t give you a ton of room for humming & hawing about whether/not you’re hungry & ready to eat … either you ARE or you’re NOT.
2) It defines / adds in the numbers for going PAST hungry to the shaky point (which I often do)
3) Your eating range should fall between 4 and 6 on the scale … and this can be visualized like a Stop Light: 4=Green Light –Eat! / 5=Yellow Light –slow down & pay attention / 6=Red Light –Stop Eating!
The important thing is to follow your intuition.
Live life with passion
Andrew Brine
www.NLPLifeChanges.com
