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5 Tips To Distinguish Physical From Emotional Hunger

“Am I truly hungry?”

If anything is ingrained in our animal imprint, it is the ability to tell when we are hungry and when to stop eating — pure instinct, right?

Sure?

If hunger signals were so unambiguous, how is it that we keep munching and pecking so often throughout the day?

The truth is that emotions and physiology intermingle, causing a signal hodgepodge in our body hard to differentiate.

So, how can we distinguish “physical hunger” from “emotional hunger”?

Here you have five distinctive features to start paying attention to:

Five signs of physical hunger

1) It emerges gradually

That familiar stomach discomfort appearing in the middle of a meeting, just before lunchtime…

2) There is no need to satisfy it immediately

We can e-a-s-i-l-y wait until we finish that report and send one or two more emails…

3) We are open to different meal options

We peek at the restaurant menu — or the fridge- with curiosity, checking what pays our attention (or what it is ready to eat).

4) We stop eating when we feel full

No need to eat the leftover bread after finishing the main course…

5) We feel good when you finish eating…

That big “Ahhhhhhhhhh” sigh coming after laying the fork on the table and leaning back on the chair.

This is a key!

Five signs of emotional hunger

Photo by Henley Design Studio on Unsplash

1) It comes out of the blue

We are in front of that boring report we need to finish, and bang! We crave those chocolate cookies stashed in our desk drawer.

2) We feel the urge to satisfy it immediately

No, we cannot wait until we get home. We must grab something sweet, salty, and/or crunchy at the vending machine or make a compulsory stop at the shop/café on our way home to grasp a big latte with the chocolate muffin as a companion.

3) We crave a specific type of food

Hint: it won’t be broccoli.

4) We keep eating even when we feel full

“Once you pop, you can’t stop.” That famous chips advertisement simply nailed it.

5) Feelings of guilt (and/or shame) may appear once we’ve finished

Not a bite before you empty the cookies package or the ice cream tub.

“OMG,- I-should-have-not-eaten-that!” kind of feeling.

❔ Can you relate to any of these situations?

❔ Which foods do you turn to when you are on autopilot?

The first step to deconstructing this automatic process is to acknowledge these signals. We cannot manage what we don’t identify.

Interested in knowing more about nutrition, emotions, hormones, and making peace with your food?

Here are all the ways you can reach me 👇

❀ Subscribe to my MEDIUM Email List

❀ Connect with me on LinkedIn

❀ Follow me on Twitter

❀ Send me an Email: [email protected]

❀ Visit my website: https://www.yourlifeonaplate.com/

I’d love to connect with you. I mean it! 😊