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Daily motivation Tips – Fear of Hunger

One of the present tense stresses that can cause plenty of trouble in your life is having a fear of hunger. Anyone who ever spent a duration of their life suffering from low blood sugar or a fast oxidation rate will know all about the fear of hunger. If you have experienced the uncomfortable feeling of hunger you will have formed a fear that any minor hunger signal may turn into a strong and uncomfortable urge to eat. This can be a significant cause of faulty eating because you would much rather eat anything than suffer the discomfort of that hunger feeling. This means you may eat junk food when slightly hungry even though you are just 15 minutes from home!

If you find you actually do get a strong hunger moments after feeling slightly hungry then it suggests you will need a nutrition strategy that is different to the standard healthy eating advice. If you are someone who has never suffered extreme hunger then you may not understand this feeling but I have been there and certainly can relate to it. I used metabolic typing to control my hunger but even though I had restored my hunger back to normal (3 times a day from 7 or 8 times) I still found I would panic if I was even slightly hungry. Any hunger feeling would have me grabbing anything even though it would not descend into a strong hunger as previously. It was simply my leftover fear taking control.

It is therefore a good idea to break any fears you have towards hunger. Do note you should never try, nor is it possible to remove the feeling of hunger. If you are looking for a way to do that then you are being stupid as hunger is an invaluable messenger. Why would you want to trick your body into not giving you natural normal signals? Hunger is a good thing as it tells you what the body needs. The fear of hunger is not.

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Identify times when you will feel hungry or eat because you are hungry. Consider whether the foods you are eating are based out of the fear that you will be hungry soon afterwards or because you actually want to eat them.
Recall the past, can you identify times where you were really hungry? Can you recall not being allowed / or able to eat even though you were starving? Next time you are hungry ask yourself if the feeling is linking into these memories. Tell yourself that they are in the past and do not apply now.
If you actually do experience hunger numerous times per day and it is strong start looking into metabolic typing. It is unlikely the typical healthy diet will ever leave you feeling satisfied and neither is it healthy for your body due to the way it is currently functioning.
For persistent fears of hunger you may need to use Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

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