Diet Myth #4: Don’t Let Yourself Get Hungry
October 10th, 2007, 10:16 am · Post a Comment · posted by Michelle May, M.D.
This common diet myth is based on the belief that overweight people are incapable of controlling themselves when they’re hungry. In my experience with hundreds of workshop participants, once people learn to tell the difference between physical hunger and head hunger, the opposite is true.
Think about it. When you’re hungry, food tastes better and is more satisfying. My grandmother used to say, “Hunger is the best seasoning.” Besides, if you aren’t hungry when you start eating, what’s going to tell you to stop?
Of course, you also need to learn to recognize hunger and make time to eat before you are too hungry since it’s harder to make great choices when you are starving!
Watch this 5 minute clip about other diet myths on “In the Loop with iVillage”: http://video.intheloop.ivillage.com/player/?id=164053&ice=lv|hp|vid_tout|2#videoid=164053�
