Diet Myth #5: Eat X Number of Calories (or X Number of Points) Every Day
October 17th, 2007, 10:04 am · Post a Comment · posted by Michelle May, M.D.
Does it make sense that you would need exactly the same amount of fuel every day? Aren’t there just days when you are hungrier than others, maybe because of your activity levels or hormonal cycles?
Rather than setting yourself up to “cheat” on those hungry days and forcing yourself to eat more food than you want on your less hungry days, allow yourself the flexibility to adjust your intake based on your actual needs rather than an arbitrary number.
Important: for this to work long term, you also need to learn to tell the difference between physical hunger and head hunger. See my previous blog posts on this topic and visit http://www.amihungry.com/.







