Is not by ignoring your hunger
Fighting your hunger
Avoiding your hunger
Trying to hack your hunger
Or using dieting pills
Hunger or cravings aren’t the enemy. They’re telling you something is off with YOU!
Simply put, you’re not consuming adequate calories in the right amounts or the right kinds of calories.
I see and hear it all the time... women trying
to eat as little as possible to lose weight or to stay as light or small as possible.
It never really works for the long haul. Most of us will eventually break and give in. It’s not “if,” it’s when, STRONG friend.
Most advice given out among women is the things I mentioned above, in addition to taking appetite suppressants or eating tons (astronomical amounts) of high water-dense, low-calorie veggies (which aren’t inherently disordered). It becomes
that way when it’s implemented from the lens of disordered eating, which is a very unhealthy eating behavior!
In my experience with working with hundreds of women is that this never really works long-term and often leads to a horrible relationship with their food and bodies. PLUS, it’s miserable AF and certainly not enjoyable.
Fat loss phase or not, the goal should never be to eat as little as
possible...
Your calorie targets should be set to a place you can sustain, be consistent with, and thrive on, no matter the goal or phase, while enjoying how you eat.
Let’s get into a sane way of addressing your hunger and cravings!
Stop looking for hacks and get clinical. Take an inventory of what you have or have not eaten for
the day.
Get curious; you’re not having cravings for no reason. The food fairy is not out to get you!
Honor your hunger - honor your cravings.
Treat yourself like a human being! Get curious: why are you always craving? Why do you always need a snack an hour or two after eating?
I bet you knew this was coming… EAT and EAT
STRONG!
Eat enough food to sustain yourself: Eat enough total calories for YOU, for your BODY, not what Sally is eating.
Stop eating like an itty bitty bird. Build BIGGER BALANCED Meals that include all the MACROnutrients!
Eat enough protein - eat protein with every meal! Most women aren’t eating nearly enough
protein.
Aim for 30-50 grams of protein in your main meals!
Eat what you are craving and move on with life.
If you want something, have it, eat it, enjoy it, savor it, and move on with life!
Allow the foods that you love into your diet. All foods can fit!!
Don’t continue to deprive yourself. It always
backfires!
Pay attention to how much exercise you’re doing.
Your hunger and cravings could be due to the high amount of cardio and/or “HIIT” type workouts that you are doing. High amounts of exercise can contribute to high hunger and cravings!
A lot of women don’t eat enough to fuel this much training. If you are training a lot, you have to match your
nutrition to that level of training, or you will continue to be miserable and not actually progress with your training, physique, performance, etc...
Make sure you are getting enough SLEEP and managing your stress; this is so KEY to keeping your cravings, as well as your hunger and energy, in check!
What’s going on in your life - any emotional stuff going
on that you need to work through?
Work it on out; work through the murk! Get the help you need so you can THRIVE!
I hope this helps! You are not broken or weak because you are always hungry or have cravings, and again, you don’t need to fight them or suppress them with voodoo quackery methods, even if you are trying to drop some body fat.
Be patient with yourself and sprinkle some Grace on it!
And lastly,
STRONG friend, look at your nutrition, fitness, and health regimens like a detective 🕵🏾♀️, examine the evidence critically, and adjust accordingly. What does your body need?
Thank you for reading, ! Comments thoughts, shares, wins, etc. share away! Email and DM's are always open!
Have a wonderful, beautiful weekend!
In Strength & to Your Success,
Coach Candace
