Starling Fitness: Daily writings on Fitness, Diet, and Health

Go Ask Alice is a website hosted by Columbia University that provides health information. Fitness and nutrition are a small part of healthy living, but they have dedicated quite a few questions to them.

• Go Ask Alice – How do I know when I’m no longer hungry?

My hardest obstacle was knowing when I’m hungry. I would let myself get to the point of feeling ravenous before I would eat. I started eating Mini-Meals every two to three hours whether I felt hungry or not. Eventually, I learned what hunger feels like. I used to think hunger was the point when I was shaking and couldn’t think straight. That point is way beyond hunger. Now I am able to feel those first hunger signs and eat before I’m to the point where I will stuff anything in my mouth.