LifeStarts WLS
HUNGER VS SATIETY - LEADER HANDOUT
Hunger vs. Satiety
People who struggle with weight often have
difficulty identifying the difference between
physiological hunger and psychological hunger. This
is sometimes referred as head hunger vs. real hunger.
Having gone through WLS it is critical for us to know
the difference between these two hungers. We need
to be able to recognize them and to determine if this
is a problem for them personally.
A simple way to look at the two types of hunger is to
use this Hunger and Satiety Rating Scale. It can help
you to identify what type of hunger you are
experiencing.
Physiological hunger
about two to four hours after your last meal. Symptoms
include an empty or rumbling feeling in your stomach.
If you ignore this signal you body then sends you a
stronger signal in the form of a headache, dizziness or
lightheadedness. This type of hunger is your body's
way of telling you it is time to nourish your body. So go
eat some protein.
or real hunger starts to occurPsychological hunger
time and has no physical symptoms. Obsessing about
food, emotional situations, certain personal triggers, or
food cravings may cause you to think that you are
hungry when you're really no****ching TV and wanting
to eat is head hunger. Grazing is head hunger. Hunger vs. Satiety Chart 1...………………….Stuffed to the point of feeling sick 2…Very uncomfortable, you need to loosen your belt 3….………….……Uncomfortable full, you are stuffed 4…….……Very full, you feel like you have overeaten 5…………………...Comfortably full, you are satisfied 6……………………Contented, neither full nor hungry 7………………………….Beginning signals of hunger 8……………………………………Hungry need to eat 9…………………Very hungry, unable to concentrate 10………………………………Starving, dizzy, irritable Where are you right now on this chart? At number five you have satiety, if you are above this number on the chart you have over eaten. If you are at six, you are neutral, nether hungry or full. If you are at a seven, then you are beginning to get hungry and need to consider eating soon. If you let your hunger go for a while you will start to feel the physical signs of hunger Where do your habits fit into this chart? If you are waiting to eat until you are "starving", irritable, or unable to concentrate; you will eat to fast and then you will likely eat beyond a comfortable feeling of fullness just to get rid of those bad physical feelings. Start paying close attention; start eating when you have early signals of hunger (level 7) and stop eating when you are comfortably full (level 5). Keep a written record of your feelings of hunger, using this chart. This will help you to recognize if you are waiting too long to eat, or eating beyond a comfortable, satisfied level. Record what and how much you are eating - when you are too hungry versus the times you are just beginning to feel hunger. This exercise will assist you to adjust your eating schedule to accommodate your true need for food.
To assist you to identify which type of hunger you're
feeling and what action you should take with that
feeling, look at our Hunger-Satiety Rating Chart.
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