What Solutions Could You Find?

Do you hate feeling hungry? Is it a really unpleasant or even distressing feeling? Sometimes hunger can feel so awful you just have to eat. Or maybe you don’t feel that great a lot of the time. When you feel like this, it’s hard to eat well. You need something to make you feel better now, and that chocolate biscuit will do the trick! How do some people have the willpower to turn it down? Willpower isn’t going to work long term. However, when your body is in balance, the junk food is not so appealing! But did you know that they can reduce hunger and make it feel less unpleasant? Do you know which ones reduce sugar cravings? When last seen, Emma was doing well with her healthy breakfasts, making sure she added in some protein and avoiding the sugary jam and refined carbs. Fruit was now a part of her weekday breakfasts. And at weekends, she enjoyed a leisurely egg on toast with grilled mushroom and tomato. So she started preparing carrot, pepper and cucumber sticks to have with her lunch. Some evenings, while cooking dinner in the oven, she would roast a tray of butternut squash and beetroot and make extra to have with her lunch the following day. Usually, she had generous portions of potato or rice. Now Emma was still eating the same amount but getting more nutrients and less calories. In fact, she felt more satiated after meals.

The  Sweetest Sound

The Sweetest Sound

For Emma, this didn’t feel like a huge change. She didn’t feel like she was eating any less, but over time it made her feel healthier and more energised, and she lost weight. As they are high in fibre and water, they are more filling than many other foods. Similarly, their high supply of vitamins and minerals curbs your hunger as well, even when you are taking in significantly fewer calories. Modern lives can be hard on our vitamin and mineral status. Many of us are chronically stressed, which depletes us of vitamins and minerals, as does alcohol. In refining and processing our foods, we remove yet more nutrients. If you are low in nutrients, hunger can feel really unpleasant. But the longer you follow a diet high in vitamins and minerals, the less you experience hunger and the easier it gets. If obesogens, or hormone imbalances, are contributing to your weight, it is particularly important to make sure your liver and gut are working well. Your liver processes toxins and old hormones, which it then excretes in bile through your gut. The longer toxins stay in your bowels, the more likely they are to be reabsorbed.

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They also contain fibre, which keeps everything moving through your gut. Or sustaining weight loss! However, some tropical fruit, particularly bananas, have a greater effect on your blood sugar levels. That doesn’t mean you shouldn’t eat them. Just have them in moderation. Dried fruit also release their sugars quickly, so are best limited. Boiled potatoes have less effect than baked or mashed. There is no need to avoid potatoes, but reduce your portion size and always have some protein with them. Your adrenals, which produce your stress hormones, store large amounts of vitamin C, but these are depleted by stress. Chose organic where you can, as some pesticides have an oestrogenic effect. If your female hormones are not in balance, it is important to support your liver, as it processes old hormones. Citrus fruit such as lemon, lime and orange also support your liver. However, you need to be careful of grapefruit, which can reduce the ability of your liver to detoxify.

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Otherwise, you could start the day with a glass of warm water with a squeeze of fresh lemon or lime. Prunes also increase feelings of fullness. If you overeat at meals, have a piece of whole fruit beforehand. These are the good bacteria. These foods are not a magic bullet for weight loss, but if you want to burn more fat, include sirtfoods in your diet. Some also contain other nutrients needed by your thyroid. Raw cruciferous veg contain goitrogens, which hinder your body’s production of thyroid hormones. Cruciferous veg include cabbage, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, turnips, kale and spinach. These are healthy foods that, even if you have an underactive thyroid, you can still include. Just cook them first and don’t eat in large quantities. Green veg contain chlorophyll, which may reduce the absorption of some obesogens. It can also help to choose organic where possible, as many pesticides are obesogens. If you consume additional servings of them, you are likely to eat the same total amount of food but consume less calories. You are also likely to lose significantly more weight without feeling hungry or deprived. Try to identify what might get in the way. What solutions could you find? On a day when you have more time, prepare meals in bulk and freeze in portion sizes. There is no leftover pulp, and it only takes a few seconds to clean. If your blender can handle nuts and seeds, you can include these in your smoothies too. When these systems come back into balance, it makes it so much easier to lose weight. Eat now! These are not helpful messages to be swarming around your body. If you give in to them, please don’t feel bad. It’s not your fault. It can feel imperative that we eat when these messengers tell us to. You may have high levels of the messengers that tell your body, Store fat. Ever feel your body puts on weight too easily? If your body is getting lots of messages to store fat, it’s going to be hard to shift those extra pounds! Whilst changing her breakfast had helped stabilise her energy early in the day, Emma was still having a slump late morning. What more did she need to do? The next area to focus on was proteins. She was ready to tackle them head on. Her morning snacks went well.