Wouldn’t it be great if your stomach was equipped with a visual gauge, similar to the gas gauge in your car? That way your body would tell you exactly how many calories you need in order to gain, lose or maintain your weight. That’s exactly what most diet programs aim to do. They act as an external gas gauge and tell you when to fill the tank, what to fill it with and how soon to come back to the tank again.  Diet plans provide a template of how, what and when to eat, but they are regimented. It’s possible to develop an internal, virtual type of gas gauge for you to sense hunger that is more flexible.  The ability to feel hunger and fullness is a sensation that you were born with.81 So in a sense, you were born with a gauge. As you mature, this ability sometimes goes awry—you learn to ignore it, confuse it with thirst or emotion and may eventually forget it altogether. It becomes too hard to see or sense the gauge so you rely on external templates, like diets, to perform the function of the gauge. There is a tool that can help you … Continue reading Practice Hunger