Using a Hunger Scale to Lose Weight

No Calorie Counting — Listen to Your Body

Many of us struggle with tracking calories, points, carbs, or fats to lose weight. It’s tedious to track everything we eat and write it down or put it into an app, day after day, meal after meal, and ensure we stick to our goal. These can be effective ways to lose weight — however, for many, they are difficult to maintain over the long-haul. As most of us have experienced first hand, we might be able to lose weight but if we can’t keep up the habit we developed, we will just gain it right back. Finding a way to lose weight that is maintainable in the long-term is critical if we care about enjoying the benefits of a healthy weight and svelte figure for our whole lives, not just for a month or two.

Luckily, there is another way to manage the calories you take in that doesn’t require tracking every bit you eat: You can use a hunger scale.

The Hunger Scale

We often eat when we are not physically hungry, or we eat beyond the point where we are comfortably satisfied. All of those calories are extra calories our body can do without and still be well-fueled and feel great, without excessive hunger. Instead of tallying up every calorie or point we eat and using that to drive when we eat, we can learn what the signals are that our bodies…