However, when leptin levels drop,
hunger signals go through the roof, often resulting in overeating.
Not exact matches
After all, your brain isn't
going to hit you with
hunger signals if you've got adequate fuel coming in — even if it's from within!
But the sensation of
hunger is a
signal from our body that it needs fuel and by ignoring it, it's only
going to intensify that feeling.
When learning to detect our
hunger signals, I recommend that people picture their
hunger on a scale from 0 - 10; 0, meaning you're absolutely famished and «hangry» and 10 meaning that you're so full you feel like you might explode (like you just
went to an all - you - can - eat buffet).
If we're constantly ignoring our
hunger signals as a means of dieting, our body is
going to kick into its primitive mode and start upregulating specific hormones, like ghrelin, to make us hungry.
Not all of my
hunger signals are actual
hunger and a lot of them
went away when I drank water or got distracted by a meeting.