Are Your Curious What Causes You To Feel Hungry?



Posted: Tuesday, March 24, 2009

by Perry Permann
Lose Weight Permanently

Emotion drives many of our actions. Are you more moved to act when you feel hungry or full?

Our human nature is interesting: There is no system in our bodies that restricts calorie intake. But, if you experience hunger you just have to eat. Hunger seems to dominate many other emotions necessary to survive. Centuries ago, people had to survive during periods when little or no food was accessible. Nowadays,, it is extremely difficult to lose weight permanently because of all of the fast food restaurants at every turn.

Endocrine alterations often start when you are over 40, and the feelings of hunger are sometimes more extreme. Do you know how your body creates the feelings of being hungry?

There are two systems in place in your brain that need balance in order for you to lose weight over 40: The calories you take in, and the amount of energy accessible. If the energy available in your body falls to a certain level, feelings of "hunger" are produced and you then think of eating. This is totally normal, and not a weakness in your character.

There is a difference between feeling satisfied and feeling full. After age 40 your metabolism slows and you burn fewer calories. This is when you need to learn to eat just until you feel satisfied, and stop eating when you experience that satisfied feeling. This must occur if you expect to lose weight permanently after 40.

Interestingly, we normally stop eating before our bodies absorb the nutrients in the foods we eat. How long it takes you to eat and how often you eat meals has a big consequence on feeling satisfied. An simple way to lose weight permanently is to increase the come of meals and the time spent eating- you'll feel satisfied earlier.

However, you must be conscious of what you eat. Watching TV, driving or reading while you eat will distract your mind, and it won't register that you are eating. You will observe that this makes you feeling satisfied sooner. You won't get the feeling of being satisfied early enough and eat more, threatening permanent weight loss.

There are numerous messenger substances signaling the brain you need to eat. Neuropeptide Y is one of them. It causes you to feel hungry, inhibits physical activity and increases the amount of energy stored as fat. When you go on a diet or stop eating, Neuropeptide Y is released.

This is why you find it hard to lose weight permanently, and sometimes feel like your energy is low: When you consume less food, your hormone system protects your body fat. And: After 40 this protection is getting stronger and stronger. The only way to lose weight permanently over 40 is by starting a gentle life-style concept.

There are many more Neuropeptides contributing to feeling hungry. For example, Orexin A and B are secreted when feeling hungry and stimulate overeating and food cravings- the common outcome when on a diet. This is the nature of your body, not a lack of will power on your part.

Another Neuropeptide is Leptin. Leptin is produced by fat tissue and tells your brain how filled the fat storage system is. Women have more body fat than men by nature and correspondingly higher levels for Leptin. You will begin to feel hungry when the Leptin levels drop under a certain point.

Artificially thin celebrities shape the body image we have in western culture greatly. Without body fat you will feel hungry day in and day out, which can lead to various emotional problems - and a certain quantity of body fat is actually healthy.

You can read another article from Perry at Can You Lose Weight Permanently? Dangers Preventing Your Success

His website is Lose Weight Permanently for Women over 40

Perry has been interested in healthy nutrition, exercise and lifestyle since his early teens. Nevertheless, in his thirties and forties he gained weight and struggled to lose weight permanently. He tried many diets, products and programs only to be disappointed by not achieving permanent weight loss.

This lead him to searching for a customized, personalized solution to lose weight permanently. After discovering his "Lose Weight Permanently" method he developed a unique program and started teaching this system.  Working with clients resulted in fine-tuning the method until his clients had consistent success and the process could be repeated over and over. The program is particularly suitable for women over 40.

He is now publishing his free program on the internet to reach a wider audience here.

Perry's website is Lose Weight Permanently for Women over 40.

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