How to Recalibrate Your Appetite Thermostat
You now know that we eat the same VOLUME of food on a day-to-day basis and that you can’t shrink your stomach but you CAN shrink your appetite.
(AND you have 6 strategies for slaying the insatiable hunger dragon!)
But the biggest, most critical component is resetting your appetite thermometer.
Modern foods are DESIGNED to make us overeat, which then throws off your appetite thermostat.
Their lack of fiber confuses your stomach, which fails to send out satiation signals.
You then eat more and more, stretching the volume quota and increasing your consumption habits.
Consider this: Initially a hot tub feels hot, sometimes TOO hot, when you first step in. But after a while you “get used to it” and it doesn’t feel hot anymore. Same with a cold swimming pool, no?
That’s what happens with your appetite thermostat, too.
(The technical term for this is “neuroadaptation.”)
To reset your appestat, you have to pay attention to caloric density.
When you choose foods with the proper composition, you fill the volume quota faster, which forces recalibration.
Take it from Beth, “Lindsay's appetite email was great. That is what I am working on now, resetting my "appestat." When my weight-loss leveled out last year I started using the meal plans exactly, and I finally made my goal weight. Then I made the mistake of trying a 28-day whole food challenge. I was eating whole foods, but I didn't count a calorie or watch my portions, and gained 10 pounds. I started back on the meal plans and I can already feel my "appestat" readjusting.”
The more consistent you are, the sooner your body can naturally moderate your appetite. I’ve seen it happen in as little as 2 weeks!
Reset your body’s appetite thermometer with this week’s meal plan.
Find out how delicious recalibrating can be with foods like Spaghetti & "Meatballs", Philly Cheeze Steak Bowl, Cherry Almond Baked Oatmeal, Vegetable Lasagna Wheels & more!
