All Entries Tagged With: "hunger"
Quick Weight Loss With VLCD
There is very fast weight loss with Optifast. Its pretty exciting and motivating when you weigh yourself after 1 week and discover you have- LOST 3.3 kg / 7.27lbs in the first week! Yes-this is how much weight my aunt has lost in her first week on Optifast. She has been as good as gold [...]
Fasting for Weight Loss?
Has it ever occurred to you that you could lose weight really quickly if you just stopped eating? You will burn up around 70 calories per hour, ie 1600 per day even if you stay in bed all day. It is obvious that if someone is starved, and we have all see those pitiful famine [...]
Emotional Eating
Do you turn to food for reasons other than hunger? Are you obsessed with thoughts of food – whether you plan to eat it or restrict it? Do you regularly try diets and fail – leading to guilt and further over eating? Do you think about or attempt to purge excess food by throwing up [...]
How to Keep Hunger Away
Have you heard of Leptin? Leptin is one of the hormones responsible for increased hunger. It also interacts with other hormones, such as ghrelin and CCK, which have an effect on your appetite. Serum leptin is strongly linked to fat mass. The fatter you are, the higher your leptin levels. The link is even stronger [...]
