This is a progression of Tip #5. One tip that I follow strictly to lose weight and to maintain the weight lost is to eat only when I’m physically hungry.

So when are we eating when we are not physically hungry? Here are a few times of being enticed to eat when we are not hungry:

- When we salivate because we saw some nice cakes at the window display or we smell the delicious deep fried hot dogs round the corner. (Do you recall having resisted any temptations?)

- When we are thirsty (how many times we dunk a latte in preference to drinking just water?)

- When we are sad, angry.. .generally when we are emotionally unhappy. (Comfort food anyone?)

- When we habitually open the refrigerator to see if there are anything interesting for us to bite.

- When we lack sleep (Eat unconsciously due to a confused state of mind)

I don’t know about you. I was surely guilty of the above.

So back to physical hunger. Our body will let us know when we are physically hungry. The rumbling of our stomachs will indicate that it is time to be in search of food. That is the best time to eat as our body is IN NEED of the food. No excess intake means no excess bulges later. Make sense?

Look out for the next tip when I will share with you on responding to different levels of hunger. Yes, that can help maintain your weight too!

So who said losing and maintaining your weight is tough?