{"id":2876,"date":"2016-05-25T14:31:24","date_gmt":"2016-05-25T18:31:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/?p=2876"},"modified":"2016-06-06T20:35:47","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T00:35:47","slug":"is-it-hunger-or-something-else","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/2016\/05\/25\/is-it-hunger-or-something-else\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it hunger . . . or something else?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Physical hunger is a powerful drive. Sometimes, hunger can be so intense that it leads to overeating of energy-dense foods. Ever notice that you crave pizza or fast food when you haven\u2019t eaten all day? The last thing you want at that moment is an apple or salad. \u00a0Becoming crazy hungry is often the downfall of healthful intentions.<\/p>\n<h4>Eat thoughtfully and manage hunger by paying attention to it:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn to recognize when hunger begins. At that point, you\u2019ll be much more open to adding a filling fruit or vegetable to your meal or snack. The added volume will slow you down, giving you the chance to notice that you\u2019re beginning to feel full while you\u2019re still eating.<\/li>\n<li>Learn to stop eating when you\u2019re beginning to feel full. Remember that you can eat again when hunger returns.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Of course, there are many opportunities to eat that have nothing to do with physical hunger. There\u2019s eating as a sensory response to tempting foods. There\u2019s eating simply by habit at designated mealtimes. There\u2019s the \u201cclean plate club\u201d eating your parents may have taught you. There\u2019s social eating with your friends. \u00a0With thoughtful eating, you can learn to listen to your body.\u00a0 It can be helpful to thoughtfully plan your meals before ravenous hunger sets in and you find yourself reaching for the quickest, and sometimes least healthful, foods. Remember that you can eat with others without making the same choices they make. Or, pack up half your plate so that nothing is wasted and you have a lunch for the next day. \u00a0If you shop with others, you don\u2019t need to buy everything they buy.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, we sometimes mistake other needs for physical hunger. Emotional hunger can lead to eating out of anxiety, anger, loneliness, boredom, stress, fatigue or even happiness. Thoughtful eaters learn to recognize the difference and find better ways to \u201cfeed\u201d emotional hunger.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physical hunger is a powerful drive. Sometimes, hunger can be so intense that it leads to overeating of energy-dense foods. Ever notice that you crave pizza or fast food when you haven\u2019t eaten all day? The last thing you want at that moment is an apple or salad. \u00a0Becoming crazy hungry is often the downfall [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3489,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2876"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2880,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2876\/revisions\/2880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2876"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2876"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/scnc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2876"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}