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The Hunger Days… When Your Appetite Won’t Go Away

Do you ever wake up with ravenous hunger that doesn’t seem to go away, no matter what you do or eat?!  Those days when you can’t get food off your brain and it seems to take captive your thoughts?  Maybe you eat a meal only to find you are hungry shortly thereafter.  I get those days too and they are NOT FUN! But, not only are they dreadful, they can be downright scary, especially to anyone that is losing weight or has lost weight and is trying to keep it off.  Our ‘security gland’ is triggered and we can easily feel out of control because we may not know HOW to turn off the hunger signal.

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The Art of Snacking Well

Should you satisfy your snack desires?

OR

Should you avoid the snack fix?  

This question perplexes a lot of people, especially those that are trying to lose weight and manage calories efficiently.  The idea of eating extra calories, especially if one is “not hungry” doesn’t make a lot of sense to most of us.

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4 Foods to Boost Fiber

“I’m on a high fiber diet.  When I get hungry, I buy more yarn.”— Unknown

Say the word fiber and these are some of the images that pop into our minds:

Sawdust

Cardboard

Bark

Celery

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Unfortunate for many, it often brings an unpleasant and quite unappetizing picture to mind.  Maybe that is why fiber gummies, supplements, and mix-ins are so widely used. But ask me how to define fiber and I will describe scrumptious, tasty real food!
 

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