Being hungry before you eat is not a problem to solve—it’s a signal to use.
When you eat while genuinely hungry, food tastes better.
Hunger increases the reinforcing value of food, which means what you eat in that moment shapes future preferences.
This is one reason waiting to eat until you’re hungry can support both weight control and enjoyment of minimally processed plant foods.
You can give this a try by waiting to eat your next meal until you genuinely feel hungry.
For me, that’s when my stomach starts to growl and it becomes hard for me to think of other things.
Or eat your next meal an hour later than normal. How do you feel? Did anything change?
Here is a simple tip: If you are not hungry enough to eat an apple, then you are not really hungry.
Hunger isn’t something to suppress.
It’s something to work with.
