How to lose belly fat: 5 Healthy Ways to Battle the Pangs of Hunger

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If you’ve ever tried to go on a diet and exercise at the same time, you’d know how difficult it is to manage the two together – on the one hand you’re literally starving yourself and limiting your calories; and on the other, you’re working out so hard that you feel ravenous once you’re done.

It takes a great deal of control to ignore the pangs of hunger that your stomach keeps sending out, and more often than not, you end up gorging on food that’s not good for you. If you want to stay on the right track to weight loss, you need to learn how to battle your hunger, and to do this, you must:

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Eat small meals more often:

The best way to boost your metabolism is to eat a larger number of meals, with smaller portions. Instead of eating large breakfasts, lunches and dinners, eat something every few hours. Eat just to satiate your hunger and not to fill your stomach. This way, you avoid putting on weight.

Drink lots of water:

Water has no calories, so you can drink any amount and still stay slim. Besides this, water helps in replenishing the fluids that your body has lost as sweat when you work out. It keeps you healthy and hydrated and flushes out all the toxins from your body. Water also gives you a feeling of fullness and you can stave off hunger till it’s time for your next meal.

Go to bed early:

A decent amount of sleep is necessary for good health. If you deprive your body of sleep, you tend to put on weight. Besides, when you stay up late, you tend to get hungry and snack on food that is not good for you. Sleep rejuvenates you and gives you enough energy to face the next day. And when you sleep early, you don’t find it hard to wake up early for your work out the following day.

Stock up on fruits, vegetables and low-cal snacks:

You are going to get hungry from time to time, so make sure you have enough healthy food options on hand to tide you over on such occasions. Eat fruits, vegetables and other low calorie snacks that fill your stomach without making you fat.

Stay busy:

When you have something to occupy your mind, you don’t tend to forage around for something to eat. It’s only when you are at loose ends with nothing to do that you feel like snacking in order to pass the time. So keep yourself busy and you tend to forget that you’re hungry.

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Tags: healthy diets·pangs of hunger9 responses so far ↓1Sadri // Jul 8, 2009 at 3:05 pm

I cant sleep when ? was hungry:)

2Doug Remington // Aug 14, 2009 at 10:23 am

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3Phil // Sep 10, 2009 at 6:32 am

Eat small meals more often is the key that most people ignore we should know, what to eat, how much to eat and How often to eat it.

Thanks

4Alex // Sep 12, 2009 at 4:45 am

great post thanks

i would like to add eating more protein (lean sources)

5David // Oct 1, 2009 at 2:28 pm

Great tips! I’ve actually tried eating more meals in smaller portions and it really works in reducing my waistline! Apparently, letting ourselves go hungry is what causes us to overeat, so staying satiated by munching on something healthy every so often will prevent us from pigging-out during a meal.

6Seifer // Oct 9, 2009 at 4:33 pm

Not only does snacking on something healthy every 2 hours helps us avoid overeating, it also keeps our energy levels up and prevents our metabolism from slowing down. A slow metabolism means slower calorie-burn leading to surplus energy (body fat) at the end of the day.

7Monica // May 28, 2010 at 9:45 am

Excellent advise. Sleep is one the factors that people most often overlook, yet it has such a huge impact on your body’s ability to burn fat. Very important to get adequate rest, along with all the other factors. Thanks for the info.
Monica Tangry
Certified Personal Trainer

8Dr. David Orman // Jun 4, 2010 at 12:32 am

5-6 meals a day is a sure way to create diabetes. This myth gets repeated without any evaluation. It is false and can d o a great deal of harm.

9GoofyFitnessDad // Sep 11, 2010 at 10:36 am

You know, that is a really insightful post, and with fantastic, logical suggestions. Such great things to keep in mind, and definitely something I need to keep up with. I really enjoy your site, by the way!

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