A Shrinking Stomach
The other day I was looking at some research that suggested the signal for hunger can be stopped when the wall of the stomach becomes stretched. Signals are sent to the brain telling us to stop eating. This does seem to make sense in order to protect the stomach from potential damage. The problem with dieting is that many overweight people tend to have a larger stomach so to stretch the wall they may need to eat a larger meal. But a larger meal often means taking in too many calories, unless, of course you eat a big plateful of salad.
I was thinking this could possibly mean that a person trying to lose weight may feel constantly hungry if they suddenly select a diet of low-calorie foods and smaller portions, which is actually one of the best ways to lose weight. But how does a person avoid the hunger pains?
Well, when I had to suddenly limit my food intake to 2 meals per day (due mainly to my workload so I couldn't find time to eat my normal 5-6 meals) I did lose weight although, I was aware this was mainly water from protein muscle loss and thus I wouldn't really recommend losing it this way. However, I also noticed that my stomach did shrink (this is because the body will take some protein from the breakdown of the stomach wall, as it no longer needs to work as hard thus it no longer needs to be as strong). This meant that when I ate a meal I seemed to get full very easily on less food, thus I felt comfortable eating a diet of smaller portions which help to maintain my weight loss at that time. It also helped stop those horrible hunger pains that I experienced at first but luckily couldn't hunt down food as I had to concentrate on work. I suppose I had to break Through the pain barrier for a while.
I think that going through those first 10-14 days with, what seemed to be a forced low food intake actually helped me to shrink my stomach, and I believe that a smaller stomach stopped me from binging out on huge portions when I did finally manage to get around to eating. This means it helped stop the weight re-gain which often occurs after quick weight loss.
Maybe shrinking the stomach is one way to limit portion size when on a diet. Although I personally don't recommend losing weight quickly.
If you believe this may be why you are struggling to lose weight then seek advice from your doctor before attempting to try losing weight quickly to shrink the stomach size. The benefits you obtain from a smaller stomach may be out-weighed by the possible metabolic effects of losing more lean muscle.
Learn more ideas and techniques to lose weight on our website!
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I was thinking this could possibly mean that a person trying to lose weight may feel constantly hungry if they suddenly select a diet of low-calorie foods and smaller portions, which is actually one of the best ways to lose weight. But how does a person avoid the hunger pains?
Well, when I had to suddenly limit my food intake to 2 meals per day (due mainly to my workload so I couldn't find time to eat my normal 5-6 meals) I did lose weight although, I was aware this was mainly water from protein muscle loss and thus I wouldn't really recommend losing it this way. However, I also noticed that my stomach did shrink (this is because the body will take some protein from the breakdown of the stomach wall, as it no longer needs to work as hard thus it no longer needs to be as strong). This meant that when I ate a meal I seemed to get full very easily on less food, thus I felt comfortable eating a diet of smaller portions which help to maintain my weight loss at that time. It also helped stop those horrible hunger pains that I experienced at first but luckily couldn't hunt down food as I had to concentrate on work. I suppose I had to break Through the pain barrier for a while.
I think that going through those first 10-14 days with, what seemed to be a forced low food intake actually helped me to shrink my stomach, and I believe that a smaller stomach stopped me from binging out on huge portions when I did finally manage to get around to eating. This means it helped stop the weight re-gain which often occurs after quick weight loss.
Maybe shrinking the stomach is one way to limit portion size when on a diet. Although I personally don't recommend losing weight quickly.
If you believe this may be why you are struggling to lose weight then seek advice from your doctor before attempting to try losing weight quickly to shrink the stomach size. The benefits you obtain from a smaller stomach may be out-weighed by the possible metabolic effects of losing more lean muscle.
Learn more ideas and techniques to lose weight on our website!
www.weightlossforall.com
posted by Weight Loss helper @ 2:52 PM
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