Hunger is NORMAL With Dieting And Getting Lean

If you’re “dieting” and trying to lose fat, hunger does not represent something negative or something going wrong with your plan. Hunger is a biological norm and a physiological response as any fat-loss diet will induce hunger over time and it tends to increase the leaner you get. If you’re expecting to get lean without ever experiencing hunger or cravings, well, you’re going to find yourself very frustrated.

We’re classically conditioned to associate hunger with something bad, and yet it’s not. It’s an experience, or a feeling but it’s a natural feeling; we all deal with it. This is one of the biggest issues people need to accept – one, it’s par for the course when you’re dieting and getting lean and two, it represents something positive when it comes to pursuing fat loss since it is the body responding in a predictable fashion as it should. I’d be more concerned about someone deep into a diet, lean, etc. and NOT hungry.

Real hunger is not simply a desire to eat. Dieting and saying, but I’m hungry? I’d say, well, hello? You’re dieting.

Expect it, accept it, and do what you can to manage it.