Do you know about this hormone leptin? I sure do.
I’m suffering from a bad case of leptin resistance as I write this…
It’s easy to spot. You stuff your face all day long and then you’re looking in the fridge for something more because you just can’t seem to get full no matter how fat you are or how much you eat.
You see, everytime we eat it releases the hormone leptin into our blood stream and the leptin sends a message to the brain to decrease our appetite. However, if one eats often (more than 3 meals per day) one starts becoming resistant to the messages that leptine is sending.
It is very strong. I know I’ve gotten myself to become sensitive to leptin and BAM, I was getting full so much easier and not craving food all the time.
Now, If I want to make it down to light-heavyweight (205 lbs.), I have got to get sensitive to leptin again. That way I won’t have to fight hunger and cravings all the time and just end up fatter than I was to begin with.
To begin to control my appetite; so, when I eat a healthy meal I will get satisfied and feel full for hours, I have to stop sending spurts of leptin out all day and night. In other words, I have to eat 3 meals per day and not snack in between.
This is a crucial first step to a life of maintaining a healthy, robust weight.
I say healthy, robust weight.
If you just want to be skinny, you are on the wrong blog. But I digress.
Remember how they (we) used to do it?
- Breakfast
- Lunch
- Dinner
That is how we need to start doing it again.
Cut this crap about 6 small meals. To many bursts of leptin.
Forget the “healthy snacks”. It is just keeping the leptin on all the time.
We have to eat our 3 “robust and healthy” meals and leave a lot of time in between. That is also key. Don’t eat your meals at noon, 5 pm and 9 pm. Well, that might actually not be too bad. But Ideally you have at least 5 hours and, even better, 6 hours between meals.
I’m going to start doing this, but I’ve done it before (years ago) for a few months and the results were great. Within a short time you will notice that you are just staying full and not needing to eat all the time. Then, over time, you will gain more and more control over what you eat.
We will gain more and more control over what we eat.
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