EC 178: Fear of Hunger

Jun 30, 2021

https://www.theshiftinside.com/tide/

to find out more about dismantling your fear of hunger.

Is this a problem for you? In this podcast episode of The Eating Coach, we dive into this topic - one that I have not heard discussed often. I talk openly about my own anxiety around my appetite, and what happened when I actually decided to experience hunger intentionally. I was very surprised at what I discovered.

 

Part One: Why You Might Have a Fear of Hunger

• Childhood experiences. Food was used to give adults power over you.
• Food as a way to Numb yourself out
• In both scenarios, hunger can act as a very persuasive PR tool being used by your child rebel or the part of you that feels it is essential to numb out
• I managed overeating a long time ago, but lockdown created a very powerful PR for my compulsion because I was doing too much. I dissolved Some key relationships which created lots of fear. I perceived genuine hunger which was not always genuenuine. about managing my life

 

Part Two: What Happened When I Faced My Fear of Hunger

 I realised that hunger is not a fire, it is a tide

 I realised that hunger is plastic

I discuss the role that ghrelin (the hunger hormone plays) here and the evolutionary reasoning behind the plastic nature of hunger

 

Part Three: Over To You

Ideas for you to get going on your fear of hunger

RESOURCES

Intermittent fasting 2.0 episode

https://eatingcoach.libsyn.com/ec-177-your-internal-hunger-games

The Metronome

https://www.theshiftinside.com/metronome/

Fear of Hunger coaching programme

https://www.theshiftinside.com/tide/