Episode 130: High Risk Hunger Days

About this episode

This episode discusses understanding and anticipating hunger, particularly influenced by sleep and menstrual cycles.

In this episode, I’m talking about understanding your hunger a bit better and, more importantly, seeing it coming before it hits you. I focus on two of the biggest drivers I see all the time: poor sleep and, for a lot of women, certain stages of the menstrual cycle. Both can ramp up hunger pretty significantly, and if you’re not expecting it, it can feel like you’ve just “lost control” out of nowhere. What I want you to do instead is get ahead of it. Start spotting your high-risk hunger days,...

People in this episode

Host: Jonathan Steedman

Topics covered

• hunger management
• sleep impact on hunger
• menstrual cycle effects
• hunger awareness
• self-control

Keywords

• hunger
• sleep
• menstrual cycle
• self-control
• nutrition
• health

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