Hunger Starts in the Mind

From The Complete Guide to Fasting. We have a bunch of conditioned responses to triggers like a thought of watching a movie, or a football match. The sizzling of veggies (or steak) on the pan. Time of day, and so on. We have done this same thing so many times. Even though we are not hungry at night, we would still make some food or eat, lest we get hungry at night. Hunger is ok. It feels like the end of the world - but it is not. Hugh Howey talks about it in his routine as well. We often don’t even wait to get hungry. We wake up, and it’s breakfast time. We eat a full meal, or some junk like a bowl of cereal. We crush a large coffee full of milk. We snack on something before lunch. We eat lunch, because that’s when we have a break in the day. More snacking in the afternoon. A full dinner. Snack before bed. Any slight hunger pain is a mere itch compared to the real deep hunger we are designed to experience before getting a meal. The first thing to learn is that hunger should not equal…