If you want to become thin, think as your thin friends do. The Hunger-Satisfaction Scale (shown below) can help you learn how to do this. Every time that sit down to eat a meal or a snack, ask yourself where you fit on the HSS scale. In the ‘thin world’, you would remain between a four and a six most of the time. This is the secret to how thin people always appear to be so in control of their appetites.
Hunger-Satisfaction Scale (HSS):
10: Stuffed to the point of feeling sick (“Thanksgiving-full!”)
9: Very uncomfortable, tired
8: Uncomfortably full
7: Feel you have eaten just a little bit too much
6: Comfortable, satisfied
5: Just noticing the first signs of hunger
4: Hungry, ready to eat
3: Very hungry
2: Extremely hungry, irritable
1: Starving, can’t concentrate, dizzy
© 2004 Jill M. Fleming. All rights reserved.
Four Common Mistakes that Overweight People Make
I am a Registered Dietitian who has spent over 10,000 hours researching the lifestyle habits of thin people for my book Thin People Don’t Clean Their Plates. In this research, I discovered striking differences between the choices that thin people make versus those of overweight people. The common dieting mistakes that overweight people typically make are those that tend to lump them into the ‘overweight’ instead of ‘thin people’ category for habits. Here is the list of the top four habits of overweight people, which will prevent them from losing weight:
The Importance of Snacks to Weight Loss
Carrying snacks at all times has helped me remain in control of my appetite. I always have a box of Triscuits or Quaker Oat Squares in my car. I regularly carry apples, bananas, nuts and cans of V8 juice in my brief case. I find that if I don’t eat a snack when I first begin to feel hungry, I will get that out-of-control urge to binge within an hour or so.
