20. The One Where You’re Hungry For More

Is your nightly snacking a sign that you lack willpower, or simply a sign that you’re ending your day in a pleasure deficit? This episode, I’m joined by Dr. Jenn Salib Huber (RD ND) to help us learn the difference between physical hunger, taste cravings, and emotional hunger. We talk through Jenn’s "Emotional Hunger Algorithm" to help you get insight into what you’re actually hungry for, and how to build your self-care toolbox so that food isn’t your only source of pleasure.

Key takeaways:

• Emotional eating isn’t a sign of food addiction but is a sign that you’re engaging in restrictive food behaviours
• Getting hangry or feeling primal hunger are signs that you waited too long to eat and how to better notice the earlier signs of physical hunger 
• Irregular meal timing and under-fueling are a massive stress on your system and a drain on your energy

Download the "Emotional Hunger Algorithm" here. 

Dr. Jenn Salib Huber is a Canadian Registered Dietitian, Naturopathic Doctor, and Intuitive Eating Counselor and she's on a mission to help women manage menopause without diets and food rules. She helps women navigate the physical and emotional changes that happen in perimenopause and menopause, including their search for food freedom and body confidence. Working from a health at every size approach, she teaches women to become intuitive eaters and build body confidence at any stage of midlife. In addition to her 1:1 and group programs, she's the host of "The Midlife Feast" podcast and community that helps women "undiet" their lives after 40, so they can nourish a relationship with food that helps them discover the magic of midlife!

Follow Jenn on Instagram, or learn more about her at jennsalibhuber.ca. If you like this episode, check out "Episode 1: The One Where Your Pants Don’t Fit", where Jenn and Dr. Sarah discuss how to deal with the body changes that most women experience in midlife.

Dr. Sarah Vadeboncoeur is a Naturopathic Doctor, mom, and fatigue fixer who’s on a mission to help women fix their fatigue and get the healthcare they deserve. You can find her talking about all things fatigue on Instagram and learn more about her services at drsarahv.ca.

The Fatigue Fixer is produced by Story Studio Network.