Hunger Cues & The Hunger-Fullness Scale

A big part of intuitive eating is learning how to trust your innate hunger cues again and respond appropriately to them. Our need for energy (food) is so primal and essential that if we do not give our bodies enough, our bodies find ways to compensate. Your body and brain just want to keep you alive! Diet culture makes hunger seem like the enemy or something to overcome with “willpower”, but the truth is that hunger is your body communicating a vital need- energy (food)!