How to Regulate Hunger Hormones

Hormone deregulation can make weight loss a losing battle.😩 If you focus on these 6️⃣ things, you can balance your hunger hormones (leptin and ghrelin), which will lead to less hunger, more feelings of fullness, and less desire to overeat. 👏🏻

1. Protein! Make sure you’re taking in adequate protein at meals and snacks. Protein suppresses ghrelin so you feel full longer.

2. Stay Active - Exercise improves leptin sensitivity, which decreases appetite.

3. Manage Stress - Use outlets like meditation, yoga, and relaxation techniques to help control stress. Stress = increased cortisol, which lowers leptin production so you don’t feel full.

4. Eat Fewer Processed Foods - The more real, whole foods you eat, the fewer preservatives, dyes, additives, and other chemicals you’ll consume, all of which cause hormone deregulation.

5. Decrease Eating Before Bed - You’ll sleep better and allow your body time to rest and reset.

6. Get Enough Sleep - If you don’t get enough sleep, your body will crave sugar and carbs (we’ve all been there 🫠).

To avoid feeling overwhelmed, start with one of the six points above that feels most doable and slowly add more. You’ve got this!