The hunger scale (rate your hunger on a scale from 1 to 10 and eat accordingly) is something I’ve read about in multiple books. But I totally suck at it. I thought I was going to use Bob Greene’s Best Life Diet to lose weight until I realized that following the hunger scale was the core of the program.

So, I’m thrilled today to read that others struggle with that as well. I’m reading Eating Thin for Life by Anne M. Fletcher. She interviewed hundreds of people who lost significant amounts of weight and kept it off to see how they did it. Only 1 in 5 of the people she interviewed regularly used something like the hunger scale to control their eating.

More of the “masters” of weight loss control their eating by planning ahead, including portion sizes. I don’t know if I’ll ever be adept enough at being aware of my own hunger/satiation level for that to be a good tool for me, but I can plan!