With this quick check you can check whether you are really hungry or whether the emo-eater in you has surfaced.
Physical hunger
- Develops gradually.
- Can also be soothed with a sandwich.
- Is stilled when your body is satiated.
- Characterized by calm and mindful eating.
Emotional hunger
- Comes up quite suddenly.
- Can only be appeased with something tasty or unhealthy.
- Is practically insatiable:you can keep eating.
- Often characterized by fast and mindless eating
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