Welcome to the Peak

Revival Podcast.

My name is Vesna and today

I'm going to talk about how

and why hunger is not under

your conscious control.

So with any kind of health

journey or weight loss

journey that you may have,

there is an element of

if people think if I just

eat less and exercise

more, I will lose weight.

And then the other

thought is, well, they

have so many cravings,

they get so hungry and

it feels so hard, right?

And so in this episode, I

really want to talk about

how that part of the eating

or the appetite or the

hunger or the cravings is

not a lack of willpower.

It's not because

you're not disciplined,

it's not because you need

to be more restrictive,

and it's not because

you need to be more

hyper focused on what

you're doing, right?

That part of our Metabolism

is not controlled by

conscious control.

So what I mean by that

is that we have Kind

of like a metabolic

control center and from

that place it influences

our hormones Which then

influences our appetite,

and our cravings, and

how much hunger we have.

And it also influences

how much energy we

burn, and how much

body fat that we burn.

So that will then

dictate whether our body

fat goes up, or down.

Okay, and so the area

that controls that

is the same area that

controls your heart

beating, your breathing.

And if I said to you,

I want you to stop your

immune system right now,

or stop your heart beating

right now, you would

not be able to do it.

Okay?

And that's because

it's not within your

conscious control.

So there's a part of this

dieting culture that we,

it's been ingrained in us,

that if we just eat less

and exercise more and get

a handle of our hunger

and constantly monitoring.

that actually will be

able to lose weight

and reach our goals.

But we can't control that.

And so the part that

we do have control with

is the kind of signals

that we, we send to the

metabolic control area.

So, um, There are hormones

that the metabolic control

center adjusts, which

adjusts our appetite

and our metabolism.

So as our appetite

increases, unfortunately,

our energy expenditure

or fat burning decreases

and vice versa.

As our appetite decreases

or our hunger decreases,

our energy expenditure

increases our ability

to burn fat increases.

And again, this is

all coming from the

metabolic control center,

which is influencing

hormones in our body.

Okay.

Which bring about those

changes and those hormones

there are many there's like

leptin, there's ghrelin,

thyroid hormones & GLP,

which is a gut derived

satiety hormone

and many more Okay,

so those hormones

are controlled by the

metabolic control center.

Okay, and so while that

part Cannot be influenced

by our conscious control.

So you can't make a

decision right today

and for the rest of the

month I'm going to eat

less and that is going

to fix my issues, right?

you can only control

it for so long, right?

So you could hold your

breath for a certain amount

of time, but eventually,

you have to take a breath.

And this is the

same, right?

So you will get to a point

where your hunger is, quite

high that you will cave,

and then you will blame

yourself, and then you

will, you know, you will

Think that you can't follow

through with anything and

there's a lot of guilt

that goes with that, right?

but that's not your fault,

because we've not

been explained

how this all really works.

And so while this is an

unconscious control area

So the metabolic control

center, we can't change how

that operates that operates

in a certain way We can't

alter that function But

we can alter the signals

that it gets and what I

mean by that is that You

When our body is relaxed,

our body feels safe to

burn body fat for fuel.

So we have two

sources of fuel.

We have So we have glucose

or we have body fat, and

so body fat gives us a

high source of energy

that lasts all day long.

But when we're stressed

and the stress response

is activated, we will

only go for glucose.

So being relaxed is

the best place for our

body to burn body fat.

And so that means we can

influence through these

kind of relaxation signals

or safety signals, which

will Send information

to the metabolic control

center, which will

change the hormones.

So for example, it's

sending like danger

signals or hunger signals

Through to the metabolic

control center looks like

missing meals, restrictive

meals, cutting out major

food groups, poor sleep,

disrupted circadian rhythm,

poor gut health, poor

liver, poor thyroid, like

there's a lot of things

that can influence that

metabolic control center.

And so the signals that

we want to send, we want

to send relaxation, that

means we want to have

good nutritious food.

You don't want to

have processed foods.

Processed foods.

I've specifically designed

to hijack the satiety

hormones and the satiety

center in the brain.

So you never feel

satisfied, you're

always looking for

more, you have a lot

of cravings, and those

foods become addictive.

And it sends the

brain crazy, right?

looking at where you're

having processed foods

and cutting them out

because that is 100

percent hijacking

your metabolic control

center, hijacking your

appetite and your hunger.

I don't care how much

willpower you have,

you won't override

that, okay?

And so making very

conscious choices about

what you're eating, making

conscious choices About how

much sleep you're getting.

The amount of people

that I see that struggle

with weight but yet

they go to bed so late.

Right, they end up staying

up late, watching TV, then

ultimately snacking on

something because we're

meant to be asleep, and so

therefore, it disrupts our

whole circadian rhythm.

Okay, and then we're eating

because our body doesn't

know what time it is

because we're in front of a

TV with blue light, right?

So sleep is

really important.

Resetting the circadian

rhythm that has a profound

effect on our metabolism.

Okay.

And so now they're

finding that a disrupted

circadian rhythm

actually leads

to the addiction

to ultra processed foods.

Okay, which is really

interesting, right?

So again, it's kind

of shifting that focus

away from, you're

not eating well and

it's all your fault.

And looking at it in a more

holistic perspective, like

looking at, well, there's

a lot more going on when

it comes to our metabolism.

And that means our health.

That means our

energy production.

That means our vitality and

our hormones, et cetera.

There's a lot more

going on than just,

you should be eating

the right food, okay?

what I want you to take

away from this podcast,

and I have further training

for you if you'd like

to access it, because

I did a training at the

end of last year, which

went gangbusters, and

we've had people in our

program, and they're just

having amazing results.

And so I want to share

the training with you

that they watched at

the end of last year.

To really show you that,

you know, if you've been

stuck with your health or

your weight loss journey

and you feel like you just

can't stick to the dietary

changes, because we know

food does influence, right?

But we have to look

at those factors that

break down our

metabolism, and affect

our mitochondria,

and affect our health,

and energy, and vitality.

beforehand.

Okay.

So that's what leads us

to poor food choices.

Okay.

So there's a lot that you

can do through changing

your understanding or

seeing this different

understanding and shifting

your lifestyle as well.

Another thing that I talked

about on the training,

which I'll give you is

that for a lot of women,

there's a constant hyper

focus on their weight.

on good and bad days with

food, on their body shape,

just constant assessing of

where they're at and why

they haven't lost weight,

and why they feel the

way that they do, which

plays a role in affecting

the metabolic rate.

control center.

Okay.

And so while we have that

thinking in us in a way

to try and control and

rein things in, and so

we don't have a complete

blowout, but actually

that thinking is moving us

further away from our goal.

Okay.

So from this, I really

want you to see that hunger

and appetite is actually

further down the chain

and metabolic Disruption

happens much earlier on,

before those

symptoms come about.

So this, excessive eating

and cravings and low

energy is a symptom of

a metabolic breakdown.

Okay, and so it's not

something that comes

before, it's something

that comes after.

So if you'd like to know

more and you'd like to

access the training, I'm

going to put a link with

this podcast that you

can watch that training.

It's only going to

be available for

the next 48 hours.

So jump on it and I'd love

to hear your comments.