Hoodia Diet Pills

The next big wave to hit diet shores are Hoodia Diet Pills. Hoodia is an herb that grows wild only in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa and has been used for centuries by the bush people for something to chew on long journeys. It would help them continue without hunger, which is why it's suddenly the miracle weight loss product. Remember, the native use is to help with hunger, not weight loss. Bush people don't need to lose weight.

So, keeping a keen eye on the hunger aspect, remember, fraud is rampant in the weight loss industry. Put on your "scam detection radar glasses" before you believe the hype.

The main claims that are unlikely to be true include:

1. You can lose weight without changing what you eat (if this were true you wouldn't need to lose weight in the first place)
2. You don't need to exercise (it helps enormously to become more active, so why not promote it?).

That said, I will try herbal products if they look promising, so when I first read about Hoodia and the native uses, it seemed pretty impressive.

I got an amazingly good result with the Hoodia Diet Pills, but it quickly was obvious this is not some miracle weight loss drug. It doesn't make me feel any different so you could take it and forget all about it, unlike some products that make you feel jittery, but what's most suprising is what happens when you're not paying any attention.

As an example, I normally eat breakfast every morning. I'm hungry when I wake up, and breakfast is my favorite, so I don't need to think about it, I just eat it. One morning I took the Hoodia when I first got up, and then went about my usual business on the computer and getting ready. Before I knew it, I was grabbing my jacket and starting to walk out the door when I realized I'd forgotten to eat breakfast!

Since I still didn't feel hungry I figured I'd just eat something once I got to the office. Usually I get hungry again around 10 AM, so it was quite surprising to notice I didn't feel really hungry at all until closer to 11 AM.

Now, before you get all excited and think you can get Hoodia and then never be hungry again, that's probably not what'll happen.

I've tried it at other times of day without the same result. It may be more related to whether you're involved in an activity (i.e. you're attention is focused on something besides eating), and whether you're reasonably well fed to begin with.

If you don't eat quality food very often, you'll still be hungry, no matter how much junky food you eat. That's why you can eat a lot, but still feel like you want to eat more. Your body needs specific nutritients and it'll keep pesting you until you give it something real to eat.

Remember, Hoodia isn't going to take away your appetite to the extent you'll never be hungry but they can certainly help when you have "inappropriate hungers" such as in the evening after you've already eaten a big dinner, or other troublesome snacking times.

Whenever is your roughest time, that's when I'd give Hoodia a test run.

The key to getting a good weight loss result with Hoodia or any other appetite suppressant type product is learning to pay attention to your body's hunger signals. In other words, if you ignore hunger now (eating way past satisfied into the uncomfortablly full zone, or eating when you're not hungry at all in anticipation of future hungers for instance), then paying attention to your hunger needs to be addressed either first, or at the least simulteaneously while trying Hoodia.

Session 5 of the Ending Emotional Eating Workshop is all about learning to identify your hungers.

For more about Hoodia and my experience using it, check this article about Weight Loss and Hoodia