The Appetite Blog
Articles to whet your appetite

If you’ve ever struggled to “stay on a diet,” only to feel out of control later, you’re not alone. It's not a personal failure — it's biology. Your appetite is regulated by powerful hormones that respond to restriction. When you diet, these hormones change dramatically — increasing hunger, lowering satiety, and pushing your body to eat more.

If you’ve ever asked yourself, “Why do I keep doing this?” after another episode of eating past fullness, you’re not alone — and you’re not lacking willpower. Overeating is not a personal failure. It’s a natural response to a set of deeper biological, emotional, and learned factors that often go unnoticed in our willpower-focused culture.

Intuitive eating isn’t just for those who are visibly struggling — it’s for anyone whose relationship with food or their body has been shaped by diet-culture's external control, pressure, or fear.

Appetite is regulated by a finely tuned network of hormones working between your brain, gut, and fat stores. These hormones don’t just affect whether you feel hungry or full — they also control your stress response, mood, sleep, energy use, and even how much joy you get from eating.

Intuitive eating is a completely different approach. Instead of trying to control food through rules and restrictions, it helps you rebuild trust in your body and respond to your natural hunger and fullness signals.

Food chatter if finding yourself obsessing over what you’re going to eat or worrying about whether you’ve eaten too much.

Having a healthy relationship with food means eating in a way that nourishes both your body and mind, without guilt, anxiety or obsession. Unfortunately, many people struggle with an unhealthy relationship with food, often without realising it. Diet culture, emotional eating and restrictive habits can all contribute to a negative mindset around eating. But what does an unhealthy relationship with food actually look like? Diet culture, emotional eating and restrictive habits c

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Interoception refers to the ability to sense and interpret internal bodily signals, such as hunger, thirst and heartbeat.

You – the person – are not weak, bad or have anything wrong with you because you overeat. Overeating happened to you, you didn’t cause it.

You deserve a healthcare provider who supports your well-being, not one who perpetuates harmful diet culture.

By developing a deeper awareness of your thoughts, feelings, and physical sensations, you can make informed choices that support your overal

Our goal is to help you understand yourself better, develop effective coping strategies, and overcome any challenges you may be facing.