If you've ever found yourself isolated and temporarily unable to get food, you know what it means to be really hungry. If you're camping in the woods and run out of supplies, hunger pangs may start to take their toll. In addition to starting your search for food, follow the guide's advice to manage hunger.
Steps
Step 1. When you feel hungry, drink a glass of water
It will help fill your stomach and reduce hunger pangs. Drinking before meals will also allow you to eat less.
Step 2. Step away from the TV
Stop watching those cooking shows full of mouth-watering recipes. During commercial breaks, get up and do more, or record your favorite shows and use the remote to skip commercials.
Step 3. Avoid carbohydrates as they often stimulate hunger, making you even more craving for food
Prefer a small protein snack and healthy fats, such as some dried fruit, the white of a hard-boiled egg, or an avocado.
Step 4. Have breakfast
A good breakfast will give you the energy you need to face the whole day, and will make you feel less hungry between meals.
Step 5. Prefer a large lunch and a small dinner
It is easier to feel hungry during the night, and then enjoy a good morning breakfast.
Advice
- Never try to follow one of those diets that lead you to be hungry. They will slow down your metabolism and you will be led to eat more as soon as you are done.
- After 3 or 4 days without water, the human being dies. If you are planning a long trip, bring lots of bottles of water and, if possible, a purifier to use for any streams encountered along the way.
- Go to sleep and try to forget about hunger. Ignore the rumbling of the stomach.
- Do what you can to prepare and carry non-perishable foods with you. Canned or packaged food is ideal. Make sure they haven't expired.
- You can find a lot of information about survival in nature by reading books and websites. You will find out what edible plants and roots are.
