Diet Culture Rebel Podcast · Bonnie Roney

230. The Hunger and Fullness Scale: What It Is and How to Use It

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The hunger and fullness scale runs from 1 to 10, with 1 as extremely hungry and 10 as painfully full.

1. Diet Culture Rebel Podcast episode 230 focuses on the hunger and fullness scale and how Bonnie Roney says it can guide eating. 2. Bonnie Roney is the host, and she identifies herself as a registered dietitian and certified intuitive eating counselor. 3. The episode asks whether the hunger and fullness scale can rebuild trust with the body while making eating less confusing. 4. Bonnie says the scale runs from 1 to 10, with 1 meaning extremely hungry and 10 meaning painfully full. 5. She credits Elise Resch and Evelyn Tribole, the authors of Intuitive Eating, with developing and popularizing the scale. 6. Bonnie says her Instagram reel at Kava, where she ordered a grilled steak bowl, triggered listener questions about how the scale works. 7. She uses Rebecca’s Spotify comment about stopping food tracking to show how body cues can replace obsessive macro checking. 8. Bonnie shares Kim’s example of sharing plates and stopping when full as a sign of more present eating. 9. She argues that hunger cues are as important as fullness cues and may be even more important at first. 10. Bonnie says the scale helps people move out of their heads and into their bodies instead of following calorie limits, macro counts, or points. 11. She says only about 20% of nerve fibers send messages from the brain to the body, while 80% go from the body to the mind. 12. Bonnie defines interoceptive awareness as noticing physical sensations from inside the body in the present moment. 13. She links that awareness to sensations like hunger, fullness, stress, and a distended bladder. 14. Bonnie says the scale can encourage self-care eating and reduce extremes of being overly hungry or overly full. 15. She gives her own breakfast example from a 9:30 a.m. toddler day date to show that extreme hunger still happens. 16. Bonnie says the scale can build trust over time, comparing it to trust in a long-term relationship with her husband of 17 or 18 years. 17. The episode has a conversational, teaching-heavy tone with direct address to "Rebel" and several practical check-ins. 18. Bonnie also interrupts the lesson with a promotion for the free Honoring Fullness Checklist and a hunger-fullness scale download. 19. Listeners who want intuitive eating tools and body-cue language will likely benefit most from this episode. 20. Listeners wanting diet rules or a one-size-fits-all plan may skip it.

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