Frequently Asked Questions

It’s a guideline for the total quantity of food in one day that won’t overstretch and desensitize the stomach container.

We used the guidelines for “ideal” portions of various foods—which are generally measured in ounces or cup—and translated them into bites. The maximum number of bites turned out to be 80 per day, spread over four meals. Some people eat fewer bites a day.

But if you overeat—particularly at one meal—the “stretched” stomach won’t talk to your brain which means that your natural appetite control center is short-circuited.

Overeating affects two of the most important gut hormones: leptin, which makes you feel full, and ghrelin, which makes you feel hungry. When they go haywire, they stop working. The result? You’re always hungry.

You can’t—and you shouldn’t either. The 80Bites app should be used for just a few days in the beginning so you have a baseline. If you find that you can easily eat 50 bites in one sitting without feeling too full then your stomach sensors are malfunctioning.

When you count calories and lose weight, you can’t sustain the weight loss. When you cut calories your body will adjust to the new lower level. The worst thing is large quantities of low-calorie foods. The result? Your hormones become unbalanced, your insulin level is thrown off kilter, and finally, your pancreas suffers. It’s a vicious cycle.

With 80Bites, we don’t reduce calories we reduce quantity.

Yes, which is why men on the 80Bites Plan will take in more calories than women; after all their bite-size is naturally bigger. But, you’ll soon learn that hormones such as insulin, cortisol, leptin, and ghrelin, are the real issue when it comes to weight loss or gain.

Elevated cortisol levels—aka cortisol overload—results in hunger, and cravings for carbohydrate-rich foods. So cortisol overload makes you hungry, and you overeat—like an entire bag of potato chips. This results in more hunger, weight gain, and chronic fatigue, and leads to diabetes and cardio-metabolic syndrome.

Cortisol traps fat in your body and there are four times the number of cortisol receptors in your abdomen than anywhere else in your body.

Cortisol also makes your body produce more insulin which affects hunger signals and makes losing weight harder.

Insulin is responsible for weight loss or gain. And not eating—fasting—means there is no call on insulin which leads to weight loss. Insulin resistance may occur due to overeating and eating too frequently.

A persistently high level of insulin over an extended period causes a decrease in the body’s sensitivity to insulin which results in insulin resistance.

When cells are not able to absorb glucose, their primary source of energy, it causes an increased risk of many health problems.

Everyone will experience some change and freeing up the real estate in your brain with 80Bites Training. Although the age-old model of “calories in, calories out” seemed good, we got to eat huge portions, and after all, if you’re reading this you’ve probably already figured out that this tired model doesn’t work. In fact, it’s a major oversimplification that’s only led to confusion.

It tamps down your hunger by re-blancing your gut hormones. Read more here.