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I suppose that's fair. However; it doesn't really feel like discipline -- it's just how I eat at this point. I can report back in a few months, I imagine I'll

by Joof 10y ago

I suppose that's fair. However; it doesn't really feel like discipline -- it's just how I eat at this point. I can report back in a few months, I imagine I'll have to start working my way back to eating enough to gain strength again around then. I experienced an event to the scale of my dog dying last month, but I imagine a divorce could be somewhat more taxing.

duncanawoods 10y ago
I don't think your challenge will be discipline, willpower or handling stress but simply overcoming the body's hormonal response to dieting. I have frequently cut bf for sports using a range of diets (keto, low fat, IF). I actually enjoy dieting - the precision, the discipline, the visible progress, going to bed every night "a winner" etc. When dieting I don't crave junk and the hunger pains quickly go away... however, after 16 weeks on a strict diet when my bf approaches 10%, that is when I get ambushed by a terrible appetite for junk. I will wake up at 02:00 with a knawing craving for donuts or other foods that I don't even enjoy. I won't be able to sleep and have to lie there for hours fantasising about them. I can brute force my way through it for a couple of miserable months but the appetite stays until I have regained bf at which point I lose interest in junk food again. You are on the easy bit for now but the consequence of fat loss is that at some point, your body will flip the ghrelin switch and you will become an unstoppable eating machine until you have yoyo'd back to or beyond your starting position. In my experience, the rebound is related to time and bf rather than the actual dieting method. Its probably genetic, i.e. some people won't experience this but I think most do which is why most attempts at fat loss don't stick.
- nadezhda18 10y ago
  I wish I could up vote your comment more! have been on off diets for many years and I recognize this pattern. though I do not need to reach bf 10% in order to get the appetite :(
- maskull 10y ago
  I feel if I eat lunch before the gherlin hits hard my mood is much better in the afternoon.
- Joof 10y ago
  Maintaining sub 10% bodyfat sounds like quite a task. I'm sure some athletes can do it. I'm probably just below 20% and hadn't exercised until roughly 2 months before starting a diet (started strength training), so I have some wiggle room. Even so, people like myself seem to have difficulty maintaining the loss after the fact, which concerns me. My suspicion is that There's so much conflicting information on weight loss that I'm not sure if it will work, but my plan is to start tapering off the diet 50-100 calories a week as I approach that point to determine my new maintainence intake and maybe speed metabolism back up. However; after a little research, I think my current diet may be succeeding (in short-term) largely from a large increase in resting metabolism from strength training (and no longer eating a surplus to build that muscle).
erikb 10y ago
It would be great to see how your life continues. I certainly read everything here about weight loss.

by Joof 10y ago

duncanawoods 10y ago

I don't think your challenge will be discipline, willpower or handling stress but simply overcoming the body's hormonal response to dieting. I have frequently cut bf for sports using a range of diets (keto, low fat, IF). I actually enjoy dieting - the precision, the discipline, the visible progress, going to bed every night "a winner" etc. When dieting I don't crave junk and the hunger pains quickly go away... however, after 16 weeks on a strict diet when my bf approaches 10%, that is when I get ambushed by a terrible appetite for junk. I will wake up at 02:00 with a knawing craving for donuts or other foods that I don't even enjoy. I won't be able to sleep and have to lie there for hours fantasising about them. I can brute force my way through it for a couple of miserable months but the appetite stays until I have regained bf at which point I lose interest in junk food again. You are on the easy bit for now but the consequence of fat loss is that at some point, your body will flip the ghrelin switch and you will become an unstoppable eating machine until you have yoyo'd back to or beyond your starting position. In my experience, the rebound is related to time and bf rather than the actual dieting method. Its probably genetic, i.e. some people won't experience this but I think most do which is why most attempts at fat loss don't stick.

nadezhda18 10y ago
I wish I could up vote your comment more! have been on off diets for many years and I recognize this pattern. though I do not need to reach bf 10% in order to get the appetite :(
maskull 10y ago
I feel if I eat lunch before the gherlin hits hard my mood is much better in the afternoon.
Joof 10y ago
Maintaining sub 10% bodyfat sounds like quite a task. I'm sure some athletes can do it. I'm probably just below 20% and hadn't exercised until roughly 2 months before starting a diet (started strength training), so I have some wiggle room. Even so, people like myself seem to have difficulty maintaining the loss after the fact, which concerns me. My suspicion is that There's so much conflicting information on weight loss that I'm not sure if it will work, but my plan is to start tapering off the diet 50-100 calories a week as I approach that point to determine my new maintainence intake and maybe speed metabolism back up. However; after a little research, I think my current diet may be succeeding (in short-term) largely from a large increase in resting metabolism from strength training (and no longer eating a surplus to build that muscle).

erikb 10y ago

It would be great to see how your life continues. I certainly read everything here about weight loss.