3 ms·

The problem with this is that the lizard brain takes over. Brain says eat your are staving to death, eat it'll make you happy, eat... or else. You can't contr

The problem with this is that the lizard brain takes over. Brain says eat your are staving to death, eat it'll make you happy, eat... or else. You can't control urges to eat, you can only do your best to resist them. However, exercise, is always under your control, so it is a great tool. Exercise also has all sorts of non weight loss health benefits that aren't tangential but complementary to weight loss, including staving off weight-loss induced muscle loss. Without a doubt, you can't lose weight without getting a grip on diet, but I don't think a diet only approach is a good one. I had problems keeping a healthy weight in my past and the method that worked best for me was to target a diet a bit below my metabolic rate, one that would have me losing weight at a slow but steady clip (and would also start to trigger the lizard brain to eat eat eat), then add moderate exercise to the equation.

packetlost 6y ago
> You can't control urges to eat, you can only do your best to resist them. This is going to depend from person to person. Like most things, you can train yourself to control your hunger/appetite. Some people will have no real issue, others it will be an uphill battle.
ogre_codes 6y ago
> However, exercise, is always under your control For me, this is a big part of it. I can schedule a daily ride. While I can schedule not eating from 8am until 8pm, I'll usually wind up in the kitchen at some point when I'm thinking about something else.
inglor_cz 6y ago
"You can't control urges to eat, you can only do your best to resist them." My experience says that I feel a lot less hunger on intermittent fasting than trying to eat small meals frequently. Most other IF practicioners say the same. Hunger feelings ("brain says eat") are hormonally driven and not entirely mechanical in their occurence.

packetlost 6y ago

> You can't control urges to eat, you can only do your best to resist them. This is going to depend from person to person. Like most things, you can train yourself to control your hunger/appetite. Some people will have no real issue, others it will be an uphill battle.

ogre_codes 6y ago

> However, exercise, is always under your control For me, this is a big part of it. I can schedule a daily ride. While I can schedule not eating from 8am until 8pm, I'll usually wind up in the kitchen at some point when I'm thinking about something else.

inglor_cz 6y ago

"You can't control urges to eat, you can only do your best to resist them." My experience says that I feel a lot less hunger on intermittent fasting than trying to eat small meals frequently. Most other IF practicioners say the same. Hunger feelings ("brain says eat") are hormonally driven and not entirely mechanical in their occurence.