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> The conventional approaches don’t work because while we can sustain eating less for a while, eventually the hunger gets us because we’re semi-starving ourselv
by MattGaiser 6y ago
> The conventional approaches don’t work because while we can sustain eating less for a while, eventually the hunger gets us because we’re semi-starving ourselves.
I interpreted him as saying it is a viable approach scientifically, but one that does not practically work because people get hungry while taking that approach and quit.
- jelliclesfarm 6y agowe get hungry because we are over stimulated. from sight to smell to sounds..every one of our sensory organs is primed to consume more food for the experience. not necessarily for calories.
- jobigoud 6y agoThere is a difference between "hungry" and "hungry". Doing some fasting will teach the difference. One is a feeling of withdraw, not unlike from an addiction, we know there is food available and that it is pleasurable and our mind tells us to go and grab it. The second one is more physiological, a very different sensation and comes from the core/stomach. You feel like a black hole in your core. When you eat at very specific hours you'll get an urge to eat around that same hour even if you took a big meal a few hours before. That's the addiction speaking. What you are mentioning is the first one, cravings, these can be biased/manufactured by society and ads. I suspect that if we only really ate when we are physiologically hungry there wouldn't be any overweight issue.
- jelliclesfarm 6y agoDieting has to be combined with a disciplined lifestyle. Eating on time isn’t as effective as combining it with having a scheduled life with activities as well as sleep and resting on time.