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Unfortunately there are people like me who don't only feel a bit hungry, when I eat at a deficit there are times where I get so hungry my thoughts are completel
by zinclozenge 5y ago
Unfortunately there are people like me who don't only feel a bit hungry, when I eat at a deficit there are times where I get so hungry my thoughts are completely consumed by the hunger. The only way for me to successfully lose weight was to have days where I simply eat nothing at all.
Sounds counter-intuitive but after getting over the initial extreme hunger I found that the hunger sensations would diminish into a background noise, of sorts. That and the rules are easy to follow: eat nothing. When I'd eat at a deficit I'd frequently justify to myself that eating a little bit more than I was planning on doing was ok because it was only a little. And then I'd do that several times until I felt completely satiated, defeating the purpose.
- rich-cartwright 5y agoThe complete fasting approach is pretty common among Fellas I've spoken with. Lot of the guys have powerful "all-or-nothing" traits, where it feels easier to have a strict intense rule than a more nuanced approach. The issue comes when you therefore become so hungry your body drives you to eat a lot of food all at once. But I'm interested that you notice your hunger sensations actually diminish over time.
- andi999 5y agoIsn't it actually well known that you are not hungry when fasting (after a couple of days)?
- rich-cartwright 5y agoYep I've just been reading up on this now actually: ghrelin & leptin changes after day 2 of a fast.