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You could probably boil this while article down to "Will power." They say men think about sex every 7 seconds. For me it is thinking about eating every 7 seco

You could probably boil this while article down to "Will power." They say men think about sex every 7 seconds. For me it is thinking about eating every 7 seconds. It is all-consuming and short-circuiting within the brain. A constant non-stop drumbeat in my brain telling me to eat eat eat eat eat eat eat. That would be fine if I ever felt full, but I rarely do - it feels like I have no "off switch". At least as an alcoholic you can go cold turkey and do total abstinence, but you can't go cold turkey on food since you need to eat something, and for me eating is a trigger that just makes me want to eat more and more and more. My will power is at its absolute limits keeping me in the "overweight" BMI range rather than obese and above - it's hard! Perhaps I need therapy or surgery.

Quinzel 3y ago
Try liraglutide or semaglutide. You won’t think about food anymore.
- glp1guide 3y ago
  GLP1 RAs do reduce "food noise" and cravings, but remember they don't necessarily work for everyone and do have some side effects that can be severe. Most of the anecdotal data is right on though -- cravings are lessened, you stay full emptier (the result of delayed gastric emptying), and should even think about food less.
MrYellowP 3y ago
> At least as an alcoholic you can go cold turkey and do total abstinence Worth mentioning in case an alcoholic reads this and thinks it's a good idea to try: It is, in fact, a really bad idea, because it can kill you. I don't know how to pick a good link, so simply search "alcohol cold turkey lethal" and pick any of the non-blog links you can find. There's plenty.
- astura 3y ago
  This is how Kevin Nash's son died a few months back - https://thehill.com/homenews/3703554-wwe-star-kevin-nash-reveals-26-year-old-sons-cause-of-death/ https://thehill.com/homenews/3703554-wwe-star-kevin-nash-rev... Alcohol withdrawal should be done under medical supervision.
david-gpu 3y ago
You don't need to be hungry all the time. You can lose weight without hunger, and without feeling tired and cold either. You don't even need an exercise regimen. Elevated insulin levels make you store energy in the form of body fat. In order to lose body fat you need the opposite: you need your fat tissue to release its store energy back into your bloodstream. For that to happen you need your insulin to go down low enough, and for long enough. So what makes your insulin level to be too high? There are four key factors, three of which are under your control. First, the fatter you are, the higher your insulin level will be. That's why it is so hard for fat people to lose weight in the first place. Nothing we can do about that, but the next three factors you can improve. Second, the amount of carbohydrates in your diet. Starchy or sugary foods, such as bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and sugar, are very rich in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates raise your insulin levels, so you want to reduce them as much as possible. In order to prevent hunger you still need to eat, so choose foods that will not raise your insulin as much. This means eating above-ground vegetables, eggs, meat, fish and full-fat dairy like butter, heavy cream, and cheese. Choose fatty cuts of meat, instead of lean cuts. Third, eat less frequently. Insulin levels go down a few hours after each meal. The fatter you are, the longer they take to come down. Every night as you fast during your sleep, your insulin goes down. By having early dinners and/or skipping breakfast, you extend the number of hours a day in which you are in a low-insulin state. When you consume a meal do eat until you are satisfied. Skipping meals isn't about reducing your calories, it's about reducing your insulin. When you eat a low-carbohydrate diet it becomes much easier to skip breakfast because you aren't nearly as hungry. Fourth, if you can, introduce some exercise into your daily routine. You don't need to go crazy: you can replace some or all of your commute with walking or cycling and it will help. It is not about how many calories you burn exercising in a particular day. Instead, it's about how over a long period of time exercise makes your muscles more insulin sensitive. This means they become more efficient at eliminating excess glucose from your bloodstream, which in turn makes your body release less insulin, and thus reduce the amount of time you will have excess insulin. Sources: Dr. Benjamin Bikman, Dr. Jason Fung, Gary Taubes, and many others.
- glp1guide 3y ago
  This is really solid advice -- changing the idea of losing weight to being less about "calories in calories out" and more about managing insulin is probably worth doing. The "how" of releasing fat that you've laid out here is a really excellent explanation -- a lot of trends like intermittent fasting gets these results, but there's not enough discussion about the how/why laid out like you just have. Would you mind sharing some of the resources you built this view from? You noted some sources below, but if you've got some more specific stuff you looked at, would love to read it.

Quinzel 3y ago

Try liraglutide or semaglutide. You won’t think about food anymore.

glp1guide 3y ago
GLP1 RAs do reduce "food noise" and cravings, but remember they don't necessarily work for everyone and do have some side effects that can be severe. Most of the anecdotal data is right on though -- cravings are lessened, you stay full emptier (the result of delayed gastric emptying), and should even think about food less.

MrYellowP 3y ago

> At least as an alcoholic you can go cold turkey and do total abstinence Worth mentioning in case an alcoholic reads this and thinks it's a good idea to try: It is, in fact, a really bad idea, because it can kill you. I don't know how to pick a good link, so simply search "alcohol cold turkey lethal" and pick any of the non-blog links you can find. There's plenty.

astura 3y ago
This is how Kevin Nash's son died a few months back - https://thehill.com/homenews/3703554-wwe-star-kevin-nash-reveals-26-year-old-sons-cause-of-death/ https://thehill.com/homenews/3703554-wwe-star-kevin-nash-rev... Alcohol withdrawal should be done under medical supervision.

david-gpu 3y ago

You don't need to be hungry all the time. You can lose weight without hunger, and without feeling tired and cold either. You don't even need an exercise regimen. Elevated insulin levels make you store energy in the form of body fat. In order to lose body fat you need the opposite: you need your fat tissue to release its store energy back into your bloodstream. For that to happen you need your insulin to go down low enough, and for long enough. So what makes your insulin level to be too high? There are four key factors, three of which are under your control. First, the fatter you are, the higher your insulin level will be. That's why it is so hard for fat people to lose weight in the first place. Nothing we can do about that, but the next three factors you can improve. Second, the amount of carbohydrates in your diet. Starchy or sugary foods, such as bread, pasta, rice, potatoes and sugar, are very rich in carbohydrates. Carbohydrates raise your insulin levels, so you want to reduce them as much as possible. In order to prevent hunger you still need to eat, so choose foods that will not raise your insulin as much. This means eating above-ground vegetables, eggs, meat, fish and full-fat dairy like butter, heavy cream, and cheese. Choose fatty cuts of meat, instead of lean cuts. Third, eat less frequently. Insulin levels go down a few hours after each meal. The fatter you are, the longer they take to come down. Every night as you fast during your sleep, your insulin goes down. By having early dinners and/or skipping breakfast, you extend the number of hours a day in which you are in a low-insulin state. When you consume a meal do eat until you are satisfied. Skipping meals isn't about reducing your calories, it's about reducing your insulin. When you eat a low-carbohydrate diet it becomes much easier to skip breakfast because you aren't nearly as hungry. Fourth, if you can, introduce some exercise into your daily routine. You don't need to go crazy: you can replace some or all of your commute with walking or cycling and it will help. It is not about how many calories you burn exercising in a particular day. Instead, it's about how over a long period of time exercise makes your muscles more insulin sensitive. This means they become more efficient at eliminating excess glucose from your bloodstream, which in turn makes your body release less insulin, and thus reduce the amount of time you will have excess insulin. Sources: Dr. Benjamin Bikman, Dr. Jason Fung, Gary Taubes, and many others.

glp1guide 3y ago
This is really solid advice -- changing the idea of losing weight to being less about "calories in calories out" and more about managing insulin is probably worth doing. The "how" of releasing fat that you've laid out here is a really excellent explanation -- a lot of trends like intermittent fasting gets these results, but there's not enough discussion about the how/why laid out like you just have. Would you mind sharing some of the resources you built this view from? You noted some sources below, but if you've got some more specific stuff you looked at, would love to read it.