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How do you go to work and think and function under a calorie deficit? Brains need calories and mine feels crippled without, like I am forced to choose between d

• boppo1 3y ago
  Start slow. First eat what you normally would to feel full, and merely measure it. Use a spreadsheet and the nutrition labels to see how many calories you're getting as well as macro %s. Leave nothing out! First, start with obvious cuts: alcohol and candy/desserts. You don't need beer or ice cream and you will function better without them. Then, cut 100 calories a week. Cut from fat and carbs, make sure to keep your protein and fiber up.
• dieselgate 3y ago
  For me it’s best to eat filling whole foods that are inherently lower calorie - potato, rice, beans etc. If you’re stuffed it won’t feel like calorie restriction.
• spudlyo 3y ago
  Your brain needs glucose, not calories to function. Yes, we can get glucose from the calories we eat, but that's not the only way. Thanks to insulin, extra glucose can be stored in the liver and muscle tissues as glycogen. When those stores are full, it gets converted to fat and stored in your adipose tissue. This is lipogenesis. When you're in a deficit, your body keeps blood glucose levels stable (and your ability to think and work constant) by tapping into glycogen stores from the liver. When your liver is out of glycogen, the body can convert glycerol, a component of fat molecules stored in your adipose tissue, into glucose through a process called gluconeogenesis. While this process works, it's not always comfortable. However you can become more adapted to it and get to the point where your comfortable doing light exercise and heavy thinking in a fasted state.