• Neil@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    Kinda a ‘no shit, Sherlock,’ but I lost a quite a bit of wait by keeping with the goal of eating until I wasn’t hungry instead of eating until I was full.

    If I stop feeling hungry while eating, that’s it for me. I don’t wait until I feel full.

    My family and friends asked questions about why I eat so little for a while but they got used to it.

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        1 year ago

        And I think your stomach is more likely to tell you you’re full sooner if it has been a while since you last ate.

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          1 year ago

          Yeah this is the part a lot of people here are missing. If you just don’t overeat for a week or two, that entire hormone pathway recalibrates pretty quickly and both your pre-meal appetite and fullness will trend towards being satisfied with less food.

          The other thing see a lot is people who simply cannot tolerate any hunger at all. They must eat the moment they feel even slightly hungry, and this becomes an insanely powerful urge over time. It’s ok to just be hungry sometimes, especially if you are trying to lose weight.

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            1 year ago

            It’s amazing how that works. I started intermittent fasting about a week ago (basically just skipping breakfast) and now when I do eat, I’m full after a few bites. So I’m eating fewer meals on top of eating less food per meal.

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      1 year ago

      I’m sort of the opposite I always just ate however much I felt like which usually isn’t too much, now I try to actively notice whenever I start getting hungry. So that I can start eating or at least gathering food. To avoid the bad hunger.

      Also pretty forehead advice.

      Notice hunger -> get food.

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      1 year ago

      I’ve been doing this for a while and I still get questioned as to why I sometimes eat so little. 🤷 if I get hungry I can just eat more.