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What do you do when you are cutting back on what you get but you get hungry?

Honestly I am at my Cal limit and I am hungry as sin.
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@FrenchCrunch
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I spaced our my meals so I never got super hungry but on days I couldn't take it is have a protein bar or some peanuts and just go a little over for the day.

Id also run or jump rope off maybe 200-400 calories and wouldn't count those so even when I cheated a little I was usually still under.
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Thanks I guess I will hook up my Wii and use my Wii Fit to kill some cals .
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I always take a nap. For whatever reason I never wake up feeling really hungry.
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@Parappa09
@Funkydog
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Honestly just toughed it out. Tall glass of cold water usually helped a lot.

Ate 1200 calories a day for a year to go from 330 pounds to 200.

Water, tea, half protein shake with water base.
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Thanks for all the tips so far.
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If you're losing weight by going hungry, you're not dieting right. Eat more vegetables. Eat more fruit.

When I lost all my excess kilos, I did 1 hour of intense cardio a day. I didn't change my diet.
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Black iced coffee or just simply water.

If youre trying to cut back try intermittent fasting. I just dont eat breakfast or lunch. I eat one meal a day. It takes some time for your body to get used to it. The first three days youll feel like death. The fourth day isnt much better, but it isnt any worse than the previous three. It gets easier from there. The first two weeks are pretty rough in general, but if you can make it through the first two weeks, you got it. And after 6 weeks youre completely in the clear. You wont even get hungry until your feeding window is open.

Ive been doing OMAD since October and Ive lost 35.4lbs so far. Weight was dropping off fast at first, about 5lbs a week. Then it slowed way down to about .5-1lb a week. Then for no reason at all it picked back up to about 2-3lbs a week here recently.

Intermittent Fasting diary

Day 1) October 16: 230lbs
Day 7) October 23: 225lbs
Day 14) October 30: 220lbs
Day 21) November 6: 218lbs
Day 28) November 13: 216.4
Day 35) November 20: 214.6
Day 42) November 27: 213.4
Day 49) December 4: 211.2
Day 56) December 11: 207.8
Day 63) December 18: 208.2
Day 70) December 25: 207.2
Day 77) January 1: 205.8
Day 84) January 8: 204.0
Day 91) January 15: 203.0
Day 98) January 22: 202.8
Day 105) January 29: 199.6
Day 112) February 5: 197.4
Day 119) February 12: 194.6

008Zulu posted...

When I lost all my excess kilos, I did 1 hour of intense cardio a day. I didn't change my diet.

Diet change is way easier homie.
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I second the water, but room temperature to even slightly warm water always helped me out for the sake of cutting out hunger.

I never found "cheating" with a celery stick or two to have any negative reflection on my weight loss goals either.
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My eating habits could barely be considered a diet. I'm not trying to burn every last bit of fat as fast as possible, just get into good habits that lead to consistent results It's really just three major guidelines:
1. Never go hungry.
2. Try to get protein with each meal you have.
3. Make smart choices most of the time.

I don't count calories, I don't log my food choices. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what good dietary choices are. The one I'm most concerned with is not going hungry - if I'm starting to get hungry and the only options are garbage, then I'm eating garbage now and I'll continue making good choices later.

Like I said, not really a diet, but I've been consistently losing 1-1.5 lbs a week for a while now. Down from 190 to 165.
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chew gum
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You can change what you eat. High satiety foods. I dare you to eat 1000 calories of chicken breast, whole pasta, and broccoli. You'll feel stuffed at around 500 calories
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Calorie counting is never a good way to lose weight unless you were way over a normal daily limit. Bodybuilders eat 3-4K calories a day and still drop fat for a show or photo shoot. The trick is manipulating what and how you eat to keep your metabolism up. Calorie deficit leads to starvation, which slows your metabolism down.
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Work more. You'll have more money and less time to eat. A lot of eating out of boredom is what seems to get most people these days.

Don't think of a diet as something to be on. A diet is just the way you eat. Change that too.

LinksLiege posted...

My eating habits could barely be considered a diet. I'm not trying to burn every last bit of fat as fast as possible, just get into good habits that lead to consistent results It's really just three major guidelines:
1. Never go hungry.
2. Try to get protein with each meal you have.
3. Make smart choices most of the time.

I don't count calories, I don't log my food choices. It doesn't take a genius to figure out what good dietary choices are. The one I'm most concerned with is not going hungry - if I'm starting to get hungry and the only options are garbage, then I'm eating garbage now and I'll continue making good choices later.

Like I said, not really a diet, but I've been consistently losing 1-1.5 lbs a week for a while now. Down from 190 to 165.

Im assuming youre incredibly active too. To constantly be eating, even healthy food, you are constantly keeping your glycogen levels full. If your glycogen is full then you dont have access to your fat reserves.

rice krispies are empty calories
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Thanks for the next batch of the tips everyone.

Right now I eat one Meal a day. However today I made it smaller so I can cut down on my cals. I don't eat mammal meat but I do get a lot of fries (my only joy in life). I know I am going to work out so more, I might go to the Gym right now..
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Lo_Ping posted...

Im assuming youre incredibly active too.

Not really, aside from the copious walking I do to/from/at work.

Lo_Ping posted...

To constantly be eating, even healthy food

I don't know what about my post suggested I'm constantly eating, because I'm not. I space it out fairly evenly, making sure there's some amount of protein in each thing I eat so that I feel fuller longer.
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cjsdowg posted...

Thanks for the next batch of the tips everyone.

Right now I eat one Meal a day. However today I made it smaller so I can cut down on my cals. I don't eat mammal meat but I do get a lot of fries (my only joy in life). I know I am going to work out so more, I might go to the Gym right now..

Fajitas on wheat tortillas was my weapon of choice when I started. Because I could eat a lot and I wouldnt get a lot of calories. Eventually I got tired of it and went back to standard American diet, but I still kept my calories under 1,500. Which is still a lot of calories for one meal. Youre really not going to go over that amount unless youre just trying to. As long as you eat a semi-normal meal you should be fine with OMAD.

LinksLiege posted...

Lo_Ping posted...

Im assuming youre incredibly active too.

Not really, aside from the copious walking I do to/from/at work. I also do a bit of resistance exercises to tone up. Not trying to get ripped, just fit.

Lo_Ping posted...

To constantly be eating, even healthy food

I don't know what about my post suggested I'm constantly eating, because I'm not. I space it out fairly evenly, making sure there's some amount of protein in each thing I eat so that I feel fuller longer.

My mistake. You said you never go hungry, I assumed that to mean you were snacking all day.

Lo_Ping posted...

Fajitas on wheat tortillas was my weapon of choice when I started. Because I could eat a lot and I wouldnt get a lot of calories. Eventually I got tired of it and went back to standard American diet, but I still kept my calories under 1,500. Which is still a lot of calories for one meal. Youre really not going to go over that amount unless youre just trying to. As long as you eat a semi-normal meal you should be fine with OMAD.

I go over all the time . I use to play sports is college so I would eat like a hoss and that just became a part of life for me. Now it is hard to let it go even over years later.
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scorpion41 posted...

Calorie counting is never a good way to lose weight unless you were way over a normal daily limit. Bodybuilders eat 3-4K calories a day and still drop fat for a show or photo shoot. The trick is manipulating what and how you eat to keep your metabolism up. Calorie deficit leads to starvation, which slows your metabolism down.

Please dont listen to this person. Calories in, calories out is what it comes down to at the end of the day. Watch Fathead and youll see.

Lo_Ping posted...

My mistake. You said you never go hungry, I assumed that to mean you were snacking all day.

The part about never going hungry was more, don't let adherence to a strict calorie count lead to you choosing not to eat even when your body is clearly telling you it needs some. That isn't healthy behavior.

I don't know how to say this without sounding like a jackass but, being hungry literally all the time one isn't eating sounds like a severe metabolism problem in itself.
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Cal12 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

Calorie counting is never a good way to lose weight unless you were way over a normal daily limit. Bodybuilders eat 3-4K calories a day and still drop fat for a show or photo shoot. The trick is manipulating what and how you eat to keep your metabolism up. Calorie deficit leads to starvation, which slows your metabolism down.

Please dont listen to this person. Calories in, calories out is what it comes down to at the end of the day. Watch Fathead and youll see.

Boy no. Counting calories is the most inefficient way to lose weight by far. Its about what you eat, not how much.

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.health.com/nutrition/stop-counting-calories
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i would do an activity. being distracted helps me forget im hungry

Thanks for the tips all. I am not too hungry anymore. I just played with my turtle and did some thing things besides watching TV and it passed .
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I smoke instead of eating sometimes. Lost 7lbs in three weeks.
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scorpion41 posted...

Cal12 posted...

scorpion41 posted...

Calorie counting is never a good way to lose weight unless you were way over a normal daily limit. Bodybuilders eat 3-4K calories a day and still drop fat for a show or photo shoot. The trick is manipulating what and how you eat to keep your metabolism up. Calorie deficit leads to starvation, which slows your metabolism down.

Please dont listen to this person. Calories in, calories out is what it comes down to at the end of the day. Watch Fathead and youll see.

Boy no. Counting calories is the most inefficient way to lose weight by far. Its about what you eat, not how much.

https://www.google.com/amp/amp.health.com/nutrition/stop-counting-calories

Simply not true at all. It can be about what you eat if you have something like diabetes or a metabolic disorder but otherwise calories in calories out. You can eat 4K calories in chicken nuggets or grilled chicken and rice its still 4K calories that has to go somewhere. Talking about a bodybuilder carrying 95% muscle doesnt mean much since they burn far more calories than your average 25ish body fat person.

Finding a diet suited for yourself is more important. I lean keto for instance.

I used to watch some of those foodie channels on YouTube when I would get hungry but I was on a diet. Watching other people eat unhealthy but delicious looking food would help me get over it. I know that doesnt work for everybody so dont come at me.
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Also that article literally says dont eat a diet of cookies and gallons of coke cause you might have metabolic issues. You still need to not overeat. Everyone has a daily cap of calories before it starts storing as fat.

People act like carbohydrates and calories are the worst things, while theyre really not. Theyre necessary.

Youre hungry because youre cutting out carbs, but what you need to cut out is sugar and salt. I cut those two things out and lost about 80 pounds. I dont even think about calories.

Tip: drinking a beer has about as much sugar as a coke
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Cal12

That was just one of several sources on the first page. Calories in/calories out isnt the bottom line for a proper diet. I mean I can eat fast foods high in carbs, sugar, salt, and trans fats and still be well below my limit, but I wont lose a pound no matter how much I work out because its the wrong types of food. I used a body builder as an example because they are masters of nutrition manipulation for fat loss. Personal trainers NEVER recommend calorie deficits for a clients diet because it never works...ever. You have to find the right balance of nutrition to lose weight...for some its keto, others its paleo, or maybe Mediterranean. But, calorie deficit is a waste of time in the long run.
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If you make sure to hit your macronutrient goals then you'll be less hungry
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relentless depression helps. the trick is to believe you don't deserve to eat.
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Eating once a day is not good
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I just got way I get hungry while watching TV. It is like almost every other add is about food.
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scorpion41 posted...

Cal12

That was just one of several sources on the first page. Calories in/calories out isnt the bottom line for a proper diet. I mean I can eat fast foods high in carbs, sugar, salt, and trans fats and still be well below my limit, but I wont lose a pound no matter how much I work out because its the wrong types of food. I used a body builder as an example because they are masters of nutrition manipulation for fat loss. Personal trainers NEVER recommend calorie deficits for a clients diet because it never works...ever. You have to find the right balance of nutrition to lose weight...for some its keto, others its paleo, or maybe Mediterranean. But, calorie deficit is a waste of time in the long run.

The human body doesnt work like that but we can agree to disagree. You have to cut calories to lose weight. Everyone has a magic number of what they need to maintain daily at their current weight. Then you typically drop 10%-20% under that to lose. Bodybuilders also do that when they cut, sometimes even more extreme. You would know that if you actually looked up bulk and cut cycles in weightlifting.

Random articles on google from some lady who stopped counting calories dont matter much to me when peer reviewed research proves its BS.

Also, see Fathead for a great example of how someone could eat McDonalds breakfast, lunch and dinner and lose weight by keeping their calories down despite it being McDonalds. But please, keep posting articles from the magazines with 75 new ways to lose weight every month that I see in the super market checkout line.

1NfamousACE_2 posted...

Eating once a day is not good

Thats simply not true. Intermittent fasting is how we have evolved to survive for billions of years. Its only the past fifty that we have begun to gorge ourselves. We as a society are addicted to food and we eat way more than we need.

This guy ate McDonalds once a day for a month, but kept his calorie limit under his maintenance level. The end result, according to his doctor, is he was healthier at the end of the experiment.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?t=5s&v=U6umfRzbVDY

Keto diet paired with Ironman eating schedule is the best for me.
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If I wasn't too old I would just try to join a adult sports league. I mean back in the day when I could play sports I would eat fucking 30 slices of pizza at buffet and still not be too bad. Now I don't even eat Pizza because one last is like so many Cals
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cjsdowg posted...

If I wasn't too old I would just try to join a adult sports league. I mean back in the day when I could play sports I would eat fucking 30 slices of pizza at buffet and still not be too bad. Now I don't even eat Pizza because one last is like so many Cals

Pizza can be. A slice of cheese pizza will run you about 300 calories. If you only eat one meal a day thatll get you 5 slices and still be under 1,500 calories.

I dont know what your maintenance level is, but as long as you eat 500 less than that youll lose weight.

This is what I use to determine mine:

https://www.fitwatch.com/blog/how-many-calories-do-you-burn-in-a-day

Itll get you a pretty rough estimate on what your maintenance level or basic metabolic rate (BMR) is.

Mine is ~2,000. So I just eat 1,500 per day. So far its worked fantastically.

Water and black coffee
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While, CICO can work, running a pure calorie deficit can make your life miserable, and is why so many people fail/quit their diets.

I found a ketogenic diet keeps me full all day, gets rid of the foggyness, and lets me lose weight fast while not making me feel like shit.
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Cutting processed grained (stuff made from dough), and sugar will make a huge difference.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwGv5RtPbl4
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