Current Events > I'm convinced there is no non-miserable way to lose weight

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I feel like I am cursed to feel hungry forever if I want to continue to lose weight/maintain.

Its always hard to start, and you must start slowly.

Even better: you have to do it forever. Stop for even one week, all your progress will be erased.

once you get into a routine of exercise you'll feel worse if you don't stick to it.

get some weights. getting a gym membership and telling yourself you'll go is a waste of time. you need the lack of excuse staring you down right in your room with you.

start working out.

if you actually gave it an effort you would soon start to hate food:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/DGhJ3BbUVFk

Swimming and sports are the way I do it. Im having fun so I dont even notice that im exercising a fuckload.

PurpleOutsider posted...

Even better: you have to do it forever. Stop for even one week, all your progress will be erased.

that is not at all true.

Resign yourself to misery.

_____Cait posted...

Its always hard to start, and you must start slowly.

Part of the reason that its hardest to start is that step one for most people is cutting out stuff that you know you shouldnt be eating. Sugar is one of the first suspects here and quitting sugar is often compared to quitting nicotine. The stuff that people eat releases endorphins and you feel off when you suddenly cut it out.

Exercise makes you feel good, but exercising doesnt actually start to feel good until youre finished detoxing from all those chemicals and stuff.

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

that is not at all true.

For most people it is.

PurpleOutsider posted...

For most people it is.

No its not lmao thats bullshit. If you make lifestyle changes that significantly impact your weight over a long period of time, taking a week vacation will not erase everything youve done.

yes, leap over the world

ssb_yunglink2 posted...

No its not lmao thats bullshit. If you make lifestyle changes that significantly impact your weight over a long period of time, taking a week vacation will not erase everything youve done.

Taking a week off after losing weight, you ain't going back on it. You end up regressing right back to your old habits.

_____Cait posted...

Its always hard to start, and you must start slowly.

I'm down 30lbs, so I'm not starting, just continuing. Got 50lbs to go and it's starting to feel daunting.

Easy method: stop drinking everything besides plain water

Damn_Underscore posted...

Easy method: stop drinking everything besides plain water

That's all I drink for the most part. Haven't had soda in years, I cut back drinking alcohol pretty much entirely as part of my diet. I drink the occasional sparkling water or hot tea, as well as unsweetened iced tea.

What all have you tried?

TheLiarParadox posted...

What all have you tried?

Right now I'm controlling calories by eating less, choosing better food and not drinking alcohol. It's working, about 0.5-1lbs a week. About 30lbs total. But man, I just do not feel very satisfied. Drinking lots of water while eating helps with feeling full, but it doesn't really last.

PurpleOutsider posted...

Taking a week off after losing weight, you ain't going back on it. You end up regressing right back to your old habits.

so taking a week vacation means youre just gonna stop exercising and eating better food forever? there is no way thats a universal experience

pretzelcoatl posted...

Right now I'm controlling calories by eating less, choosing better food and not drinking alcohol. It's working, about 0.5-1lbs a week. About 30lbs total. But man, I just do not feel very satisfied. Drinking lots of water while eating helps with feeling full, but it doesn't really last.

You should look into volume eating, if you haven't already.

Strong coffee in the morning can help reduce appetite til the late afternoon

Have your one meal for the day be around 4-5pm and make it a big yummy one

I used this method successfully to lose a lot of weight. I didn't manage it every single day but most days a week

haloiscoolisbak posted...

Strong coffee in the morning can help reduce appetite til the late afternoon

Have your one meal for the day be around 4-5pm and make it a big yummy one

I used this method successfully to lose a lot of weight. I didn't manage it every single day but most days a week

I use caffeine pills and take one in the morning, works pretty well. My issue comes around dinner and late night.

pretzelcoatl posted...

I use caffeine pills and take one in the morning, works pretty well. My issue comes around dinner and late night.

If you're making your first meal around 4pm, and make it a big one, that should keep you full til at least 9pm right?

You might get a little peckish after that but not starving or anything.

I lost 30lbs just by eating in a 6 hour window. Hell yeah there are times where I look at food and think "Fuck, I'm hungry" but then dont eat and occupy myself by doing something else like play a video game. Once you stay on track for a week, you adjust and it gets much easier, espeically if you cut out sugar cuz it's like a heroin addiction

Also have a goal to motivate you. Like mine is to fuck more asian chicks. That's why I'm losing weight. Keep your eyes on a prize.

DKBananaSlamma posted...

I lost 30lbs just by eating in a 6 hour window. Hell yeah there are times where I look at food and think "Fuck, I'm hungry" but then dont eat and occupy myself by doing something else like play a video game. Once you stay on track for a week, you adjust and it gets much easier, espeically if you cut out sugar cuz it's like a heroin addiction

Cutting out soda was a thousand time harder than cutting out alcohol (for me). I used to drink like 4-5 Dr. Peppers a day and decided to quit when I was 19. You definitely FIEND for a soda for the first month or two, but now everything sugary tastes way too sweet to me.

pretzelcoatl posted...

Cutting out soda was a thousand time harder than cutting out alcohol (for me). I used to drink like 4-5 Dr. Peppers a day and decided to quit when I was 19. You definitely FIEND for a soda for the first month or two, but now everything sugary tastes way too sweet to me.

maybe that's why you feel miserable.

i'll never understand why anyone thinks cutting anything out they enjoy is necessary to maintain a healthy diet when in fact it might even end up being counterproductive in the end.

instead of 4-5 ever thought about dialing it down to 1 a day? and further down the line ever thought about going from 1 a day to 1 every 2-3 days etc.?

Honestly, you can break that hunger feeling after a day or two. I've gone like 6-7 days without eating anything before, and after day 1, you don't get that feeling anymore. Now, 10 years later, I almost never get that feeling.

Playing totk has caused me to lose weight but one could argue that there is pain in playing it.

Like spending hours trying to reach a lightroot and then reading the easy way is ride the back of the dragon which travels past it.

The hunger pangs should really only be a thing for the first several days, after which your body adjusts to a lower caloric intake. It also takes time to learn not to overeat (as in, if you start feeling full, you overate), which is helped if you graze on small but healty snacks like an apple or some veggies twice a day or so between meals.

And yeah, losing weight is hard. You're trying to fix years, if not decades, of accumulated damage to your body by getting rid of excess fat and improving your muscles and cardiovascular system. Anyone claiming it can be easy is hoking some nonsense.

So far light cutting out most suger(sub 20-30g, sticking to a sub 2k calorie diet and staying physically active has been working for me.

I also pretty much only drink water now along with zero suger soft drinks.

Buying a a expensive self cleaning/purifying water bottle has almost paid for itself the past month.

AsucaHayashi posted...

maybe that's why you feel miserable.

i'll never understand why anyone thinks cutting anything out they enjoy is necessary to maintain a healthy diet when in fact it might even end up being counterproductive in the end.

instead of 4-5 ever thought about dialing it down to 1 a day? and further down the line ever thought about going from 1 a day to 1 every 2-3 days etc.?

This was like, 10 years ago now. I definitely don't miss soda.