How do you get over the hunger cravings?

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Anonymous wrote:OP- thanks for the suggestions. I hate oatmeal (actually I hate yogurt too) but will try and choke it down. I really love food and have never had to diet before. I am trying to aim for less than 1400 calories but find it hard.

I'd rather carry 10 extra pounds than choke down food I hated. That isn't sustainable.

+1 gd, just buy some new pants. you will be so much happier if you accept your older body than if you are starving yourself, eating food you hate - and resenting every bite - then putting all that weight right back on the second you have a normal day of eating.

i get it op. i put on seven pounds in my early 40s that i spent years trying to get back off. now i just have clothes one size bigger, and i am SO much happier.

Op - interestingly my pants feel fine. I don’t know why. Maybe I have just put on a lot of muscle over the past year?

[Anonymous]

Hi OP, I would eat more calories. Try eating back 1-200 on exercise days. For perspective I am way shorter than you (5 foot 1, 111 lbs) and I lose steadily on 1370 plus eating back exercise calories (I underestimate these a little). My exercise and activity are similar to yours. Everyone is diffferent but just a thought

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You need to eat a lot more … 1700-1800 calories a day
10 lbs will be gone in a couple of months and the change to maintenance won’t be as hard.
If you starve yourself now you’re going to go awol at maintenance and be back here in 3 months at this weight or higher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You need to eat a lot more … 1700-1800 calories a day
10 lbs will be gone in a couple of months and the change to maintenance won’t be as hard.
If you starve yourself now you’re going to go awol at maintenance and be back here in 3 months at this weight or higher.

Op - the only day I managed to eat 1800 calories is when I had a cheat meal with two pieces of pizza. Other than that my highest day is 1588 calories.

I think my biggest thing I am noticing with tracking my calories is that I need to get at least 100 grams of protein a day. If I do that I am not super hungry. If I don’t and have more carbs then I am hungry all day.

Exercise for example yesterday was 18,000 steps and 30 minutes of weight lifting.

[Anonymous]

I eat. That’s how.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to eat a lot more … 1700-1800 calories a day
10 lbs will be gone in a couple of months and the change to maintenance won’t be as hard.
If you starve yourself now you’re going to go awol at maintenance and be back here in 3 months at this weight or higher.

Op - the only day I managed to eat 1800 calories is when I had a cheat meal with two pieces of pizza. Other than that my highest day is 1588 calories.

I think my biggest thing I am noticing with tracking my calories is that I need to get at least 100 grams of protein a day. If I do that I am not super hungry. If I don’t and have more carbs then I am hungry all day.

Exercise for example yesterday was 18,000 steps and 30 minutes of weight lifting.

I say this with kindness … you must be under counting. There’s just no way you can move that much be that height and weight and not be losing weight

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Drink water with lemon.

I thought this was bad for your teeth.

but good for your kidneys

Use a straw - paper or a reusable metal straw. Best for drinking tea, coffee and wine/soda if you drink them, to preserve your enamel and color.

[Anonymous]

Adhering to a very low calorie diet while being very active is going to drive your metabolism into starvation mode and stall weight loss entirely.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Adhering to a very low calorie diet while being very active is going to drive your metabolism into starvation mode and stall weight loss entirely.

That’s not true
You can’t stall you metabolism
You can get too hungry and go crazy every 1/2/3 weeks and cancel out all your deficit though

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need to eat a lot more … 1700-1800 calories a day
10 lbs will be gone in a couple of months and the change to maintenance won’t be as hard.
If you starve yourself now you’re going to go awol at maintenance and be back here in 3 months at this weight or higher.

Op - the only day I managed to eat 1800 calories is when I had a cheat meal with two pieces of pizza. Other than that my highest day is 1588 calories.

I think my biggest thing I am noticing with tracking my calories is that I need to get at least 100 grams of protein a day. If I do that I am not super hungry. If I don’t and have more carbs then I am hungry all day.

Exercise for example yesterday was 18,000 steps and 30 minutes of weight lifting.

I say this with kindness … you must be under counting. There’s just no way you can move that much be that height and weight and not be losing weight

Op - this is the first week I have actually counted calories. I was probably eating more like 2000 before that.

I have lost 1.5 pounds this week.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I eat. That’s how.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Drink water with lemon.

I thought this was bad for your teeth.

but good for your kidneys

Use a straw - paper or a reusable metal straw. Best for drinking tea, coffee and wine/soda if you drink them, to preserve your enamel and color.

Drinking from a straw causes lines around the mouth though.

[Anonymous]

This subforum should be renamed the ED forum, it’s all grotesquely normalized.

[Anonymous]

I eat a banana. Filling, delicious, and cheap. What more could you ask for?

[Anonymous]

I saw another thread where someone posted you should be at the bottom of
Your height BMI. I looked up 5’7” and BMI of 19 is 121 pounds. Does that seem right?!? That is more what I should be aiming for?

Op