My hunger tamer was a serving of oatmeal or quinoa in the morning. Fruits, nuts and egg added to it. |
Thanks! I’ll try oatmeal with eggs added. I’ve never done both |
No, it's actually what your individual body does with those calories. Four people can eat an apple and their bodies will react 4 totally different ways. |
That is short stroke on a golf course stuff. It doesn’t explain the wild obesity crisis the world is experiencing. People want to assign significance to all sorts of factors except their own behavior. |
Just be lazier. At the beginning of each week I take four individual yogurts and a bag of granola to work. I eat them together almost every day for lunch. I can’t be bothered to make myself lunch after I pack my kid’s lunches and nothing ever sounds good in the morning. Sometimes I’ll bring a sleeve of crackers and half of a pack of cheese slices for the week. Or a tub of hummus and a bag of crackers. Sometimes I’ll make a lentil salad and scoop it up with crackers.
My dinners are nutritious and I usually eat baked oatmeal every day for breakfast, again, lazy. I maintain a decent weight and my labs are good at age 40. If I get hungry during the day I’ll usually guzzle some water or eat a Lara bar which I also keep a stash of. |
I’m sure that if they’re making it to 91 their diet has something to do with it. |
People should post their body fat percentage too. A sleeve crackers and cheese is a terrible lunch. |
DP, I eat oatmeal with egg and egg whites for breakfast too. I mix it all up and add spices depending on my mood. I love it. |
Sure, add a scrambled egg into masala oats with veggies. Or eat an egg separately and add fruits and nuts to oatmeal. |
I’m sorry that does sound tough. My friend who was early stage diabetes started Ozempic and said she suddenly stopped thinking about food all the time and felt less hungry. It sounds like maybe you have a hormonal or some other issue going on causing your vide to crave more food. The whole reason I disclaimed my good metabolism was not to be smug but because I know there is a genetic element and I didn’t want to be disingenuous that you can willpower your way through. I was just trying to share what works for me as far as following my hunger cues and not feeling socially conditioned to eat. This won’t work for everyone if there are underlying medical issues, but maybe it can help someone who has a preconditioned idea of how to eat that is based on norms they grew up with and more than they actually need to eat. |
Body to (not vide) |
What do you mean by healthfully? You keep repeating it but do you mean low fat? Balanced? Do you exercise? And are you sure you’re overweight and not just aiming for a number on the scale that is simply unrealistic for you? Do you exercise regularly? I tend to eat more when I don’t exercise. Do you get enough sleep? I’ve never been the type of person who’s filled with a small cup of yoghurt (unless I had a feast the evening before). I don’t particularly enjoy yogurt, and it just doesn’t fill me. I don’t snack though and prefer eating 1 or 2 large meals that fill me up and also satisfy my mind. I’d be hungry after eating yogurt cause my mind would be looking for something better to eat. Also, check if all ok in terms of endocrinology. |
Yep, it's usually no mystery why people weight what they do. My sister in law is skinny as a rail. And she eats like a bird. Takes the tortilla off her tacos, eats her hamburger wrapped in lettuce instead of a bun, takes fruit as an appetizer instead of chips and dip, never has dessert. I envy her discipline. |
I think I have a similar appetite to you; I eat what I want when I want it and don’t do scheduled meals or mealtimes. I think, though, this is what allows us maintain a lower calorie intake. A lot of this is so individual. I have no impulse to clean my plate or snack when I’m not hungry. When I’m stressed or busy I can easily forget to eat. My mom, on the other hand, needs to be regimented about eating specific things at specific times. She is always hungry, eats when stressed etc. so she needs to monitor her food intake. At the end of the day, it’s about cico for most people but how people do cico looks different. |
It’s called willpower. Some of us have it. |