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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another person two years into weight loss here, down about 45.

It is really hard to make a DRAMATIC change cold turkey. You need to pick something sustainable. For me, extreme restriction would never have worked. But the way I eat now IS an extreme restriction to what me two years ago did. I got here on a slow gradual path though. So pick 1/2 changes and make them a habit and just add more as you go.

As for your breakfast, you are eating way too much sugar/bread and not enough protein. Protein is where its at in terms of being filling. A bagel with cream cheese (which is not THAT much different to an English muffin) has nothing in there to fill you up and last.

I would try a yogurt, or some nuts, or 3-5 slices of turkey bacon and maybe 3 eggs instead of 2 and put a little butter or avocado on the english muffin. Personally I'm not a fan of giving stuff up, but I want to make something work in my new lifestyle. So if you really like the cream cheese and that is what you want to 'keep' then make it an english muffin and cream cheese with smoked salmon on top. You just need more filling protein in there. It is never going to work without that.

For being lightheaded, get some nuts, they are very filling. And maybe keep a banana with you. The berries are fine but they aren't really doing anything in terms of keeping you full and the goal should be about keeping you full with less calories. To do that, you need protein. You need some carbs too but without protein carbs will just make you hungrier in an hour.

ALL that said, the first two weeks are the hardest. My first 'change' was adopting an IF schedule and the first month was the hardest, I was racing for food when my window opened and shoving it in my mouth before it closed. You gotta build a habit, so just pick one or two changes and commit to doing them for a month, and then next month add something else in (or take something else away!).[/quote]

What op is describing isn’t extreme restriction. I weigh 120 and I could never get down all the stuff she described as her “diet” breakfast in one sitting first thing in the morning. [/quote]

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