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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here: I think I’m just resentful, I feel like I’ve been failing in this really stupid thing - eat less food. It shouldn’t be this hard. Every morning is like a little bright light, I can do this! And then the first meal I eat around 9 am is healthy and small-ish. And I’m hungry an hour later. I distract myself, knowing it’s not “real” hunger. But eventually I just give up, because I don’t have the emotional stamina anymore to deny, deny, deny what I want to eat. And it makes me so mad, because it’s 20 damn pounds I could have lost years ago if I could just power through the cravings and eat less food for a month. But I can’t even make it through 12 hours, so I feel like a failure and mad that I can’t just f***ing eat when I’m hungry. I think Stephanie Buttermore articulated this better. Anyway, I’m too vain to go all in and eat all the ice cream I want, but I’m not powerful enough to skip chocolate chips after dinner, so I’m in the miserable Groundhog Day of gaining and losing the same 10 pounds until one side wins I guess. Thank you for listening to my decidedly vain ragings.[/quote]

You need to change your strategy.  You aren't grossly overweight, and your body needs fuel.  Eat protein and whole grains.  Snack on fresh fruit and vegetables.  Drink a ton of water.  But you see dieting as pure denial, and you're constantly fighting your biology.  Work with it.  If you're hungry an hour later, you need to change breakfast.  Add some eggs or full-fat yogurt or a big bowl of oatmeal or something that keeps you satiated longer.  Build in snacks with protein and/or lots of fiber.  Stop trying the same thing over and over again. [/quote]

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