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Crazy ideas? Don’t eat and drink anything other than water for 48 hours. Not for the weight loss benefits, but for learning what actual hunger feels like. What you think is hunger is most likely just cravings. Then work on your diet until you no longer get those cravings and can decide when and what to eat instead of being driven by impulse
Now the question is: How would you reach that goal the best way? This depends very much on why you are eating like you are. What is it for you etc. My grandfather e.g. was a Nazi soldier on the eastern front when he was 16, where he nearly starved — which is why my brothers and me had to eat every last crumb of a plate over half a century later, because this got so hammered into my father, that he passed ot onto his kids. I managed to reflect on this and watch myself from the outside and sort of get rid of that habit. Your history and relationship with eating might be different, but you should also see it as an psychological issue, as much as an health issue — because usually it is.
One thing that you might try is instead of focusing too much on what you are eating, to focus more on what you are buying and when. So instead of going for groceries hungry and buying unhealthy trash and a lot of it, only go to the store when you ate, buy healthier stuff and exactly the amount your body needs. Then at home you have no choice but stick to the plan and make something good out of what you got.
I know, eating is enjoyable, but it can also be enjoyable if a meal doesn't leave you completely stuffed. In fact it might be more enjoyable if you are not.
Come up with a plan, stick with it, at least for a certain predefiend time (as an experiment), then if you feel better, decide how to go ahead
Increase your base metabolic rate (i.e. calories your body burns at rest) and you'll lose more weight without doing anything. Weight lifting is the most bang for buck way to significantly improve your metabolic rate without also eating back all the calories in the process (a problem with long aerobic exercise).
Look into a simple bodyweight exercise routine like DDP yoga and just start doing a little bit every day--even as little as 10 mins or so a day/an hour a week will bring significant benefits over a few months.
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/trailer-for-how-not-to-diet...
https://nutritionfacts.org/video/flashback-friday-dr-gregers...
Edit: Joking aside, the weight loss tweaks can also be found in the free "Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen" iPhone or Android app.
Weird tips like that? No, no definitely not. Just eat less man. It's pretty straight forward. Just eat one meal a day (lunch) and you'll see the weight fly off. It's what I did for a bit and lost the weight quickly. You'll lose 5lbs/month easily even for people who have a relatively lean body mass already. (Easier to lose a lot of weight when you're heavier because your BMR is high to begin with) I've done it as some…
I've done this before switching from bulking season, to leaning season. I found the hardest part being stomach growling. I'd be talking to people and my stomach would start complaining to everyone. I've been told to drink a glass of water when the happens but I didn't find it helped a bunch. I usually went for a light plain peanut butter sandwich once a day at very "tactical" times to cut the growling. Yes peanut but…
Weird tips like that? No, no definitely not. Just eat less man. It's pretty straight forward. Just eat one meal a day (lunch) and you'll see the weight fly off. It's what I did for a bit and lost the weight quickly. You'll lose 5lbs/month easily even for people who have a relatively lean body mass already. (Easier to lose a lot of weight when you're heavier because your BMR is high to begin with) I've done it as some…
Get a digital scale, weigh every morning after toilet. I find there is a very quick and variable response to the previous days food, which can be quite motivating. Seeing it up or down half a kilo each day is very noticeable, and informative about what works and what doesn't.
Eat less dense calories, try to move around a little bit, all there is to it. My general rule is: -2 small meals = weight loss -1 regular/big + 1 small = maintain -2 big = weight gain
Once you stop trying to bloat yourself all the time, it starts to feel nuts how frequently you did
Drop all processed foods.
Cut out all carbs.
Pick one of these, use it until you plateau, then add another one until you're doing all 3.