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by hngiszmo
3967 days ago
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I guess it's trivial what you say about calorie deficit but the trick is how to not devour that tasty something that you know is there in your fridge when your plan to eat less for a few seconds is only your second priority. Humans get hungry after 4h of not eating with exception of when we sleep. So less sleep results in more craving for food but eating a ton, minutes after waking up results in hunger 4h later. I wake up … with an appetite but usually don't crave for food for some hours, so that's a good chance to if not skip then at least delay a meal, so hopefully that day you go to bed with just two meals. The opposite worst thing you can do is to stay up just a little longer to eat on your way to bed. |
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I regularly eat 10-12 hours after I wake up, and rarely feel hungry before I hit the 10 hour mark, unless I make a habit of eating during that time period. If I decide to follow a whim to eat breakfast on two or three consecutive weekdays, I will be hungry at breakfast time on the following day, regardless of what I ate the day before, or when I last ate. The worst part, though, is that it sometimes takes longer for that hunger to stop coming at breakfast time every day than it does to get it to start coming in the first place.
Something else that helps, for me, is to get at least some amount of exercise first thing in the morning. I take a short (~1.5 mile) bike ride over a fairly mild route (mostly flat or downhill) on most mornings (when it's not raining). In my unscientific observation, it kick-starts my metabolism, which it needs, since I'm definitely not getting exercise at work. After that, I primarily have to keep my mind busy, as boredom typically leads to eating just to do something.