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DWu wrote:Dalton,
Have you considered doing a Mary's Mini diet?
Perhaps the monotony of the food will result in eating less.
https://www.drmcdougall.com/misc/2006nl/july/marys2.htm
Dalton wrote:DWu wrote:Actually, I have been eating monotonously. But my calorie intake has been around 2500. I'm considering lowering that in half. Just don't want to feel that ugh feeling from starving myself. Thank you for the reply. Will definitely look further into Mary's mini diet.
Werner1950 wrote:Dalton, I was within 10 pounds of my target weight... and then came Thanksgiving and then Christmas and I gained it all back and then some. Don't ask me why. I certainly know how.
I am back on track now though, and hope to be at my target weight in a few months.
Something I haven't seen posted by guys is, what happens to the sagging skin everywhere? My stomach is going to look like that pancake boy's at the carnival.. Does that eventually go away? Or are we stuck with what looks like oversized skin once we lose all that weight?
frozenveg wrote:Dalton wrote:DWu wrote:Actually, I have been eating monotonously. But my calorie intake has been around 2500. I'm considering lowering that in half. Just don't want to feel that ugh feeling from starving myself. Thank you for the reply. Will definitely look further into Mary's mini diet.
How about just lowering it by 20%? 2000 calories may not make you feel so hungry as 1250, and that reduction will have an effect.
Your weight may lower slowly, but it will still go down.
greentea wrote:Congrats on your weight loss! Have you considered incorporating fasting into your routine. For example, some people will eat only between 10am and 6pm, giving them a daily fast of 16 hours, and most of that fast takes place when you are asleep. If that doesn't work, you could try other time frames. I do a version of the 5:2, so basically 2 days a week I skip dinner. It's not hard, in fact I look forward to it. Between that and exercise, that's how I chipped down my last 20 pounds. There is a discussion on Doug Lisle's forum.
Dalton wrote:i was in denial about some of the foods I was ingesting. After I cleaned up my act, the weight started sloughing off again. My clothes tell the story. The scale is something I've developed an irrational fear of though. Until my large shirts (my normal thin size) feel more comfortable and drape, then I will get on the scale and share my success.
Thanks for all the comments.
frozenveg wrote:How about just lowering it by 20%? 2000 calories may not make you feel so hungry as 1250, and that reduction will have an effect.
Your weight may lower slowly, but it will still go down.
Kerstinro wrote:frozenveg wrote:How about just lowering it by 20%? 2000 calories may not make you feel so hungry as 1250, and that reduction will have an effect.
Your weight may lower slowly, but it will still go down.
I second that, if you can comfortably cut out 500 cals a day, that adds up to 3500 cals a week which equals 1 pound of fat. If you do that for a few weeks you're bound to see the needle on the scales shift. Going too far down and you risk binge-eating out of hunger.
Hang in there, it sounds like you've made so much progress already.
Kerstin
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