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trying to lose weight, but i can't cut back on calories. wtf do i do?
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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:39 AM Author: '"'"''"'"'''"''" I'm 37 and about 20 pounds overweight. I need around ~3300 calories per day to maintain my weight. If I try to cut back by 300-500 calories per day, I just wake up in the middle of the night starving and make up or exceed that calorie deficit by eating something. Wtf? In my 20s i could lose weight easily. Feels impossible at this age. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326551) |
Date: October 5th, 2025 11:41 AM Author: peeface when yo get that desire to eat something... don't
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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:49 AM Author: '"'"''"'"'''"''" I think stress is fucking with my appetite. When I cut back on calories, I literally wake up feeling severely starved, and the desire to eat is so intense it's unstoppable. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326570) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:57 AM Author: peeface clean easy garbage food out of your kitchen. if you wake up a bit hungry at 4am are you really going to spend an hour preparing a meal?
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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:06 PM Author: '"'"''"'"'''"''" I usually don’t keep junk in the kitchen. Yesterday I tried cutting back by around 400-500 calories during the day. I woke up at 2 AM with intense hunger, and I made four pieces of whole wheat toast and ate it with butter as I struggled to stay awake. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326594) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:25 PM Author: ""''"'"'"'"'' your waking up hungry af bcs too much sugar in your diet. just do no sugar. |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:04 PM Author: '"'"''"'"'''"''" I don't think there's that much sugar in my diet, definitely no added sugars. Most of the sugar in my diet comes from fruit (primarily bananas, blueberries, and occasionally raspberries).
I eat a ton of fiber throughout the day. Probably over 200% of the recommended daily amount per day, no exaggeration. Also, protein comes primarily from non-fat Greek yogurt and chicken. My diet is pretty boring, with no gaping issues as far as I can tell: no added sugars, only natural sugars from fruit, good sources of protein throughout the day, lots of fiber, healthy fats (primarily olive oil), whole wheat bread, beans, etc.
At this point I honestly think the problem is more psychological than anything else. |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:14 PM Author: peeface added sugar meme is flame. body doesn't treat it any differently than natural sugar.
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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:19 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface "It's unstoppable," huh. Right. Your willpower just can't be at fault... (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327155) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:11 PM Author: Brother Peter Dimond intermittent fasting. dont eat anything until after 3 or 4 pm or something depending on you're sleep schedule. you dont want to be eating a yuge meal right before bed either.
on top of that you might want to change the foods you eat. experiment with more fiber if you want but the other way is getting fat adapted which worked much better for me |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:26 PM Author: ""''"'"'"'"'' intermittent fasting is tcr (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326642) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:53 PM Author: goy orbison Sounds like you've tried everything brother, just keep being fat (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326697) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:27 PM Author: Emotionally + Physically Abusive Ex-Husband (oppose bitchbois) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327173) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:05 PM Author: Bob Rooney you need to actually eat healthy food like chicken breast and spinach not yo-yo between starvation and mcdonads. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326738) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:35 PM Author: charles XII "I need around ~3300 calories per day to maintain my weight."
are you 6`7`` |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:42 PM Author: '"'"''"'"'''"''" I'm 6' 2" and exercise for about two hours every single day. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326803) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:44 PM Author: charles XII Just try keto but don't tell Hegemon and other know-it-alls. Conceal it from the board. They'll tell you the weight you're losing Never Happened. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326806) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:45 PM Author: .........\'.........\'\'.......\'\'\' (Dotski Carlisle, You Old Shrew!) Sounds like you'll lose weight if you stop working out (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326808) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:46 PM Author: add it to the Backlog, Champ You should just take ozempic or another GLP drug
Being at a legit caloric deficit over a long period of time feels horrible and makes your life miserable
Nobody else is gonna tell you this because people like to act self righteously about fitness and weight loss like it's a "just b urself" thing when in reality living at a caloric deficit is fucking terrible |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:53 PM Author: charles XII "Feeling horrible" isn't even bad depending on what you're talking about. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326822) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:24 PM Author: Ass Sunstein Stop exercising and just starve yourself for a couple months.
No breakfast No carb No drink Small lunch and dinner of meat and vegetables Embrace hunger pangs and the feeling of hunger |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:39 PM Author: samoth You really only have three options: 1) Decrease input (typically means eat less) 2) Increase output (typically means exercise more) 3) Drugs (typically includes metabolic manipulation)
Since (1) isn't an option, pick from the remaining two.
But this is XO, so I'm assuming everyone will advice yo-yo dieting or keto (which people think means eating only 100g carbs/day), you'll do whatever's easiest, and you'll end up worse off than before. |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:52 PM Author: charles XII " (which people think means eating only 100g carbs/day)"
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:40 PM Author: Metal Up Your Ass lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326994) |
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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:50 PM Author: Paralegal Amos if you white knuckled through the nighttime hunger for a week it would go away (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327009) |