Ai_1 wrote:
I think it's very hard for everyone at first. Once you get started it becomes easier to continue until it's not difficult at all. At least in my experience.Exactly this. In. every. way.
The hunger is transient---and seems to be proportional to the rate of change of calorie balance. In other words, when I go from neutral to a 1000 calorie deficit, I get really hungry for a couple days. But, if I ramp down from 0 to -1000 over a week or so...at the end of the week when I'm at 1000 calorie deficit I don't have the same hunger pangs. Once you habituate on a deficit level, the hunger will subside.
Ai_1 wrote:
One huge trap is to think there's such thing as failure. If you give in and eat something you'd decided you wouldn't or you put on weight despite having started to try losing it, don't make a fresh start! It should be a continuum. Just try a bit harder but don't think "Well this has been a failure so far. I'll start trying again tomorrow but I may as well stuff my face tonight!". I suggest you look at it as trying to change habits, NOT trying to change weight. The weight will look after itself once you've got the habits under control. But weight fluctuates and it's really, really, easy to get demotivated when it goes the wrong way, even though it may be no more than a short term blip. If you've changed your habits, it WILL swing back the other way again.Again. completely agree. its the main reason I don't like "cheat days". it just resets my old habits, and "sets me back" by 1-2 days. I prefer to setup a habit, and stick with the habit <period>. But, sh*t happens---the only thing to do, is just pick up where you left off and keep-on-truckin'.
For qualification: I went from 205 lbs / 27%bf (October 2015) to 155 lbs /16 %bf (June 2016) by maintaining a 866 cal/day deficit. 12 months later: I'm 151 / 11%bf (give or take a bowl of ice-cream :-).
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Tom_hampton: Jun 28, 17 10:31