alt Hacker NewsI’m hungry right now. I should be working, but all I want to do is to eat. I have already eaten more than enough today, and I would like to lose weight.
I could take more caffeine to reduce my desire for food, but it is already too close to bedtime. I could try to focus on work (I am) but I keep getting intrusive thoughts about the fact that I could just get ice cream/cookies/chicken fingers/burrito/quesadilla/insert food here in just a few moments.
I wish I could take these drugs, unfortunately I cannot. Terrible side effects.
Strangely, after visiting Japan I found it quite easy to eat a healthy low calorie diet for about two weeks. Now I’m back to constant food noise, despite trying to stick to a Japanese-style diet (lots of fish and vegetables and fermented foods).
The people who say “just eat less” don’t understand what the actual problem is.
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> healthy low calorie diet for about two weeks
It's all the fructose in western diets. Tens of centuries of Europeans eating bountifully in the fall and then fasting through winter and spring evolved metabolic reactions that fructose means "pack on weight now because we'll be needing it"
Try filling your stomach with water and low/zero calorie rufflage like greens. Bonus, it will help you get right out of bed in the morning. Secret native american method for waking up early for war without alarm clock technology, using the bladder.
The people saying "just eat less" are the same ones telling depressed people "just smile more"