Help losing 20 lbs

[ElvisMerckx]

You guys describe your constant hunger while you limit your intake.

This is going to be tough to describe but I'll try.

This constant hunger is an unfamiliar hunger to most people. It's not that oh-my-god-I-could-eat-a-triple-quarter-pounder-and-a-bag-of-doritos hunger that one normally feels when dinner gets delayed by an hour or so. That was my brain telling my overweight body to eat, and that went away after a few weeks.

No, this is something deeper. More primal. My body is now telling my brain it needs more calories. It's a comfortable, efficient hunger. I find myself crafting snares and primitive weapons in my spare time.

[joosttx]

This morning 174.3 19.3

[wbarocsi]

Constant huger while dieting shouldn't be a problem if your diet has adequate nutrients. I've found that the only time I am truly hungry is when I push the calorie count way too low, like over 1000 short.
Then, the symptoms are more like fatigue than being hungry.
Cravings are mild rare and not at all overwhelming. The solution seems to be to make yourself eat more (vegetables and fruits), so when the higher calorie foods are presented you eat much less while remaining satisfied.

Eat your C's- Collard, cucumbers, cellery, carrots, chard, and ..Kale.

Wade

[Tom Officer]

No, this is something deeper. More primal. My body is now telling my brain it needs more calories. It's a comfortable, efficient hunger. I find myself crafting snares and primitive weapons in my spare time.

LOL…I just found a use for my old jerseys, I'll turn 'em into loincloths.

140.6 / 5.6

[MarkC]

135.3 / 8.1

[Shoogs]

176.0 egads

[Tom Officer]

139.2 / 6.0

where are your eyeballs and sockets Richie?

[Shoogs]

175.0

Nice work Tom. Congrats

[Shoogs]

174.4

Nice work Tom. Congrats

Edited err Corrected.

[MarkC]

134.3 / 7.8

Congrats Tom on breaking the 140 barrier. How low you gonna go?

[Tom Officer]

137 has been the goal since the start at 157

Been a crazy week, training at 5 am and working late, didn't get home 'till 7 last night and was too tired to eat, in bed at 8...got a week of craziness at least and then can get back to normal

I really wonder what Earl gray has done...the cat that started this thread

[MarkC]

Nice to have the target in sight and impressive fortitude to get there.


Maybe this spring we can have a Connecticut V Salon Biggest Loser ride. With a doughnut stop at half-way of course...

[joosttx]

175.4 :(

[Tom Officer]

Nice to have the target in sight and impressive fortitude to get there.


Maybe this spring we can have a Connecticut V Salon Biggest Loser ride. With a doughnut stop at half-way of course...

Raspberry turnover and a big latte for me! Haven't had a latte in a year or so, I miss them badly

[wbarocsi]

I suspect I've got the CT division locked up!

Wade Barocsi
162.4

[wasfast]

Tom, we're instituting a new race rule that you have to weigh more than your bike. Keep it up and you're going to be in total violation:-) That's a stunning weight loss, especially for someone that's already fairly fit.

[Tom]

Echoing things said before, I know, but simply taking the data has changed my behavior. That and the trend line when I graph the daily numbers. I don't keep eating only because it tastes good and I don't pour another glass of wine just because there's some left in the bottle.

[Tom Officer]

Tom, we're instituting a new race rule that you have to weigh more than your bike. Keep it up and you're going to be in total violation:-) That's a stunning weight loss, especially for someone that's already fairly fit.

Thanks!

Maybe I'll have to go back to a steel bike! You listening Richie?

Looking back the first 5 lbs were the hardest…it feels pretty normal now. Just gotta keep it that way.

[e-RICHIE]

Thanks!

Maybe I'll have to go back to a steel bike! You listening Richie?

Looking back the first 5 lbs were the hardest…it feels pretty normal now. Just gotta keep it that way.

here's me and "big tom" atmo -

[Tom Officer]

My guess is I was 165 in that pic. I'll get you a new one for Deb's screen saver!