- - it lets me know I'm probably not overeating.
- it makes the next meal taste so much better.
- it reminds me that the "any hunger is bad, so snack snack snack" thinking is silly.
- it reminds me that I used to be afraid of hunger, but now I welcome it, and that's progress.
- I feel more energetic, much more so than when I'm stuffed to the gills.
- (jw)I feel a little thinner when I am not full of food -- that gently hollow feeling is subtly flattering!
Why I appreciate gentle hunger
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Why I appreciate gentle hunger
I appreciate gentle hunger because:
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All you can do is all you can do.
Food doesn't make you fat. Too much food makes you fat.
Food doesn't make you fat. Too much food makes you fat.
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I second everything you wrote. Sadly, after each over-the-top S-day I need to get used to feeling hungry again and relearn it's actually not an emergency.
#1 is my absolute favourite. I'm convinced that if you get moderately hungry 1-2 hours before your meals, you're eating just enough.
#1 is my absolute favourite. I'm convinced that if you get moderately hungry 1-2 hours before your meals, you're eating just enough.
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I've often said that "feeling fat" is more likely just the feeling of having overeaten. Haven't we all had that feeling, now and when we might have been dieting, that we were actually thinner because we felt hungry? The mirror might belie that, but so what? I say skip the mirror and keep going for the feeling. One-two hours is my goal for each meal, too, but that's a ball park.
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23
There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23
There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)
The "hunger" I might feel during or after a meal is different from the hunger I experience 4-6 hours after eating. It is actually more annoying, but it was the devil I had to defeat. It's extremely mild or even non-existent now. Worth the wait!
Count plates, not calories. 11 years "during"
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23
There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)
Age 69
BMI Jan/10-30.8
1/12-26.8 3/13-24.9 +/- 8-lb. 3 yrs
9/17 22.8 (flux) 3/18 22.2
2 yrs flux 6/20 22
1/21-23
There is no S better than Vanilla No S (mods now as a senior citizen)