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[beefytee]

I make a breakfast sandwich every morning. Toast an english muffin, microwave an egg and reheat a sausage patty. I feel better throughout the day having breakfast. At 330 calories, not a ton of calories to overcome.

I dropped 35 pounds or so during covid by counting and restricting calories. My blood pressure and cholesterol also came down. When I stopped doing both, my weight gradually came back. Seeing the scales on New Year's Day has motivated me to lose weight again. Plus I think I need the health benefits that will come from eating better.

When I got home from work yesterday, it was amazing how the cravings for snacks and junk food kicked in immediately. When my mind is set, there's no throwing me off track, but I probably need to retrain my mind with some of the muscle memory.

You can do the breakfast sandwich later in the day for lunch and you can consider it fewer calories then.

[smokymountainrain]

I make a breakfast sandwich every morning. Toast an english muffin, microwave an egg and reheat a sausage patty. I feel better throughout the day having breakfast. At 330 calories, not a ton of calories to overcome.

see for me, that's 330 cheap calories that are unhelpful. it doesn't help me feel better and it wouldn't decrease my appetite at all for later in the day. i would be just as hungry at 1 or 2pm or 3 or 4pm having had those 330 calories in the morning.

[Bo Diddley]

I make a breakfast sandwich every morning. Toast an english muffin, microwave an egg and reheat a sausage patty. I feel better throughout the day having breakfast. At 330 calories, not a ton of calories to overcome.

I dropped 35 pounds or so during covid by counting and restricting calories. My blood pressure and cholesterol also came down. When I stopped doing both, my weight gradually came back. Seeing the scales on New Year's Day has motivated me to lose weight again. Plus I think I need the health benefits that will come from eating better.

When I got home from work yesterday, it was amazing how the cravings for snacks and junk food kicked in immediately. When my mind is set, there's no throwing me off track, but I probably need to retrain my mind with some of the muscle memory.

[Clark Addison]

that seems to be what has happened with me. my body has gotten used to it and it just isn't that hard anymore to avoid eating until about 3 or 4pm each weekday.

Yep, that's me too. I do "Intermittent Fasting" but the goal is really just to reduce the possible times that I will ingest calories, not do anything magical. Like you, my body has accustomed itself to it. If I am working from home, I have a small lunch and nothing else until dinner. If I am at the office, I don't eat anything until I get home. Work is busy enough that I don't really think about eating or being hungry.

[smokymountainrain]

I've found that my cravings and hunger levels have gone down since I've been skipping most breakfasts for the last 5+ years. It makes it easier not to eat in general. It may be placebo. I don't know.

that seems to be what has happened with me. my body has gotten used to it and it just isn't that hard anymore to avoid eating until about 3 or 4pm each weekday.

[beefytee]

I've found that my cravings and hunger levels have gone down since I've been skipping most breakfasts for the last 5+ years. It makes it easier not to eat in general. It may be placebo. I don't know.

[smokymountainrain]

I used to be big on intermittent fasting, but there are quite a few studies now showing that it doesn't work any better than traditional calorie counting, avoiding carbs, etc.

i've been intermittent fasting for 5+ years and it works great for me, but honestly, that's all it is - just the way that works best for me to keep calories at a minimum. definitely nothing magical about it. just easier to keep my daily calorie intake low if i don't eat while i'm at work.

[Pelado]

I used to be big on intermittent fasting, but there are quite a few studies now showing that it doesn't work any better than traditional calorie counting, avoiding carbs, etc.

I think the main benefit of intermittent fasting for me is that I don't want to count calories and if I only eat one meal per day, I'm less likely to overeat overall.

[USUC]

I used to be big on intermittent fasting, but there are quite a few studies now showing that it doesn't work any better than traditional calorie counting, avoiding carbs, etc.

I've read the same. I have been using it as a crutch as I'm prone to overeat during the week sometimes. I have one more weekend of eating crazy from the holidays. Then I'll experiment with a couple of techniques.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I'm jealous of you guys that can still run. My knee gets really sore when I run and has been the case since my late 20s.

I have been fairly successful the last three years keeping my weight in check by calorie counting. This Fall has been extremely stressful and it all went out the window. I dont know how much weight I've put on. I'm afraid to get on the scale. I do a 24 hour fast twice a week and usually skip breakfast most days. Outside of the past few months, this has helped keep my calories in check but I'm not sure it's helping my anxiety and mental well being. I may move away from it and try to focus on quality/health of food instead of calories. I know I'm not eating enough fruits and veggies, so that's an easy opportunity for improvement.

I used to be big on intermittent fasting, but there are quite a few studies now showing that it doesn't work any better than traditional calorie counting, avoiding carbs, etc.

[USUC]

I'm jealous of you guys that can still run. My knee gets really sore when I run and has been the case since my late 20s.

I have been fairly successful the last three years keeping my weight in check by calorie counting. This Fall has been extremely stressful and it all went out the window. I dont know how much weight I've put on. I'm afraid to get on the scale. I do a 24 hour fast twice a week and usually skip breakfast most days. Outside of the past few months, this has helped keep my calories in check but I'm not sure it's helping my anxiety and mental well being. I may move away from it and try to focus on quality/health of food instead of calories. I know I'm not eating enough fruits and veggies, so that's an easy opportunity for improvement.

[SteelBlue]

I am going to get back in shape, don't know if that means losing weight or gaining, but working out more would be good.

I went for a 5 mile trail run last night and caught my foot on a root and ate it. Luckily it was not a rocky landing, but there were a lot of thorns from Russian thistle. Running without my glasses at twilight is not good for depth perception apparently.

I have run 5 times in the last 2 weeks. That is about the same as the total for the previous 3 months. That first day of 4 miles was rough. Had to stop and walk a few times.

I have started running again for the first time since I tore my achilles (volleyballing while fat) in early 2019. I have decided that to prevent injury I will run for only a half hour and try to work up to 5 x week. Currently averaging 3. I do not time my miles as that will inevitably lead me to try and run too frequently so I'm just focusing on enjoying the cardio workout. Long term I'm hoping to build a sustainable cardio workout habit based on minutes spent/week versus trying to race or meet marathon goals etc... which has often led to burnout for me.

[Bo Diddley]

I vowed to lose five pounds this year. Ten to go!

[Copelius]

I vowed to lose five pounds this year. Ten to go!

[BigPiney]

I am going to get back in shape, don't know if that means losing weight or gaining, but working out more would be good.

I went for a 5 mile trail run last night and caught my foot on a root and ate it. Luckily it was not a rocky landing, but there were a lot of thorns from Russian thistle. Running without my glasses at twilight is not good for depth perception apparently.

I have run 5 times in the last 2 weeks. That is about the same as the total for the previous 3 months. That first day of 4 miles was rough. Had to stop and walk a few times.