Re:Researchers fear that vaccines might not be as effective ...
by burnthrow on Monday November 16, 2020 @03:56PM
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> the part of my mind that thinks it is going to starve to death.
That's not your mind, it's your expanded stomach, and the extra space sends a signal that you're not full. If you allow your stomach to contract, you will feel full from less food. Some people accomplish this by mechanically shrinking their stomach (gastric bypass surgery) but it is a natural process.
Basically, eat enough food to provide the energy you need. Nothing more. It's far less than you think, especially with fat reserves. Your stomach will adjust.
Competitive eaters do the opposite: They deliberately expand their stomachs to fit more (of course), and so that they don't feel full when competing.
Downvoter person, read more about stomach elasticity if you don't believe me.
Re:Researchers fear that vaccines might not be as effective ...
by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Monday November 16, 2020 @04:20PM
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I'm really sick of people on the internet with no expertise whatsoever in a related field trying to tell me, a man who's lost >150lbs, how to do weight loss. If my stomach was going to shrink, and if that process was going to have any significant effect on my desire to eat, wouldn't it have done so by now?
It is conceptually easy, but I can assure you from personal experience that losing and keeping off significant weight is extremely difficult for some of us. I feel like I am in a state of constant war against my body and the part of my mind that thinks it is going to starve to death. I'm sure a dozen diet-cult people will come out of the woodwork to explain to me how I just need to never eat carbs or only eat within an 8 hour window and all my problems will be solved as though I never tried any of those things in the decade or so I've been doing this, but it isn't true.