Re:People Took Some Potassium and Lost Some Weight
by nsxwolf on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @12:37AM
(#34077079)
And here’s where the problem comes in for me - when I reach that level, where weight loss begins to be measurable, I am so miserable I can’t think about anything but food 24/7. It’s like being in a staring contest where the other person never, ever blinks.
[ Parent
| on HN ]
Re:People Took Some Potassium and Lost Some Weight
by parineum on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @02:50AM
(#34077835)
I'm not a massive proponent of regular fasting but, having done it long enough, I've learned what hungry really means. The experience was invaluable because of that.
I had (and still have to some extent) that same feeling you have but that's not hunger. For me, sometimes it was boredom, sometimes it was routine ("it's 6pm, dinner time!") or just straight up gluttony but that's not real hunger. Want to eat and need to eat are very different.
I'm saying all of this with a bag of cheezits next to me at 12am.
Re:People Took Some Potassium and Lost Some Weight
by fragmede on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @03:17AM
(#34078018)
What's your diet like though? I found satiety only roughly correlates to calories in. That is to say, some foods I could eat a ton of calories worth and still feel hungry. Other kinds of food would have me feeling full with far fewer calories.
Re:People Took Some Potassium and Lost Some Weight
by jimnotgym on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @03:50AM
(#34078209)
This, and I get into weird blood sugar deficits where I feel like I'm going to die! It makes it very difficult not to grab some food so you can keep working.
I am not diabetic btw, before hn not a doctor chimes in.
I think it is something to do with high cortisol levels caused by stress. I am currently experimenting with an extreme low carb diet, early results are showing some promise. I am using the better management of blood sugar to eat less early in the day, hoping this will force a lower calorie consumption