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trying to lose weight, but i can't cut back on calories. wtf do i do?

I'm 37 and about 20 pounds overweight. I need around ~3300 c...
180 sooty piazza azn
  10/05/25
when yo get that desire to eat something... don't
cream corn cake
  10/05/25
I think stress is fucking with my appetite. When I cut back ...
180 sooty piazza azn
  10/05/25
clean easy garbage food out of your kitchen. if you wake up ...
cream corn cake
  10/05/25
I usually don’t keep junk in the kitchen. Yesterday I ...
180 sooty piazza azn
  10/05/25
your waking up hungry af bcs too much sugar in your diet. j...
Disrespectful Tantric Sex Offender
  10/05/25
I don't think there's that much sugar in my diet, definitely...
180 sooty piazza azn
  10/05/25
added sugar meme is flame. body doesn't treat it any differe...
cream corn cake
  10/05/25
Drop the bread. Get whole milk yogurt
Maroon Comical Market Affirmative Action
  10/05/25
"It's unstoppable," huh. Right. Your willpower j...
Electric electric furnace
  10/05/25
intermittent fasting. dont eat anything until after 3 or 4 p...
Thriller brilliant whorehouse preventive strike
  10/05/25
intermittent fasting is tcr
Disrespectful Tantric Sex Offender
  10/05/25
cr though jumping from his currently schedule of eating w...
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  10/06/25
Sounds like you've tried everything brother, just keep being...
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  10/07/25
you need to actually eat healthy food like chicken breast an...
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  10/05/25
"I need around ~3300 calories per day to maintain my we...
Lavender at-the-ready brunch
  10/05/25
I'm 6' 2" and exercise for about two hours every single...
180 sooty piazza azn
  10/05/25
Just try keto but don't tell Hegemon and other know-it-alls....
Lavender at-the-ready brunch
  10/05/25
Sounds like you'll lose weight if you stop working out
Spectacular locus
  10/05/25
You should just take ozempic or another GLP drug Being at...
blue school cafeteria
  10/05/25
"Feeling horrible" isn't even bad depending on wha...
Lavender at-the-ready brunch
  10/05/25
it's pretty bad bro
blue school cafeteria
  10/06/25
Stop exercising and just starve yourself for a couple months...
Aromatic Bawdyhouse
  10/05/25
You really only have three options: 1) Decrease input (typi...
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  10/05/25
" (which people think means eating only 100g carbs/day)...
Lavender at-the-ready brunch
  10/05/25
Like most things related to fat loss, the theory & pract...
galvanic bbw church building
  10/05/25
I've never heard anyone say this. And it's not that hard ime...
Lavender at-the-ready brunch
  10/05/25
Thank you for supporting my point so succinctly.
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  10/05/25
I've done it and therefore it's not hard. I even pissed on t...
Lavender at-the-ready brunch
  10/05/25
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  10/05/25
if you white knuckled through the nighttime hunger for a wee...
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  10/05/25
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Ocher slap-happy nursing home trump supporter
  10/06/25
has to be ozempic. it completely quiets hunger pangs and lea...
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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:39 AM
Author: 180 sooty piazza azn

I'm 37 and about 20 pounds overweight. I need around ~3300 calories per day to maintain my weight. If I try to cut back by 300-500 calories per day, I just wake up in the middle of the night starving and make up or exceed that calorie deficit by eating something. Wtf? In my 20s i could lose weight easily. Feels impossible at this age.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326551)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: cream corn cake

when yo get that desire to eat something... don't



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326555)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:49 AM
Author: 180 sooty piazza azn

I think stress is fucking with my appetite. When I cut back on calories, I literally wake up feeling severely starved, and the desire to eat is so intense it's unstoppable.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326570)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:57 AM
Author: cream corn cake

clean easy garbage food out of your kitchen. if you wake up a bit hungry at 4am are you really going to spend an hour preparing a meal?



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326586)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:06 PM
Author: 180 sooty piazza azn

I usually don’t keep junk in the kitchen. Yesterday I tried cutting back by around 400-500 calories during the day. I woke up at 2 AM with intense hunger, and I made four pieces of whole wheat toast and ate it with butter as I struggled to stay awake.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326594)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:25 PM
Author: Disrespectful Tantric Sex Offender

your waking up hungry af bcs too much sugar in your diet.

just do no sugar.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326639)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: 180 sooty piazza azn

I don't think there's that much sugar in my diet, definitely no added sugars. Most of the sugar in my diet comes from fruit (primarily bananas, blueberries, and occasionally raspberries).

I eat a ton of fiber throughout the day. Probably over 200% of the recommended daily amount per day, no exaggeration. Also, protein comes primarily from non-fat Greek yogurt and chicken. My diet is pretty boring, with no gaping issues as far as I can tell: no added sugars, only natural sugars from fruit, good sources of protein throughout the day, lots of fiber, healthy fats (primarily olive oil), whole wheat bread, beans, etc.

At this point I honestly think the problem is more psychological than anything else.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326733)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: cream corn cake

added sugar meme is flame. body doesn't treat it any differently than natural sugar.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327149)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 6:22 PM
Author: Maroon Comical Market Affirmative Action

Drop the bread. Get whole milk yogurt

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327272)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:19 PM
Author: Electric electric furnace

"It's unstoppable," huh. Right. Your willpower just can't be at fault...

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327155)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:11 PM
Author: Thriller brilliant whorehouse preventive strike

intermittent fasting. dont eat anything until after 3 or 4 pm or something depending on you're sleep schedule. you dont want to be eating a yuge meal right before bed either.

on top of that you might want to change the foods you eat. experiment with more fiber if you want but the other way is getting fat adapted which worked much better for me

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326605)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:26 PM
Author: Disrespectful Tantric Sex Offender

intermittent fasting is tcr

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326642)



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Date: October 6th, 2025 2:32 PM
Author: ivory big travel guidebook community account

cr

though jumping from his currently schedule of eating whenever he wants to a rigorous fast will be difficult.

do it in an incremental fashion: make your eating window 7am-7pm. then 9am-7pm, then 11am-7pm and so on.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49329478)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:53 PM
Author: self-centered senate doctorate

Sounds like you've tried everything brother, just keep being fat

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326697)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: Excitant tanning salon



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327173)



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Date: October 6th, 2025 2:28 PM
Author: magical ratface area



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Date: October 7th, 2025 3:28 AM
Author: Yellow elite meetinghouse



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49331101)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:05 PM
Author: dull slippery stage stock car

you need to actually eat healthy food like chicken breast and spinach not yo-yo between starvation and mcdonads.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326738)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:35 PM
Author: Lavender at-the-ready brunch

"I need around ~3300 calories per day to maintain my weight."

are you 6`7``

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326797)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: 180 sooty piazza azn

I'm 6' 2" and exercise for about two hours every single day.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326803)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:44 PM
Author: Lavender at-the-ready brunch

Just try keto but don't tell Hegemon and other know-it-alls. Conceal it from the board. They'll tell you the weight you're losing Never Happened.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326806)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: Spectacular locus

Sounds like you'll lose weight if you stop working out

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326808)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:46 PM
Author: blue school cafeteria

You should just take ozempic or another GLP drug

Being at a legit caloric deficit over a long period of time feels horrible and makes your life miserable

Nobody else is gonna tell you this because people like to act self righteously about fitness and weight loss like it's a "just b urself" thing when in reality living at a caloric deficit is fucking terrible

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326812)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:53 PM
Author: Lavender at-the-ready brunch

"Feeling horrible" isn't even bad depending on what you're talking about.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326822)



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Date: October 6th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: blue school cafeteria

it's pretty bad bro

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49329466)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: Aromatic Bawdyhouse

Stop exercising and just starve yourself for a couple months.

No breakfast

No carb

No drink

Small lunch and dinner of meat and vegetables

Embrace hunger pangs and the feeling of hunger

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326972)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:39 PM
Author: galvanic bbw church building

You really only have three options:

1) Decrease input (typically means eat less)

2) Increase output (typically means exercise more)

3) Drugs (typically includes metabolic manipulation)

Since (1) isn't an option, pick from the remaining two.

But this is XO, so I'm assuming everyone will advice yo-yo dieting or keto (which people think means eating only 100g carbs/day), you'll do whatever's easiest, and you'll end up worse off than before.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326992)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:52 PM
Author: Lavender at-the-ready brunch

" (which people think means eating only 100g carbs/day)"

?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327210)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 6:06 PM
Author: galvanic bbw church building

Like most things related to fat loss, the theory & practice of putting one's body into ketosis comes from the bodybuilding underground. As a mainstream trend, it somehow transformed into a simple "low carb" diet.

Getting into (& maintaining) a state of ketosis is exceedingly difficult and not attainable by normal people with normal jobs. Even putting a creamer into one's morning coffee ruins the whole thing.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327223)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: Lavender at-the-ready brunch

I've never heard anyone say this. And it's not that hard ime. All you have to do is say "no" if someone tries to get you to go to any restaurant whatsoever.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327227)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 6:13 PM
Author: galvanic bbw church building

Thank you for supporting my point so succinctly.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327249)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 6:17 PM
Author: Lavender at-the-ready brunch

I've done it and therefore it's not hard. I even pissed on the urinalysis sticks. Literally no carbs except whatever you get from avocados. You are misinformed and either Hegemon or a disco fries.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327257)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: green idea he suggested garrison

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49326994)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: Boyish aqua house

if you white knuckled through the nighttime hunger for a week it would go away

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49327009)



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Date: October 6th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: Ocher slap-happy nursing home trump supporter

ljl

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49329434)



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Date: October 6th, 2025 2:28 PM
Author: Offensive native

has to be ozempic. it completely quiets hunger pangs and leaves you feeling satiated / impossible to eat more on a highly restricted caloric intake. 600 cals / day feels like 3500.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2:#49329459)