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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...
Sepia multi-colored roast beef
  10/05/25
when yo get that desire to eat something... don't
180 field milk
  10/05/25
I think stress is fucking with my appetite. When I cut back ...
Sepia multi-colored roast beef
  10/05/25
clean easy garbage food out of your kitchen. if you wake up ...
180 field milk
  10/05/25
I usually don’t keep junk in the kitchen. Yesterday I ...
Sepia multi-colored roast beef
  10/05/25
your waking up hungry af bcs too much sugar in your diet. j...
Crystalline floppy sanctuary gunner
  10/05/25
I don't think there's that much sugar in my diet, definitely...
Sepia multi-colored roast beef
  10/05/25
added sugar meme is flame. body doesn't treat it any differe...
180 field milk
  10/05/25
Drop the bread. Get whole milk yogurt
Flirting odious idiot stage
  10/05/25
"It's unstoppable," huh. Right. Your willpower j...
Sinister Bright Nursing Home Juggernaut
  10/05/25
intermittent fasting. dont eat anything until after 3 or 4 p...
Exciting Sex Offender
  10/05/25
intermittent fasting is tcr
Crystalline floppy sanctuary gunner
  10/05/25
cr though jumping from his currently schedule of eating w...
opaque seedy trailer park ceo
  10/06/25
Sounds like you've tried everything brother, just keep being...
misunderstood market
  10/05/25
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Alcoholic old irish cottage
  10/05/25
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Talented Irate Range Stain
  10/06/25
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supple chapel pozpig
  10/07/25
you need to actually eat healthy food like chicken breast an...
Drunken Frum Elastic Band
  10/05/25
"I need around ~3300 calories per day to maintain my we...
snowy meetinghouse
  10/05/25
I'm 6' 2" and exercise for about two hours every single...
Sepia multi-colored roast beef
  10/05/25
Just try keto but don't tell Hegemon and other know-it-alls....
snowy meetinghouse
  10/05/25
Sounds like you'll lose weight if you stop working out
Bat shit crazy smoky box office factory reset button
  10/05/25
You should just take ozempic or another GLP drug Being at...
splenetic godawful office associate
  10/05/25
"Feeling horrible" isn't even bad depending on wha...
snowy meetinghouse
  10/05/25
it's pretty bad bro
splenetic godawful office associate
  10/06/25
Stop exercising and just starve yourself for a couple months...
henna set electric furnace
  10/05/25
You really only have three options: 1) Decrease input (typi...
aqua beady-eyed pistol hairy legs
  10/05/25
" (which people think means eating only 100g carbs/day)...
snowy meetinghouse
  10/05/25
Like most things related to fat loss, the theory & pract...
aqua beady-eyed pistol hairy legs
  10/05/25
I've never heard anyone say this. And it's not that hard ime...
snowy meetinghouse
  10/05/25
Thank you for supporting my point so succinctly.
aqua beady-eyed pistol hairy legs
  10/05/25
I've done it and therefore it's not hard. I even pissed on t...
snowy meetinghouse
  10/05/25
lol
turquoise quadroon
  10/05/25
if you white knuckled through the nighttime hunger for a wee...
Vivacious library sandwich
  10/05/25
ljl
Hideous pungent masturbator
  10/06/25
has to be ozempic. it completely quiets hunger pangs and lea...
chocolate arousing halford
  10/06/25


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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:39 AM
Author: Sepia multi-colored roast beef

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=2Vannesa#49326551)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:41 AM
Author: 180 field milk

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



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



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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:49 AM
Author: Sepia multi-colored roast beef

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=2Vannesa#49326570)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 11:57 AM
Author: 180 field milk

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=2Vannesa#49326586)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:06 PM
Author: Sepia multi-colored roast beef

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=2Vannesa#49326594)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:25 PM
Author: Crystalline floppy sanctuary gunner

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=2Vannesa#49326639)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:04 PM
Author: Sepia multi-colored roast beef

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=2Vannesa#49326733)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:14 PM
Author: 180 field milk

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=2Vannesa#49327149)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 6:22 PM
Author: Flirting odious idiot stage

Drop the bread. Get whole milk yogurt

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



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:19 PM
Author: Sinister Bright Nursing Home Juggernaut

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

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



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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:11 PM
Author: Exciting Sex Offender

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=2Vannesa#49326605)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:26 PM
Author: Crystalline floppy sanctuary gunner

intermittent fasting is tcr

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



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Date: October 6th, 2025 2:32 PM
Author: opaque seedy trailer park ceo

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=2Vannesa#49329478)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 12:53 PM
Author: misunderstood market

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

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



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:27 PM
Author: Alcoholic old irish cottage



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



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Date: October 6th, 2025 2:28 PM
Author: Talented Irate Range Stain



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5783298&forum_id=2Vannesa#49329463)



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Date: October 7th, 2025 3:28 AM
Author: supple chapel pozpig



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



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:05 PM
Author: Drunken Frum Elastic Band

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=2Vannesa#49326738)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:35 PM
Author: snowy meetinghouse

"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=2Vannesa#49326797)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:42 PM
Author: Sepia multi-colored roast beef

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

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



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:44 PM
Author: snowy meetinghouse

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=2Vannesa#49326806)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:45 PM
Author: Bat shit crazy smoky box office factory reset button

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

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



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:46 PM
Author: splenetic godawful office associate

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=2Vannesa#49326812)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 1:53 PM
Author: snowy meetinghouse

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

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



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Date: October 6th, 2025 2:29 PM
Author: splenetic godawful office associate

it's pretty bad bro

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



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:24 PM
Author: henna set electric furnace

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=2Vannesa#49326972)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:39 PM
Author: aqua beady-eyed pistol hairy legs

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=2Vannesa#49326992)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 5:52 PM
Author: snowy meetinghouse

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

?

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



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Date: October 5th, 2025 6:06 PM
Author: aqua beady-eyed pistol hairy legs

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=2Vannesa#49327223)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 6:07 PM
Author: snowy meetinghouse

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=2Vannesa#49327227)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 6:13 PM
Author: aqua beady-eyed pistol hairy legs

Thank you for supporting my point so succinctly.

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



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Date: October 5th, 2025 6:17 PM
Author: snowy meetinghouse

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=2Vannesa#49327257)



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:40 PM
Author: turquoise quadroon

lol

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



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Date: October 5th, 2025 3:50 PM
Author: Vivacious library sandwich

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=2Vannesa#49327009)



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Date: October 6th, 2025 2:24 PM
Author: Hideous pungent masturbator

ljl

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



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Date: October 6th, 2025 2:28 PM
Author: chocolate arousing halford

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=2Vannesa#49329459)