Genuinely, what got me out of such feelings was to not eat for a day or two a few times (not in a row).
Learning the difference between real hunger and “stomach is just empty” made a BIG difference. I can basically ignore first-world hunger now without even trying. Also probably omeprasole helped, since a highly acidic stomach sucks and can turn normal hunger pains in to nasty heartburn that only certain foods can quench.
At the moment eating a lot is very advantagous to me, I know a couple of people who are way too skinny because they do tons of exercise and don’t eat enough. And some who will just chug some olive oil because calories. But I’m a healthy weight and I get to eat all the time, I’d say it’s a good position to be in.
Oh! That reminds me… It’s probably also worth getting used to exercizing in such a condition. Getting your body used to ketosis goes a long ways to not having a major low energy slump when the carbs/sugars run out.
Of course, that also requires maintaining at least a semi-healthy level of body fat so ketosis has something to work with. Being a twig and going hungry is just going to suck in general.
Genuinely, what got me out of such feelings was to not eat for a day or two a few times (not in a row).
Learning the difference between real hunger and “stomach is just empty” made a BIG difference. I can basically ignore first-world hunger now without even trying. Also probably omeprasole helped, since a highly acidic stomach sucks and can turn normal hunger pains in to nasty heartburn that only certain foods can quench.
At the moment eating a lot is very advantagous to me, I know a couple of people who are way too skinny because they do tons of exercise and don’t eat enough. And some who will just chug some olive oil because calories. But I’m a healthy weight and I get to eat all the time, I’d say it’s a good position to be in.
Yeah, once you get past the carb-hunger it gets easier.
Oh! That reminds me… It’s probably also worth getting used to exercizing in such a condition. Getting your body used to ketosis goes a long ways to not having a major low energy slump when the carbs/sugars run out.
Of course, that also requires maintaining at least a semi-healthy level of body fat so ketosis has something to work with. Being a twig and going hungry is just going to suck in general.
It probably helps with muscle pain as well, something I’m dealing with in my legs currently because I’m not exercising as much as last time I fasted.