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Your tricks to 'embrace' the pain of your lifestyle changes?

sansaeverdeen

Does anyone else feel like they are losing weight in a sensible way (not eating too little or too restrictive, exercising at an appropriate level, following Drs orders, etc) but still struggle? Any lifestyle change will be challenging. So let's share your tricks to cope with the pain that comes from any lifestyle change. I think a large part of actually succeeding on your diet is embracing the suck.

How do you embrace it?

For me, I feel hungry because I cut my calories by 20%. My body REALLY wants me to maintain the weight I've maintained for 10+ years. I have upped my protein, changed the timing of my meals, changed the quantity on certain days and made up for it on other days, etc. But inevitably there is a point where I just have to accept that I will feel a little bit hungry at least 2-3 times per day.

I also accept that the 30 day shred video is something I'm capable of, but I will FEEL THE BURN in the last 10 minutes until I graduate from that series to something else.

In anther thread, someone had good advice to accept that they will be hungry in the evening right before bed no matter what. So they drink a tonne of water and go to sleep.

Another thing I'm doing is creating a tea ritual. I'll buy some really nice tea and think about my thin friend who will drink green tea all day long. She derives a great amount of relaxation and serenity from just sitting on the patio with her vat of tea. I need at least a latte to feel that it is a special, relaxing ritual. Making the switch is painful but hopefully I'll reset my baseline for enjoyment.

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RoToQ

SLLRunner wrote: »

RoToQ wrote: »

Would it help if we just substituted the word 'discomfort' in for pain. We can all agree that hunger is a negative feeling on the whole and then address how to deal with it?

No, not everyone agrees that hunger is a negative feeling, or even one that is uncomfortable. In fact, I saw upstream where someone welcomes hunger as she waits for that big tasty meal.

By your reply above, you're projecting an awful lot and trying to control the course of the conversation. And, you're calling another poster immature?

Project? I'm trying to find middle ground, I'm not sure how you couldn't see that. Anyway I'm done with this thread. Good luck OP.

Danni_peck

Honestly what I do is I make sure to eat late in the day. I also have a protein shake for lunch to help with the pains, and then eat a good dinner. I know it's hard to not snack, but I just drink a protein shake and that tides me over for a long time. I've shrunk my stomach, but if I take a couple days off it can be hard to get back into the swing of eating this way, so I have to watch out.

vbenoit81

I would say put up pictures to motivate you, to remind you not to give in. The pictures will remind you that if you eat what you don't need it will take that much longer to reach your goal. The more you eat right, the less you will want or need anything bad. Eat more protein which will help you need or want sweets or trash food. You will start craving protein, instead of meat. Drink plenty of water when you think you’re hungry but you are not because you may just need water. If you are craving ice cream or something sweet, freeze bananas, blend them up once frozen, mix in berries or eat plain, now you have ice cream. I hope this helps.