Low Carbs and never hungry, is this normal

NovusDies wrote: »

psychod787 wrote: »

Okay, come do my best Ace Ventura impression. To backup my statement I'll say these things. First off, when one looks inside the studies of high protein diets, one sees a spontaneous reduction of calories in obese individuals by 600 to a thousand calories a day. That is when protein is around 30% of total calories. If one looks inside of bland liquid diet studies, there is a reduction in calories to near starvation level diets with no hunger. Inside Kevin Halls most recent study on processed vs. Unprocessed diet, people on an unprocessed diet, the lower reward value, ate an average of 400 calories a day less than people on a process diet. N equals 1 experience, as well. I also work in a highly controlled environment, where food and activity are controlled as close as one can get, outside of a research setting. I have seen men go from 400 lb to 240 lb with little hunger issues. The diet that get is actually very healthy. It's high in fruits vegetables beans lean meats with some added fats. It does not taste very good, so far less rewarding than what they had on the outside. Most of the people, have to get jobs that require activity. Is all this coincidence? Possibly. I think it lines up with many of the Rat and monkey studies I've seen as well.

I think some of that is just a benefit of being quite large. When I first started I wasn't watching my macros much at all. I was eating all kind of processed foods because I was still resistant to cooking just for myself. I had no hunger issues and I ate 1200 calories per day several times a week. On Sunday I would eat substantially more and that eventually became my maintenance day when I my plan started to formalize more.

After the first 6 weeks throughout my first 150 pounds I started cooking for myself and watching my protein more. I seldom felt hungry except right before lunch which has almost always been the only full meal I have eaten. On a normal week my diet is fairly tight and packed with nutrient dense foods for 4 days a week with looser eating on Friday and over the weekend.

I have learned that my hunger has only 2 rules. 1) I cannot eat in the morning. 2) I have to eat 1 protein for every 2 carbs. If I follow those rules I am almost always okay.

I have struggled a little more recently because I am on a medical deadline but I am also shockingly close to your 240 guys. Even still most of my problems have been mental not physical. I still skip breakfast and dinner is still optional for me.