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This is not exactly what I was talking about because I prefer to use my daily TDEE estimates to track daily AND weekly/monthly deficit. But the spreadsheet in your link could be pretty useful, too! It would be great to know how accurate fitbit is. From my previous losses it seems quite accurate but it would be interesting…

Thank you. I'm working on it. But I often feel that it's easier to change my body to match my perception of what is attractive than to change my perception of what is attractive. It seems like cultural beauty standards are deeply ingrained in our minds, on an almost subconscious level. I can constantly tell myself my body…

Thank you! The shraedsheet in the first link appears to have been deleted but the second one looks great for comparing fitbit TDEE estimates and actual burn!

Thank you soooo much for taking your time to explain this!! This is so helpful! I'm going to to do one today!!

Yes, exactly! I calculate everything myself. I guess I can make a similar spreadsheet on Excel, but I'm ashamed to admit that I am not very good at it. So I thought that it would be easier to find a spreadsheet that already has all the formulas in it. And I was wondering, if there's a spreadsheet that I can enter for…

Well, like I said my activity level varies too much every day. There are days where I burn 2700 and other days I only burn 1850 (the last week in my table is not a perfect example as I was very active every day). Most of this activity is NEAT, it's not intentional exercise, I just have 2 very active jobs and walk a lot. So…

Thanks for a detailed explanation! It's very helpful! Do you have an idea of what your daily deficit is on these different periods each month? My activity level varies drastically from day to day basis so I find it easier to calculate my deficit daily using my fitbit TDEE estimates (which appear to be very accurate). It…

I totally agree. I know it's normal and super common. But I'm just not there yet where I can feel that comfortable with my body. I probably could learn to be ok with a little cellulite, but mine is so bad that I look overweight and unfit even at a healthy weight. I hope that losing more fat and muscle will help, but I also…

Thanks for the tips! I especially like the iceberg lettuce idea. I mean, I'm sure it'll do nothing for the "hunger", but keeping my mouth and hands occupied may help to distract myself for a while. And it's so little on calories that it's ok.

Thank you! These are all very helpful tips. Monthly calorie planning sounds like an interesting idea! I'm going to see if I can do the same. It should be definitely less scary to overeat by a 1000cals if I know that I don't have to make up for all of it the same week! Yeah, I think I need to experiment more with different…

Thank you for your reply ! I am very active due to my jobs and exercise on less active days. Exercise does tend to make me hungrier, but it's leads to a increase in regular (true) hunger, not the bottomless pit kind I was talking about. I didn't notice any correlation between my exercise levels/routine and these days I am…

Ugh, I was suspecting that I may still experience hormonal fluctuations even on BC but thought that it wasn't logical. Seems like it may be actually the cause. If it's that, it's good to know the cause. But it still sucks to not be able to do anything about it. I'm in an upper normal - lower overweight weight range and…

Yes, that's what I thought, too, at first. But like I said, it doesn't make much sense since I don't really have a natural cycle since I'm on stable dose of hormonal contraceptives. I don't even take inactive pills so the dose of hormones I'm receiving every single day is exactly the same. And even if I would count an end…

I've been dieting on and off for many years, so I'm not new to this. Though I don't think I had these days until about 2-3 years ago, but I'm not sure when it started exactly. I like healthy whole home-cooked foods and I'm eating quite healthy even when I'm not trying to restrict my calories intentionally. Veggies is…

I was referring to this study. I also remember reading several articles that referred to "promising" research results in regards to supplementation with collagen without links as far as I remember, so I don't know if they referred to the same study or some other ones. Cellulite appears mostly due to the weakening of…

Thank you for your reply. I do know that it's very individual and it's about trial and error. However, mental aspect is very important when it comes to weight loss. I'm not good at interpreting hunger cues and distinguishing between usual hunger that arises in between meals, hormonal increases in appetite, cravings, binge…

They both appear to be what is known as intuitive eaters. I live in a country where obesity is quite rare despite hyper-availability and hyper-palatability of food. Many if not most people around me appear to be normal weight intuitive eaters. My roommates and many of my friends are like that. Some of them may eat quite…

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What you describe about craving food intensely sounds a lot lie the periods of overpowering cravings that I was talking about. Honestly, for me they are sometimes so intense that I almost feel like I have no control. It's almost all I think about all day long. Then when it passes I feel fine and no longer struggle with…

I think I will try to gradually decrease my fluid intake in the evening and see if it makes any difference. I'm not good with mediation, I feel like it has the opposite effect of making me hyper aware of my stress and anxiety. But I think I need to try and work on it more. I don't own a TV and can't have any noise or light…

Like I said in the above post, I am a student with 2 jobs and my schedule is not consistant. Sometimes I am at work in the evening, sometimes I work on my thesis in the library or at home until bed time. If I'm working on my computer most of the day, I often go for a short run or walk in the evening, a couple of hours…

I'm a graduate student with 2 jobs and all kind of everyday problems, so yes, it's not easy to not run around or not have electronic devices before bed. Some days, I only have time to work on my thesis before bed, so it's complicated. My work schedule is all over the place and I do night shifts 2 or 3 times a week where I…

Thank you for your reply. Yeah, it's getting pretty bad, so I think I will definitely go see a doctor as soon as I sort out my health insurance issues. Though I'm not sure what a doctor can do with a chronic insomnia besides prescribing stronger sleeping pills. I am actually taking magnesium. And funnily enough, I can make…

Yeah, I haven't really found a good ED group, especially for bulimia. It's a disorder of extremes, so a BED group might actually be not the best places as it doesn't see restricting calories as a problem, whereas in bulimia it might be part of the problem. I'd thought about starting a group myself as well, but yeah, I'm…

Thank you. Yeah, I do realize that neither studies nor personal experience are a perfect indicators of anything. I was just wondering if a fair number of people notice a similar correlation to support this hypothesis so that I could put this on the list of possible reasons or discard it and move on. It seems like, there's…

Thank you. Currently, I'm trying to do exactly that. Eating around maintenance until hopefully I stop feeling hungry all the time and monitoring my weight at the same time to see if it's indeed my maintenance. I am trying to figure out the reason behind the hunger because I suspect that these levels of hunger are abnormal.…

Thank you for your reply. I'm trying to lose a little weight, very slowly, because of the weight my body redistributes fat. My lower body simply looks overweight. Simple body recomposition won't be helpful - or easier, I'm afraid, because indeed I noticed that heavy lifting makes me ravenous. So at the moment I stick to…

I'm waiting for the response for the question I asked, which was about studies or personal experience relating to hunger levels in repetitive and prolonged caloric restriction, not advice on how to reduce hunger or how to eat at a deficit.

I know you're trying to help, but honestly, I'm not asking for advice on how to reduce hunger in this thread because I've made a countless number of threads about this already and if I hear another eat-more-fat-protein-fiber-drink-more-water etc. I'm afraid I might have a mental breakdown. I've tried all of it. I'm only…

Ok, first of, you don't know my activity level. I've been maintaining a very high activity level with an average TDEE of 2000-2200. I haven't had a net loss in long time simply because regain everything I manage to lose. Secondly, and more importantly, I know very well how mach I "should" be eating to have a chosen rate of…