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Originally Posted by EagleRiverDee
Mine came from my doctor and I initially thought he was full of it- but he wasn't.
"You lose weight with diet, you get fit with exercise."
"So you'll feel hungry...so? Will it kill you?"
I know the second one seems sort of mean but he was responding to a comment I had made "But, I get hungry if I do that!" and it actually was a wake up call because it showed me how skewed I really had gotten, thinking that feeling hungry was somehow a bad thing or an abnormal thing that must be cured instantly with food. In all reality, hunger isn't that bad of a thing. I realized that I hadn't actually been *really* hungry in years. And certainly never starved.
This bit of advice really stands out to me. I've basically been on one long holiday binge from Halloween to New Year's and have not felt hunger that entire time. I've been back in the saddle for a couple days now and it feels so good not to feel full all the time. I'm hungry by the time I get to a meal, but since I've been planning out meals and snacks it's not a "I must eat everything in sight" sort of feeling.
Thanks OP for this thread! Very helpful for those of us just getting started!