Hunger vs Habit

[Lizard King]

I really can't tell if I'm hungry anymore and just eat out of habit or eat cause I am hungry.

Started taking reta 2mg 2x a week, much much better GI wise vs the 4mg where I felt like my stomach and ass were going to explode from pressure.

I usually dont have breakfast and have my first meal at 12:30ish. I have noticed I am more hungry in the morning but it subsides while I get some coffee in me and get busy at work.

"Lunch" time comes, do I eat because it's just lunch time and thats what I used to or am I actually hungry, hard to tell so I eat, usually egg whites in a low carb wrap and I'm nice and full, but could I have pushed and just waited to eat dinner.

Dinner comes, I cook for everyone and have no interest to eat most of the time but still have something. Hey the family is eating, it's time to eat.

So do I try and push through for 1 meal a day, try for 2 smaller meals, roll up to the buffet and just smell all the food?

 

[midevil]

How’s it feeling eating as you have been?

Hitting your goals? Looking like you wanna look? Energy level?
If it’s working don’t change anything…

I get the no breakfast thing because I’m not hungry when I wake up the first thing I do is drink a cuppa coffee. Then I get ready to work drive to work and have a cuppa coffee at my desk and I’m still not hungry. There are times when I have late morning breakfast or just wait until noon at least half of the time. Dinner always. When I skipped breakfast typically I have a blended drink or something that makes sense to eat later in the evening.

I go through cycles with my appetite, either being crazy hungry all the time or going weeks with hardly an appetite at all. So I get it. Sometimes you just eat to eat.

 

[tommyguns2]

Would you drop lunch or dinner? Sounds like you’re hungry at lunch time. Give it a try and see how it goes. You can always throw a small dinner back in

 

[Ron OG Mouse]

Been on Tirzep a year now and my habits have totally changed. I only eat real food once a day. Then it is half of what I used to eat in a meal. The sad thing is I have lost all cravings for alcohol. I never abused it. Well not in like 20 years anyway. I did enjoy a nice glass of good bourbon once in a while. Now I don't even want a drink. Good for my health but still sad.

 

[tommyguns2]

The only thing about such a drastic reduction of calories is going catabolic. I've worked hard for a long time to build the lean muscle tissue I've got, and I can't help but think that with just 1 meal a day, I'm losing weight, but half of my weight loss may be muscle.

Have you found yourself holding onto your muscle pretty well?

 

[Ron OG Mouse]

I have been supplementing a lot of protein. Shakes, bars,.....those little brownies are the shit btw. I actually feel like looking at me I have gained quite a bit of muscle while eating like this. I was 320 lbs last year and mostly fat. Now to be under 20% bf at 235ish depending on the day I weigh in. I got a scan this month and the guy said I had an incredible amount of muscle. That was all built up while I was on the Tirzep. He asked what my daily intake was and he was in shock. He said the TRT has helped maintain muscle quite a bit.

 

[genetic freak]

What I found on tirzepatide and retatrutide is that I have to make my meals smaller, especially the fattier ones like salmon or flank steak. I really cannot eat those meals with any sort of carb source other than mixed vegetables or I get halfway through and feel so full I am going to explode. 8 oz protein meals I can't do anymore. 6 oz is pretty much my limit and it is about the same on rice and potatoes. Maybe 7 oz if it has been 3 hours. I am not hungry at all, I just eat all my meals at the same time every day.

 

[Lizard King]

I've been trying to mix IF into this, guess I may need to rethink that with the smaller meals option.

 

[Yano]

No shit , I made signs

I have a horrible relationship with food so to cut I make signs on paper plates and put em in the cabinets , the fridge ,,

ya want to lose weight ? put a mirror on the toilet tank so ya have to look at your gut every time you piss haahahah

then ya feel bad , want to eat out of depression and open the cabinet ,, sign says... You Fat Bastard .. ya close the door n go for a walk

 

[JackD]

Maybe it’s an age thing? I find it very rare I am ever hungry when I wake up or even hours after coffee. Lately, I really haven’t been hungry at all and eating out of I need to eat something.

 

[Therealkiller]

JackD, you read my mind. I was going to make a post if people have felt fuller as they age. I know for several years I often feel full and someone bloated after meals that once were no problem. Although I have to say it was always easier for me to get lean or stay lean than eat more. I am sitting here now, looking at the clock, and thinking I have to eat again in 1 hour.