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Edit: just in case someone sees this, making an update in bold.
Stopped eating breakfast. No eating after 8 pm. Ate 4 ounces of meat, a cup of veggies and a 1/4 cup of some kind of nuts for lunch at noon and dinner at 7 pm every day except Saturdays. For energy/appetite control, I keep a 1/4 of nuts and a cup of baby carrots that I sometimes eat around 5 pm, but not always.
On Saturdays, ate whatever I wanted from 4:30-8 pm which motivated me to get back on diet the next day.
Walk or ran an hour a day. At first during the evenings, then woke up an hour early and did it in peace. Started causing me to go to bed earlier, a good thing.
Lost 70 pounds from March to October of last year. Stopped dieting and gained 40 back to date. Started back on diet this week. We just had our cheat meal and I could already tell the difference in where it felt more special than eating badly all the time. Going to shoot for 80 pounds total.
Iβve been back on diet for almost a week and lost 6 pounds. Likely water weight, not normal rate, but nice to see nonetheless. Iβm already feeling better too.
Not eating breakfast is bad advice for many who need to be productive in the morning. You need to start your metabolism early and keep it running through the day. Lots of small healthy snacks all day keeps your metabolism running. And your brain needs energy from food in the morning unless your job doesnβt require any critical thinking.
Made an update to my post.
I recommend drinking coffee or tea.
That's not how metabolism works. You'd need to get into a starvation state before the number of calories getting burned changes significantly - and that takes a long time.
If you actually need constant snacks throughout the day, you should get checked for diabetes.
Telling someone to get checked for diabetes is rude. There are nicer ways to talk about glycogen stores getting exhausted every 2-3 hours resulting in the modern snack culture.
I'm... concerned they are prediabetic.
You can keep your internet diagnoses to yourself. My doctor told me that eating small portions throughout the day is a healthy habit to keep the gastrointestinal system working throughout the day, and ends up helping you lose weight.
I've had the opposite experience, I feel sharper in the morning with just some coffee/tea, than after a breakfast.
Though everyone reacts differently, so if something is working for you keep at it!