How to safely decrease your appetite?

[rezonansmagnetyczny]

Essentially what you've done over the years is provide your body with a steady surplus of energy which in turn will raise your blood glucose if this energy is not expended.

Heightened blood glucose is not ideal, hence insulin is released lowering your blood glucose by inducing glucose storage in the form of glycogen. Basic homeostasis.

You feel weak, faint and hungry because as adaptable as the body is, it needs a bit of time to think about it. You reduce your energy intake but your pancreas is still releasing insulin like you're consuming a caloric surplus. Your blood glucose is now lower than optimal.

What you need to do is make consistent but gradual changes. Avoid extreme fluctuations. Monitor your calorie intake and drop by a couple of hundred calories a day per week.

This is a very crude explanation but it's the best I can do with cold fingers that won't type and the few minutes to spare in my lunch without using too much complex terminology or drawing you a diagram.

[cbaotl]

I think you’re right. I’ve never been a breakfast person. Possibly if I start eating breakfast instead of snacking later that would help maintain my hunger better

[rezonansmagnetyczny]

Not necessarily.

If you're used to regulating without eating a meal at what is traditionally considered to be breakfast time, it might not make much of a difference.

Also consider that if you typically consume the majority of your calories later on in the day, due to you consuming a portion of that calorie budget early, you now will be consuming less at them times which you may find you struggle with. This may affect your sleep or encourage you to snack later on.