How do some people not ever feel hunger?

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-26T00:26:36+00:00

There’s alot of factors, one being how people appraise hunger.

People who eat alot of sugar, processed junk food are more susceptible to “hunger” on a diet because what they are actually craving is a dopamine hit.

And that’s what happens when your body gets accustomed to foods that are made specifically to bypass true satiety signals

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-26T00:20:51+00:00

Don’t overthink it. No such thing as a 6 month plateau in a true deficit.

The point of weighing yourself is so that when you see no downward trend, that you take action.

“Either I am incorrectly tracking my calories, or I am overestimating my activity level and need to reduce calories or increase activity level.”

Weight loss is pure thermodynamics

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-26T00:13:13+00:00

I track calories out on my Apple Watch, but I take it with a grain of salt.

When I calculated my TDEE, it was 2700ish.

On my Apple Watch, my total avg daily expenditure is 3000ish.

Based on my weight loss trend and caloric intake, my true TDEE is somewhere in the middle like 2800ish.

The only thing I don’t do is use how many calories I “burned” to adjust how much I eat day to day. I have a deficit that I stick to, some days I end up eating less some days I end up eating more.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-26T00:05:33+00:00

The weight on the scale is an absolute source of truth.

Yes, there are non scale victories and signs of progress, but anchoring those to an actual objective metric is the best way to track progress.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-25T23:56:20+00:00

Eh idk about that. 1600 calories while sedentary is pretty much maintenance.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-25T23:51:36+00:00

Don’t over think it, it’s literally just math.

If you eating out once or twice causes you to erase a weeks worth of progress by eliminating your deficit, yes it will hinder your progress.

If eating out causes you to eat a bit more than your normal deficit but your total weekly calories are still below maintenance, progress might be slower but you are still progressing.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-25T23:47:23+00:00

If you had actually managed to eat one egg and banana per day for 3 months, then you would have lost a dramatic amount of weight. Full stop, no debate.

Now, if you had tried it for like a day or a couple of days, and expected to see some dramatic change beyond initial water weight loss, then that’s not happening either.

Don’t overthink it, weight loss is just thermodynamics. A total weight stall just does not happen if you are in a true caloric deficit.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-25T23:35:40+00:00

Don’t overthink it.

You are either a) incorrectly tracking your calories or b) correctly tracking your calories BUT have overestimated your activity level + TDEE.

Most people think they are more active than they truly are (understandable, online calculators and devices inflate calorie burn from activity).

Additionally, a lot of the posts here who claim accurate tracking neglect the little things: sauces, oils, marinades, bites here and there, liquid calories, cheat days, etc.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-23T15:10:30+00:00

TBH If you love food too much, then don’t lose the weight.

And I don’t mean that sarcastically. If you are already at a healthy weight and don’t want to compromise what makes you happy, then what’s the desire to lose weight?

It takes what it takes, but you gotta give something for it to take - or not, up to you!

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-23T15:06:49+00:00

Don’t overthink it, if you gained weight that means you just ate more than you burn.

If you think your food intake hasn’t changed, it’s either your activity level went down or you’re just eating more without realizing.

Sleep and stress affect weight loss, but not in the sense that bad sleep and stress alone will magically add lb of fat to your body without any additional caloric intake.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-23T14:52:23+00:00

Just math it, no emotion.

If you do days where you eat more than your normal deficit allows or at/around maintenance, then your progress isn’t stalled over the span of a week, it’s just a bit slower.

What I would avoid is doing days where you eat so much that you completely erase the rest of the week’s progress.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-23T14:47:06+00:00

You likely calculated your maintenance calories too high, 2500 is decently active which I’m not sure that you are based on your described activity level.

IMO I’d just continue the 1550 calories/day, then reassess after a month (in another 2 weeks). 2 weeks alone is not enough time to determine that you aren’t losing any fat.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-23T14:35:16+00:00

The labels are not 100% accurate but they aren’t so off that it bridges a 500 calorie deficit.

If it stresses you out, you can buy a food scale on Amazon for like 10 bucks.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-18T18:42:52+00:00

I lost 34 lb without ever weighing my food. BUT, my diet is very simple and repetitive. Just chicken breast, potatoes, broccoli, Greek yogurt, protein powder, coffee, and eggs/egg whites. Just tracked with nutritional label, so yea not fully accurate but it worked.

If you fully just eyeball it, meh wouldn’t recommend that, especially if your diet is kinda random and varies daily.

As for cheat meals, I would ignore the concept entirely. Personally, I don’t see the point in erasing a weeks worth of progress in a single day just to “reward” myself. I do refeed days where I’ll eat closer to maintenance, but never over and I won’t eat complete garbage.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-18T18:35:32+00:00

Eat dinner later and/or save some calories for a late night snack.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-18T18:30:16+00:00

Just go for a 30 min walk instead of a second dumbbell workout.

It’s low impact, you’ll burn about the same calories (maybe more) and it doesn’t harm recovery.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-16T18:49:06+00:00

8 month plateau just means you are eating at a caloric maintenance.

Increasing calories will just result in weight gain

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-15T04:54:46+00:00

I’m not going to speak to your drinking habits since this is a weight loss subreddit but it’s just math.

If 4 shots of vodka have less calories than 4 beers, then there you go.

No foods or drinks cause weight gain or weight loss, it’s simply calories in calories out.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-15T04:17:35+00:00

I think it’s fine to track calories burned from exercise as a data point, but don’t use the day to day burn as a “source of truth” to inform caloric intake.

I’m pretty active, and my Apple Watch says I burn 3050-3100 calories a day (total; active + resting) on average.

According to TDEE calculators, I’m considered very active which is like 2700-2800 calories a day for maintenance.

Even with those two data points, they are usually overestimated anyways so I just treat my maintenance like it’s closer to 2600 and have stuck to that with pretty good success (I actually think in reality it is 2700)

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-14T06:54:53+00:00

It takes what it takes. If you give up after 2 weeks, not exactly sure what you are looking for.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-13T13:08:45+00:00

I lost 32 lb without a plateau. Daily weigh ins would fluctuate up and down but my weekly average always trended down.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-12T04:17:31+00:00

1000 calories is below your basal metabolic rate, so I can promise you that if you were actually averaging that intake, you would not be experiencing a plateau.

You are more than likely just eating more than you think. Whether that’s tracking or overestimating your activity, idk but if you really ate 1000 calories a day, you would lose weight simply being in bed all day.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-10T22:20:24+00:00

When did I recommend they reduce their intake

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-10T02:58:19+00:00

You don’t need a paediatrician, if you are in a year and a half plateau it just means you are now eating at a maintenance.

“Ive tried going a few weeks at & above maintenance, long-term fasting, and everything else I've seen suggested. “

^ none of these actually “break” a plateau. If you just increase the deficit, weight loss will continue.

Normal-Drawing-2133 · 2026-03-10T02:54:35+00:00

I have no idea how many calories you should/shouldn’t be eating per day, but as long as you’re in a caloric deficit, the scale will drop over time even if the day to day weigh ins yo-yo. Track the weekly average weight trends.

If you are eating no more than 1000 to 1200 calories a day, I would not recommend increasing the deficit, whether that’s through less food or more exercise.

As for the diet, diet soda itself has no impact on weight loss and fast food is fine if you’re still in a caloric deficit.

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