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It's kind of obvious that exercise doesn't reduce weight or fight obesity. It's a good idea for other reasons but not for sustained weight loss (meaning fat loss -- losing skeletal mass or muscle mass is a bad thing generally).
We tend to eat today like there will not be food tomorrow and in the Western world generally there is always food tomorrow which we then eat as well because there might not be food the day after.
The solution, the only solution to losing weight is to eat less and that means accepting hunger pangs as a normal part of everyday life rather than as a valid reason to empty the fridge. Eating "better" foods like cabbage and broccoli rather than deep-fried pizza and chips helps but only if you don't eat too much in the first place.
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I agree that exercise is still good. But, for me, the hunger pangs only last a few days when I cut down my intake. So long as I don't eat sugar/simple carbs (which give me cravings) after a few days of less food my body adapts and I'm fine with it.
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Hunger pangs are a Me! Me! Me! thing, intrusive and annoying for a while but your body stops shouting at you after a time and/or you learn to ignore them in the sense of not regarding them as important.
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http://www.vox.com/2016/4/28/11518804/weight-loss-exercise-myth-burn-calories
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(sorry, just emerging from afternoon nap...)
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For instance, I didn't think I was right now, but now I've typed the above, I feel kinda peckish. If there was food nearby like a bag of crisps or biscuits I could totally go for those. I just don't have them around, and like you say, I accept that the feeling of 'I could go for some nibbles right now' is just background.
But at social events where there's food on tap, like buffets, or social evenings where there are bowls of snacks, I just eat and eat and eat.
I only ever feel full for more than an hour or so after a really big meal, three courses at a restaurant sort of thing.
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Hunger is a weird thing. I tend to only want food when I am hungry. If I had a large lunch for example, I have no desire to eat for the rest of the day. Left to my own devices, I tend to only eat once per day.
My OH is the opposite. She wants food at certain regular times of the day regardless whether or not she has recently eaten. If we were to have a late lunch at say 4pm (rather than the more usual 12.30), by 6pm she craves dinner because that is the time her brain thinks she should eat again regardless of how much food was eaten earlier.
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