I've been told things like "eat less" and "exercise", and indeed have told those myself too. But its really hard to scrape the motivation to do either. Like you have a plate of "stuff" and you would choose to throw half of it away?
What worked for me really well was fasting. It's a radical thing for sure and not to be taken lightly, but is much easier for me to maintain. If I just don't eat anything, its a lot easier on the brain than "I'll eat here a bit, but will abstain from eating more".
Started with "no breakfast" and now I'm in the "no lunch and breakfast" camp. Takes about 2-3 weeks to get used to each, and wouldn't recommend jumping cold turkey on just doing dinner, but it has made it way easier to accomplish.
And an added (and very significant) benefit to this is the whole longevity science thing which is pretty much in agreement that eating just dinner should give you a significant lifespan boost, as well as reduce various other illnesses throughout one's life.
I love to eat, and would usually treat myself to bigger than normal portions, and got teased about it by friends quite a lot. But now since I'm eating only dinner, I can devour comical amounts of food and still be getting less or about as much calories as are required, even if you count desert!
What worked for me really well was fasting. It's a radical thing for sure and not to be taken lightly, but is much easier for me to maintain. If I just don't eat anything, its a lot easier on the brain than "I'll eat here a bit, but will abstain from eating more".
Started with "no breakfast" and now I'm in the "no lunch and breakfast" camp. Takes about 2-3 weeks to get used to each, and wouldn't recommend jumping cold turkey on just doing dinner, but it has made it way easier to accomplish.
And an added (and very significant) benefit to this is the whole longevity science thing which is pretty much in agreement that eating just dinner should give you a significant lifespan boost, as well as reduce various other illnesses throughout one's life.
I love to eat, and would usually treat myself to bigger than normal portions, and got teased about it by friends quite a lot. But now since I'm eating only dinner, I can devour comical amounts of food and still be getting less or about as much calories as are required, even if you count desert!