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How about filling up on meat and vegetables, so there's no trick involved, and you get the nutrition you need?

As someone who has done this with a low calorie diet, I can tell you that it helps, but only to a point. That is, you'll be less hungry on this kind of diet while losing weight than on most others, but you'll still be hungry. And you'll be plenty hungry if you're calorie restricting a lot.

I had this problem as well. Finally someone said to me "What the hell makes you think you shouldn't be a little bit hungry all the time?"

That hunger is the drive that pushes me to do things now. I don't want to fully satisfy it; I use it. I think a lot of us modern humans could stand to learn that. It definitely helped me.

You may be causing your mind and body undue stress and anxiety - please be careful and watch out for symptoms like mood swings or odd sleep patterns.

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