I've been trying to lose weight, no I'll correct that, I've been successfully losing weight since August. I'm down about 40 lbs. I'm doing intermittent fasting. I didn't know this was a thing, just heard a coworker skipping a meal and figured that's something I can handle. So I only allow my self to eat between noon and 6 pm. I have also cut out pretty much all junk food. I now have in a month what I usually would have had in a day. I'm hitting the gym, usually 4-6 times a week.
People told me I'd stop craving sweets after a week or two, and that I wouldn't be hungry all day after a week or so. They lied! I'm freaking HUNGRY. I sometimes will wake up at 4 am because I'm hungry. From when I wake up till noon I drink water, lots of water. They said "drink water when you're hungry. the hunger will go away". Ok, they didn't lie. If I take a large drink, or even a whole glass of water I'm not hungry for 84 seconds. Then I'm hungry again.
My wife cooks wholesome, well-balanced meals (usually, always wholesome, not always well-balanced I think), and I eat until I'm satisfied. Sometimes I'll eat more because I know I have 18 hours until I can eat again.
Anyway, I'm sick of being hungry, and I'm sick of craving sweets. I realized that I was happier at 245 than I am at 205 (and I still have at least 20 lbs to go!).
When I do get down to whatever my target weight is, I don't think I can maintain that. I don't want to do this #*@% fasting for the rest of my life, and I'd like to enjoy the occasional restaurant meal, or a bottle of coke and not gain twice as much weight as food I just ate. I mean that once I had a burrito. I gained 2 lbs. That burrito wasn't even a pound, how the heck do you gain 2 lbs from less than a pound of food!?!?!?
Anyway, I'm not giving up, just venting, and hoping that someone has words of wisdom for me. Or a good slap across the face.