Tips on how not to regain weight after losing it?

[Never_give_up]

I just learned something really scary. After you lose a lot of weight (like I do), your body increase hunger and make you less satisfied in order to go back to the weight you started, maybe even more. And it takes a lot of time till the body gets used to your new weight as the normal.

So what can someone do in order not to regain the weight he lost, since the hunger is going to be very strong....?

[Someone here]

Just commit to not eating .I mean what else are you going to do ?

Recently I stopped eating that much food.i feel better on empty stomach .as soon as I eat I don't feel like doing anything productive. The more you stuff your self the more cozy you get ..the more lean and in shape you are the more you will actually enjoy being productive because you are starving your dopamine  from food so now you are forced to find pleasure in something else .

[Elliott]

I love fasting. I think it has more than just calorie reduction benefits too, inflammation, disease, digestion,...

But it's super easy, and i think it affects how you eat when not fasting.

Just try to go a day with no food, do that a few times over a month, then try a little longer, more frequent, ..... the hunger goes away pretty quickly on a fast after you do it a bit.

*You need electrolytes for longer fasts, I use electrolyte powder bought by a 1lb tub, there's different flavors. But, even just 24hr fasts would help you. Longer fasts are unnecessary for maintaining a weight.

Edited December 9, 2025 by Elliott

[Yimpa]

 

[Ramasta9]

You have to find ways to apply discipline and balanced control of your intake, and gradually add more or other things as days go by.

If you go all out too soon, your body then becomes re-tuned to (that old program) so you will sooner or later put on the weight again.

 

Some good tips I would say that should definitely help are things like:

Don't consume the foods you ate before that lead to the excess weight. Switch with whole foods / healthy alternatives.

Do emotional work and learn to feel and process your emotions and not suppress with food. This is a BIG one.

Exercise daily and spend time in nature. Keep yourself busy so you don't get bored and end up thinking about food for that next "hit".

After you do some fasting or lose a lot of wait, you will feel a strong urge to over eat, but this can almost cancel out the whole experience.

Hunger is also related to excess parasites so maybe a parasite cleanse could help.

Gut > Brain 

[PsychedelicEagle]

On 12/8/2025 at 5:10 PM, Never_give_up said:

So what can someone do in order not to regain the weight he lost, since the hunger is going to be very strong....?

SOS-free diet.

[sholomar]

The real trick is never giving in with treat days, because of the way the dopamine system in the brain works, just one splurging of a chinese buffet makes it much more likely a person will eat there again and again. Treat days sound good in theory but really they just prime the brain to repeat the treat days excessively and then the weight starts to gain.

Keep it off through permanent dietary changes. Avoid foods loaded with MSG, carbohydrates, and fats mixed together. Think most potato chips, crackers, cookies, hot pockets, donuts, and high carb calorie dense foods. Just don't eat them. Period.   Triscuits and Sun Chips are not healthy... they load them with MSG or Yeast Extract to get you addicted to them. 

I use keto bread, 40 calories per slice... sugar free jelly, 10 calories per TBSP. Eat lots of frozen vegetables. Eggs (yes they are healthy, choline is good for people and most are deficient) ... fresh vegetables, mushrooms, tomato items and tomato soup. Various apple varieties (favorite is sugarbee)  ... with a vitamix I like to make frozen smoothies with protein powder and frozen blueberries, or use lemon powder, liquid sucralose, and frozen strawberries to make a lemonade slushie. 

There's a subreddit called "volumeeating" that might help you. 

https://www.reddit.com/r/Volumeeating/

Ninja Cremi is good for dessert type items with minimal calories, though it's loud. 

It might not seem like it, but the body will reach a point where it no longer strongly craves the comfort high calorie junk item it once did, no matter what the item is. Certain foods only get eaten in the company of others, won't buy them for myself. 

Edited 2 hours ago by sholomar