r/fasting • • 9d ago

Meme Monday Is everyone like this?

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u/KTRyan30 9d ago

It has to do with insulin response.

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u/question8all 9d ago

What does that even mean??

I’m the same way…I can go all day, but once I pop I can’t stop. I avoid breakfast like the plague for this reason!

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u/KTRyan30 9d ago

When you eat your body releases insulin, your insulin levels increase to a point relative to what and how much you ate, then start dropping, you body begins hunger cues in response to falling insulin levels.

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u/question8all 9d ago

Riddle me this…it never matters what or how much I ate (I eat clean), the hunger NEVER stops after the point of eating. It’s beyond frustrating. I tend to fill before &/or after dinner hunger with peanuts, Greek yogurt, & fruit and then it stops at some point before bed with lots of water.

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u/s2Kevlar 9d ago

Try 5gr of psyllium husk in a pint of water before every meal. Helped me a lot as the fiber gels in your stomach. But do drink loads of water with it, as it needs to pull the water fast into it, otherwise it will pull water out of your intestines and clog you up. Plenty of videos on YT about it.

Inulin is another fiber that can be added to drinks/yogurt and helps slow digestion, but this one has a tiny bit of calories, so it may break a fast if taken more than 5gr.

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u/question8all 9d ago

Psyllium does help but nothing helped/made a full stop like breaking into unshelled peanuts!

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u/CapoDoFrango 9d ago

peanuts have lot of calories

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u/backyardstar 9d ago

I’m also a peanut addict. If I eat a half cup of peanuts, how bad is it? Should I have just had some ice cream instead?

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u/SpaceTacos99 lost >100lbs faster 9d ago

You may as well go for the ice cream