Mental hunger
So I’m recently down about 20 lbs of fat from 140-118 scale weight at 5’2, I’ve been doing OMAD during this time and it has gone great, 6 days of a 1000-1600 calorie range and a refeed day on Saturday to have a meal out with family and have some of the meals I couldn’t fit in the other days.
I have an upcoming lipid panel so I’ve been advised to stop doing OMAD for the week so that way it doesn’t influence LDL numbers (my biggest issue health wise) the problem is I seem to have a very high propensity to overeat once I start, it’s not even that I’m physically hungry but let’s just say I eat a lunch of Greek yogurt walnuts seeds and oatmeal combined with some egg and cheese sandwiches with a protein source, I’m physically definitely satiated but my mind is constantly telling me (buddy I need you to eat something with calories now) gum doesn’t help these are VERY distracting thoughts I try to keep myself busy at work which helps me not act upon it but once I get home I’m eating literally anything.
I feel I have to get very physically full before I can finally replenish some willpower to stop eating. It’s so odd that I never feel this during OMAD or when k eat low calories but as soon as I introduce more food my mental appetite is through the rough, doesn’t help I need over 5lbs of food before I’m feeling full but at this point I might have no choice but to keep eating massive meals to prevent myself from order 4 jumbo cookies and tearing them up!
Any tips would be appreciated