I lost 25kg in 9 months using a very similar method. Some suggestions to help with the hunger/willpower:
1. Brush your teeth straight after dinner. It adds a point of friction between you and more food (“I’d have to brush my teeth again”). Then drink herbal teas in the evening.
2. You don’t have to feel hungry all the time. Choose when you consume your calories so that you’re hungry at the least inconvenient times and for the fewest waking hours. I usually eat a decent breakfast as late as I can, because I’m not as hungry in the mornings. Then I eat two half-sized meals, one at noon and one mid afternoon. Followed by a large dinner. I’m most hungry between noon and mid afternoon, but it’s not too hard to bare because I know I’ve got that smaller mid-afternoon meal coming up, and then a satisfying dinner.
3. Use exercise to “earn” treats. If you want ice-cream for dessert, calculate how many calories you’ll need to expend to make up for it and go for an appropriately long jog beforehand. Don’t do this the other way around (eat a treat, promising yourself that you’ll burn it off tomorrow).
I lost 25kg in 9 months using a very similar method. Some suggestions to help with the hunger/willpower:
1. Brush your teeth straight after dinner. It adds a point of friction between you and more food (“I’d have to brush my teeth again”). Then drink herbal teas in the evening.
2. You don’t have to feel hungry all the time. Choose when you consume your calories so that you’re hungry at the least inconvenient times and for the fewest waking hours. I usually eat a decent breakfast as late as I can, because I’m not as hungry in the mornings. Then I eat two half-sized meals, one at noon and one mid afternoon. Followed by a large dinner. I’m most hungry between noon and mid afternoon, but it’s not too hard to bare because I know I’ve got that smaller mid-afternoon meal coming up, and then a satisfying dinner.
3. Use exercise to “earn” treats. If you want ice-cream for dessert, calculate how many calories you’ll need to expend to make up for it and go for an appropriately long jog beforehand. Don’t do this the other way around (eat a treat, promising yourself that you’ll burn it off tomorrow).