> while fasting a whole day isn't that difficult for me, restricting calories while eating seems to only work when my body has met a magical internal quota.
One dirty trick to try is, just after eating, to drink about two tablespoons of staight "extra-light" olive oil. It's a bit foul, but makes for a effective way of ruining your appetite. Other "bland food diet" tricks might also work.
(I'd like to mention that I do not support healthy diets, but my design to work against anything nature intends takes priority.)
Edit: two tablespoons, not eight, and apparently they make low-fat olive oil now.
I tracked down the original suggestion to here[0], and I was off by a factor of four. Mea culpa, especially since I've actually used the 2 tbsp version a couple of times.
That's much more reasonable, but it's still around a candy bar's worth of calories. You may want to find a different method, depending on how much you want to cut.
This is effectively like keto, which is a kind of fast in that you're fasting off carbs. you're not really getting protein or carbs at all, but I guess you're giving your body some fat for calories rather than just stored fat.
I accidentally discovered that a couple bites of sauerkraut instantly kill any residual appetite after a meal - which is a different version of your "bland food" assertion. I'll try olive oil next time.
One dirty trick to try is, just after eating, to drink about two tablespoons of staight "extra-light" olive oil. It's a bit foul, but makes for a effective way of ruining your appetite. Other "bland food diet" tricks might also work.
(I'd like to mention that I do not support healthy diets, but my design to work against anything nature intends takes priority.)
Edit: two tablespoons, not eight, and apparently they make low-fat olive oil now.