Hunger hacks

[BellaMasculine]

Hello guys,

I often read that people are "suffering" from hunger in their cutting phase and are taking peds just for avoiding that feeling .

In my opinion it's a thing of discipline and self-control to "survive" that phase without taking any "hunger killing peds".

I never suffer from hunger in my cutting phases tbh but yeah even if it's sound egoistic , I'm on another level as others and maybe my "hacks" will help some of you too.

Things I can suggest:

Drink! Often people don't drink enough and think the hunger feeling is because of low food intake but sometimes it's your "I'm thirsty feeling"!

Add psyllium husks! Maybe in your oatmeal to boost the volume of the oatmeal . Also chia seeds can take up a lot of water (overnight oats for example )

Add veggies to your diet - some don't eat any or less! Don't miss them

Choose high volume food! For example salad vs broccoli 100g salad has "more in volume " than 100g broccoli , same for rice and potatoes ! (genius carb hack, you need way more potatoes for the same nutrients as 100g rice has)

Don't get bored! Stay active ! Getting bored means you have a lot of time to think about food and then you're getting hungry

Caffeine ! Black coffee can be your best friend (or tabs)

Green tea (or tabs)

And most important sleep, time, motivation ,..

Maybe this will help some, also you can share your tips, tricks and hacks!

 

[Baugaros]

I take a little SEMA or RETA, and that way I don't have problems with self-control. At low doses, it helps me just enough to eat what the diet says, and sometimes even when I'm not very hungry... But I prefer to eat occasionally when I'm not very hungry than to spend the whole day thinking about food.

These peptides simplify things a lot in that regard.

 

[X ae aX]

For me, it’s all about discipline and daily habits. Hunger, boredom, fatigue, they’re not enemies, they’re signals to level yourself up.

I wake up early , hydrate , move a bit, meditate, and journal . Daily workouts consisting of new physical skill practice, even fasted sessions to train getting comfortable outside the whole anabolic window mindset.

I’ll sit with boredom or cravings on purpose, take small challenges like cold showers or things that scare me, even public speaking , just to push myself after learning a new skill, and teach it to a crowd. Deep focus blocks for learning new cognitive skills, we're talking modern languages, classical like latin, Attic and Homeric Greek and Sanskrit , programming for dense technical material for focus, advanced math, philosophy, etc.

Food still matters—volume, fiber, timing—but it’s fuel, not a crutch. The real growth comes from treating discomfort like training. Do it this way, and cutting stops feeling like a struggle—it becomes training for the kind of warrior you’re building yourself into.

 

[BellaMasculine]

For me, it’s all about discipline and daily habits. Hunger, boredom, fatigue, they’re not enemies, they’re signals to level yourself up.

I wake up early , hydrate , move a bit, meditate, and journal . Daily workouts consisting of new physical skill practice, even fasted sessions to train getting comfortable outside the whole anabolic window mindset.

I’ll sit with boredom or cravings on purpose, take small challenges like cold showers or things that scare me, even public speaking , just to push myself after learning a new skill, and teach it to a crowd. Deep focus blocks for learning new cognitive skills, we're talking modern languages, classical like latin, Attic and Homeric Greek and Sanskrit , programming for dense technical material for focus, advanced math, philosophy, etc.

Food still matters—volume, fiber, timing—but it’s fuel, not a crutch. The real growth comes from treating discomfort like training. Do it this way, and cutting stops feeling like a struggle—it becomes training for the kind of warrior you’re building yourself into.

Thank you , amen !

 

[Baugaros]

I admire people who have the ability to do it; as for me, with the daily grind, work trips, family (I end up eating everything the kids leave behind), weekends with friends… It’s really hard for me, and I can’t do it right, which frustrates me.

Just as I admire people who naturally gain muscle gram by gram and value it as a personal challenge.

But others of us decided to use tools like steroids to gain more mass, and GLP-1/GIP peptides... They’re just that—a tool we have today to help us with this part of our diet.

But congratulations to the natural bodybuilders for both gaining muscle mass and cutting fat.

 

[METOsin]

I take a little SEMA or RETA, and that way I don't have problems with self-control. At low doses, it helps me just enough to eat what the diet says, and sometimes even when I'm not very hungry... But I prefer to eat occasionally when I'm not very hungry than to spend the whole day thinking about food.

These peptides simplify things a lot in that regard.

How much Sema and Reta is enough for you to control your hunger?? And how long??

 

[Baugaros]

If what I’m looking for is to increase my ability to say no to… A glass of wine or a nice dessert at a business lunch, if I’m trying to stick to a strict cutting diet, etc. With 0.25 of Sema, even 0.50 is more than enough for me. What it does for me is help with positive thinking and mental self-control.

If I’m not cutting, I’m looking to improve and can afford certain indulgences; when bulking, for example, I take Reta (2 mg/3 mg). It makes it so that even if you cheat on your diet, you won’t do it uncontrollably, because your stomach tells you STOP. It’s more of a physical aid than a mental one; your body gets full and satisfied before those “cravings” for certain foods kick in. And then there’s RETA, which speeds up your metabolism and greatly improves my lipid profiles.

And one more thing they both help me with is controlling my alcohol intake; when I use them, I don’t drink anything—my body and mind don’t crave it, and something tells me not to. And with that, I can go on a weekend trip with friends or on vacation to the beach and not have a single beer...

That’s why I like using them. Regarding usage time... Whatever you need—it’s not like test, where you need certain breaks because your lab results go up (GOT;GPT;Colesterol, Etc). With sema, the only thing is that it loses some effectiveness, so I usually switch it up: sema for cutting and reta the rest of the time. And if I need more... Well, Reta and Cargli.

As I was saying, it’s another tool you can take into account. If we use X drugs to achieve certain goals, I don’t see any need, in my case, to suffer in order to do things right, or to feel bad about skipping my diet; this tool simplifies my life.

 

[unimog]

i started about two weeks the use of tizepatide and it really makes your kinda forget about eating. i tried the hard way before with a proper diet and it does work wonders if life was perfect, but i cannot bring myself to do meal preps. most of the times i end up eating whatever is avaialable or something i dont have to waste too much time with, i kinda just keep protein high and dont even count other macros. Your discipline is something i admire but is also something i cannot sustain for a long period.