I really need to lose weight, my heaviness has started to lead to other health problems, but I find that whenever I try to eat significantly less, I have difficulty concentrating on heavy mental tasks (i.e. programming, my job).
The constant feeling of hunger distracts me, or my mind just drifts, until I get some food in me again.
I never see any of these articles even acknowledge this as an issue, either as if no one else has this problem, or no one else who is dieting has a job that requires so much brain power.
Since there's other programmers here, I was curious if other people have noticed something similar, and how they addressed it.
My current plan is not so much to limit my eating (beyond some mild calorie restriction) and instead force myself to exercise more often, but I'd like to be a bit more aggressive with my diet if possible.
The constant feeling of hunger distracts me, or my mind just drifts, until I get some food in me again.
I never see any of these articles even acknowledge this as an issue, either as if no one else has this problem, or no one else who is dieting has a job that requires so much brain power.
Since there's other programmers here, I was curious if other people have noticed something similar, and how they addressed it.
My current plan is not so much to limit my eating (beyond some mild calorie restriction) and instead force myself to exercise more often, but I'd like to be a bit more aggressive with my diet if possible.