Hunger

BWBTrish

I had those days when i started just a couple.
What i did was in my pre logging every night i made a box for all kinds of things to nibble on for the whole day. Some fruit/veggies and some protein. and when i took something out of it i took a glass of water with it. Together with my popcorn in the evening it was always around 250 calories. Had even a low calorie cookie in it, or some nachos, whatever. Kinda treat box
Most of the time i ended up with not eating it. But when i had those days that i was after breakfast "hungry" ( i dont really think its hunger but having an appetite) i started to nibble on it around 11am. At 1pm i have lunch so around 3PM i took something out of it again. At 6PM dinner and than between 9 and then i ate the rest out of the box.

It helped me a lot, but i must admit i wasn't really hungry more like wanting to snack.

And some days ( i think about 5 now in the last half year) i was a bit tired..to tired after training so recuperating not quick enough. When so i ate a day around my maintenance level. About 150 under.
Just because my body seem to need more.
And not overeating or doing silly things like oke now i can eat that bag of crisps. No normal eating only a bit more and a nice doughnut, a bit of more gravy or salad dressing, a piece of pizza.
But normal and in control.
It doesnt matter to do that a day, it didn't harm my weight loss at all ( lost almost 90 since 1st of October 2014). It only feed my body, my will power/determination and kept me on track

I also have the believe that doing this is not a cheat day, its a part of normal eating and life. And after all you have to eat 3500 calories SURPLUS to gain a pound. So what is the harm to eat sometimes around that maintenance level. Just keep control over it.

This is how i am and was never really hungry all that time. It helped me doing it this way.

kristigibsonzeski

TheOwlhouseDesigns wrote: »

I had those days when i started just a couple.
What i did was in my pre logging every night i made a box for all kinds of things to nibble on for the whole day. Some fruit/veggies and some protein. and when i took something out of it i took a glass of water with it. Together with my popcorn in the evening it was always around 250 calories. Had even a low calorie cookie in it, or some nachos, whatever. Kinda treat box
Most of the time i ended up with not eating it. But when i had those days that i was after breakfast "hungry" ( i dont really think its hunger but having an appetite) i started to nibble on it around 11am. At 1pm i have lunch so around 3PM i took something out of it again. At 6PM dinner and than between 9 and then i ate the rest out of the box.

It helped me a lot, but i must admit i wasn't really hungry more like wanting to snack.

And some days ( i think about 5 now in the last half year) i was a bit tired..to tired after training so recuperating not quick enough. When so i ate a day around my maintenance level. About 150 under.
Just because my body seem to need more.
And not overeating or doing silly things like oke now i can eat that bag of crisps. No normal eating only a bit more and a nice doughnut, a bit of more gravy or salad dressing, a piece of pizza.
But normal and in control.
It doesnt matter to do that a day, it didn't harm my weight loss at all ( lost almost 90 since 1st of October 2014). It only feed my body, my will power/determination and kept me on track

I also have the believe that doing this is not a cheat day, its a part of normal eating and life. And after all you have to eat 3500 calories SURPLUS to gain a pound. So what is the harm to eat sometimes around that maintenance level. Just keep control over it.

This is how i am and was never really hungry all that time. It helped me doing it this way.

great idea!!

bbontheb

Get some good dark chocolate. Put in serving packages so you only eat one. Allow for it. Eat it slowly. Yum. I find the more I was craving, the less I enjoyed what I was eating so I just ended up giving in but a serving size (not the whole bar).

You could try popcorn with a bit of sugar/salt?

bbontheb

Jasmunr wrote: »

Honestly for me veggies are the worst thing to eat when hungry, they just make me hungrier. If I remember correctly they release something to signal hunger, not sure if it's true.
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I think that's just your brain telling you that, not science. You are not really hungry perhaps, and are looking for satisfaction in something you are eating (not actually getting rid of hunger). So if you are eating veggies but are craving chocolate, no doubt you might feel still hungry...I don't think it's hunger though. It's our heads...messing with us haha

callsitlikeiseeit

i work out so i can eat.

i am very rarely hungry. LOL

segacs

bbontheb wrote: »

Get some good dark chocolate. Put in serving packages so you only eat one. Allow for it. Eat it slowly. Yum. I find the more I was craving, the less I enjoyed what I was eating so I just ended up giving in but a serving size (not the whole bar).

This. The better the chocolate, the less it takes to feel satisfied. When I buy the really fancy bean-to-bar single origin stuff, I find I'm perfectly happy eating it one square at a time.

Roxiegirl2008

My go to snacks are mini baby bell cheese and almonds.