I'm so hungry!!!!!!!!!

jnv7594

ihatetodietalways wrote: »

galgenstrick wrote: »

ihatetodietalways wrote: »

Join the low carb group. Up your fat. You are young and need it. Carbs you dont need.

What does this have to do with OPs question? She's also getting a healthy level of dietary fat, more fat is not going to do anything for her health just because shes young.

She went to 35g of fats one day. And low after that until yesterday when she couldn't take it any more and she had 95g. Fat is filling. It is not a villain. She needs to make hormones and repair her body. Again, reduce your carbs to 100g, which should all be coming from veggies (I agree). Leave out the fruit for a while, vit. C is in veggies too. And up your protein a bit too. Take it easy on the loss, good things happen slowly.

Not necessarily. I don't limit my carbs. I also typically eat between 80 and 100 grams of fat per day. My fat intake is not an indication of anything other than I tend to eat more because it's satiating for me. Just because she increased her fat does not mean she couldn't take it anymore. Honestly, there is no need to limit carbs. If she chooses to on her own, fine, but it's not necessary for weight loss or to feel satiated.

bpetrosky

smjohnson1315 wrote: »

Day 6 of using MFP and staying under my 1.5lb goal calorie intake...
And I am so so so hungry!
I really need help, filling foods that are good for me, ways to defeat the hunger, any bit of advice.
I'm so determined to do this, but this hunger is too much!

A couple things from your diary:
First, you seem to be eating one full meal each day and much smaller meals the rest of the time.
Second, you seem to be eating some very calorie dense and low volume foods, so you must be hitting your calorie target without much to fill you up. You're actually getting much more calories than I am.

I try to shoot for meals that are more spread out, at least 3 a day. Lunch is usually 4-6 oz of lean protein, some vegetables that give good bulk (85-170 grams), and some bread for simple carb. Dinner is about the same, but I might actually be lighter. If I'm hungry between meals, an apple or some other fruit.

If I have calories left over, an evening snack. I'm a little over 1500 cals on a day I don't exercise and I'm rarely feeling very hungry.

Shan0Marie

blankiefinder wrote: »

You've made some really high calorie, high fat choices the last two days, I'm not surprised that you're hungry! To maintain the deficit required for a 1.5 lb per week loss, you're going to have to incorporate some lower calorie, higher volume choices every day. You can still eat the other stuff, but less of it.

I realize today was horrible... We went out and celebrated my mom's birthday and, while I'm dedicated to what I'm doing, I also don't see it feasible for me as a lifestyle change to not indulge in these rare occasions.
My biggest problem today was being so hungry before I ate, I are EVERYTHING in site!!
I want to do what will work for me forever, not to get to my goal now. I realize that at this point it's either be hungry today, go over my calories, or eat and get back to the gym.
But overall, I've been so I increasingly hungry all week!

BWBTrish

Looked at your diary and yeah i would be hungry too.

Its all about food choices too is my humble opinion. I am a volume eater So lots of veggies in my daily intake.
I have a smaller calorie amount to spend as you but for sure i eat more on a daily base

Here what i eat for 1356 calories. And notice to huge amount for the evening snack lol. I could easily fit more in my day if i took some of those away there. But i chose to eat my evening snacking.

Breakfast 171 calories

Yuban - Coffee, 18 oz. 6 15 1 0 0 0
Egglands Best - Vegitarian Fed Hen Eggs, 1 egg 70 65 6 0 4 0
Generic - Zuchini, 50 grams 9 4 1 1 0 131
Great Value - Nonfat Yogurt- Plain, 30 g 15 20 1 0 0 69
Strawberries - Raw, 30 g(s) 10 0 0 1 0 46
Private Selection - Wild Blueberries (Frozen) 3 lb Bag, 30 g (3/4 cup) 17 0 0 1 0 0
Kroger Private Selection - Frozen Peaches, 30 grams 11 0 0 0 0 0
Tomatoes - Roma, 61 g(s) 13 5 1 1 0 135
Great Value - Lower Sodium Bacon Accurate, 0.5 slices 20 43 1 0 2 20
Equate - Adults 50+ Complete Multi-vit, 1 tab 0 0 0 0 0 80
Nature's Bounty - High Potency D3-1000iu, 1 softgel 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nature's Bounty - Fish Oil -omega 3 - 1000mg, 1 softgels 10 0 0 0 1 0

Lunch 116 calories

Potatoes - Red, flesh and skin, baked, 34 g 30 3 1 1 0 185
Radishes - Raw, 127 g 20 50 1 2 0 296
Oranges - Raw, navels, 135 g 66 1 1 3 0 224

Dinner 285 calories

Bb Usda - Podded Peas (Snow, Sugar Snap), 11300, 100 g 42 4 3 3 0 200
Mushrooms - Raw, 95 g(s) 21 4 3 1 0 298
Zuchini - Usda Data Raw Fresh, 98 gram 14 10 0 1 0 254
Carrots - Cooked, boiled, drained, without salt, 100 g(s) 35 58 1 3 0 235
Potatoes - Red, flesh and skin, baked, 79 g 70 6 2 1 0 431
Talapia - Fish, 4.13 oz cooked 100 41 22 0 1 0
French's - 100% Natural Classic Yellow Mustard, 2.5 g (1 tsp) 0 28 0 0 0 0
Kroger - Olive Oil Cooking Spray, 1/4 sec spray 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ms Dash - Original Blend, 2 g 0 0 0 0 0 29
Spices - Black Pepper (Ground), 1 g 3 1 0 0 0 13

Evening snack 774 calories

Winona Pure - Natural Butter Flavor Canola Oil, 1/5 second spray 0 0 0 0 0 0
kernel seasons - kettle corn seasoning popcorn, 1 tsp 20 0 0 0 0 0
Orville Redenbacher's - Original Popcorn, 7.5 tablespoons 300 0 10 15 4 0
Generic - Great Value Whole Natural Almonds, 1/2 cup (28 almonds) 320 0 12 6 28 400
Bb Usda - Podded Peas (Snow, Sugar Snap), 11300, 32 g 13 1 1 1 0 64
Zuchini - Usda Data Raw Fresh, 92 gram 13 10 0 1 0 238
Prime Time Produce - Sweet Mini Peppers, 61 gram 18 0 1 1 0 129
Fiber One - Chocolate Peanutbutter Chewy Bar, 1 bar

BWBTrish

Further like mentioned here before maybe make your deficit smaller.
When you suffer it is harder to stay on track so why do that to yourself?

I am fine on what i am doing, you not. Chose a way to be happy and satisfied so you dont get so hungry and unhappy.

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PAV8888

what davert said.

Pretty much everyone sets themselves up as sedentary when they first start on MFP. Surprisingly... most of the people who do so.... aren't.

On top of that there is a culture that exercise calories are a weird bonus that should never be touched: they are so overblown, etc, etc, etc.

While there is a LITTLE bit of over-estimation on caloric burns (in particular when you see gross as opposed to net calories displayed), for most people, well over 50% of the exercise calories should absolutely be eaten. And if your "caloric burn" comes from running, or walking, or steady state cardio which are quite well researched, almost ALL of your exercise calories should be eaten back. Because MFP has NOT included that exercise burn when you told it you were sedentary. And it has already deducted 750 calories from your food because you've told it you want to lose 1.5lbs a week.

A very quick TDEE calculation says that you should probably be losing between 1.1 and 1.2lbs a week with a 20% TDEE deficit which would put you to EATING between 2106 and 2374 Calories a day. You are eating 1400 to 1600, so... yes, you will be stupidly hungry, losing more muscle mass than you should, and even more importantly, unable to sustain this.

With 70+lbs to go, what do you think is more important: actually getting there, or getting there by next May instead of August or September, or even October if you slow things down more?

So, once you figure out your calories, which are obviously unsustainably low, then yes, you should troubleshoot what you're eating and concentrate on things that fill YOU up and are what I like to call "caloric bargains".

For some people this could be pizza, for other people it is veggies. I personally have a hard time viewing pizza or pasta as a good caloric bargains as I tend to eat a lot of them and they tend to not fill me up. But I am sure that somebody in this world thinks they're great for them!

In any case, I have personally found that eating more meat and veggies/salads/fruits and less high glycemic load carbs I tend to feel full longer. And high protein greek yogurt (with stuff mixed in), that I also like!

Now, don't get me wrong, I eat almost 50% carbs, and I certainly enjoy my fruits and yogurts, so this puppy ain't on a low carb/low sugar diet. And I certainly still eat the occasional slice(s) of bread, or an english muffin, or chocolate covered almonds, or ice cream for that matter. But that's the operative word: occasional, as opposed to with every meal.

Anyway: I think you've had more than enough good advice to get you going

Now let's see the thread degenerate into low carb vs not

try2again

If your schedule allows it, I've had success delaying my mealtimes a little. I can tolerate hunger in the morning, but less so as the day goes on, so getting the bulk of my calories later-ish in the day has helped me quite a bit. I'm the kind of person that likes to feel "full" when I eat, so I also tend to eat 3 decent sized meals.

Lounmoun

smjohnson1315 wrote: »

galgenstrick wrote: »

What are your stats (height, weight, etc)?
do you exercise?
do you eat back your exercise calories?

5'9, 244 eating 1400-1600 daily.
I don't eat back wo calories, mainly because with the arthritis in my knee and chest (yes, I have arthritis in the joint that connects the ribs to the chest and goodness me don't ever get it) I'm only able to burn about 300 calories per gym trip before my knee is twice the size. (Dr is hoping weight loss will help ease this)
I never go below 1200 daily WO/food combined

Try eating back half of your exercise calories. 100-150 more calories of food may make a difference between being hungry and not.
Protein, fats, fiber will help you feel satisfied. Check to see if you are getting enough.
Drink water.
Change your goal to 1 lb a week. You can still lose steadily without being hungry every day.

gothicfires

I would recommend high protein / high fiber. The energy you get is amazing. You get a higher volume of food this way. To farther win the mind game, I eat my veggies frozen, one at a time like pop corn so it takes me longer to eat.

Shan0Marie

Thank you so much everyone. There's some really great advice in here. I went ahead and changed my goal to 1lb/week and I'm planning more healthy fats and protein into this upcoming week.
As far as the carbs vs no carbs debate this isn't a diet I'm looking for, is what I'm going to do for the rest of my life, so I vote carbs. Not AS MANY but it's unrealistic for me to say cut carbs. I won't stick with it, I know me too well.

AlciaMode

smjohnson1315 wrote: »

Day 6 of using MFP and staying under my 1.5lb goal calorie intake...
And I am so so so hungry!
I really need help, filling foods that are good for me, ways to defeat the hunger, any bit of advice.
I'm so determined to do this, but this hunger is too much!

Try pickles. They are super low calorie. Up protein, like eggs, or chicken sausage, stuff like that. Also do not stress. It will pass. I remember feeling the same exact way when I first started. Beginning of my weight loss journey was miserable but I stuck it out and am like 30lbs lighter.