Cravings..

skinnyminnyme80
skinnyminnyme80 Posts: 11 Member
edited November 2024 in Motivation and Support
Am I the only one who suffers with this? After I eat, I have a sensation of being "full" but only a short time later, I just have these weird cravings. I feel a mental urge to eat again, but I don't have the physical cues. Anyone else deal with this? I have been working out 5x a week for the last 3+ months and I have already lost 30 lbs. I drink plenty of water, and I am eating lots of protein. Any suggestions?

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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    What's your calorie goal like? Too restrictive? If not, you can shave off 100 calories or more from snacks/meal to make room to eat a little something after. I generally don't like to have ONE thing for lunch. I like a few things I spread out across my lunch hour. I'm never done after dinner. Even in a deficit, I have 200 and sometimes 400 calories to eat after dinner. Mess around with your calories. Pre-log.
  • skinnyminnyme80
    skinnyminnyme80 Posts: 11 Member
    Thanks for the suggestions. I went from around 1200 to about 1400. When I was eating 1200, I was also following a plan which did not allow me to be choosy with what I was eating. I rarely felt hungry. Now, I am picking what I want to eat while keeping the basic foods the same. My exercise routine has changed (it's more demanding), but really, that is all that is different.

  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    skinnyminnyme80 wrote: »
    Thanks for the suggestions. I went from around 1200 to about 1400. When I was eating 1200, I was also following a plan which did not allow me to be choosy with what I was eating. I rarely felt hungry. Now, I am picking what I want to eat while keeping the basic foods the same. My exercise routine has changed (it's more demanding), but really, that is all that is different.

    Are you eating a portion of those exercise calories back?
  • skinnyminnyme80
    skinnyminnyme80 Posts: 11 Member
    No, I haven't even been logging my exercise.
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    skinnyminnyme80 wrote: »
    No, I haven't even been logging my exercise.

    Oh...You should. MFP uses the NEAT method, which does not count exercise in your daily activity. You can add it, but only eat about 50% back as the app overestimates the calories burn. If you're logging correctly, you will lose at the same rate but get to eat more :)
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