Hungry all the time

Psychgrrl

katepace1 wrote: »

Many of the days that are not logged on here were tracked on paper.
I would love to eat less. I want to so badly. But even now for example, i just ate 1 & 1/2 bun-less cheeseburgers, 16 oz of water, and 6 mini 3 muskateers (plz dont judge me) and my stomach is still rumbling/i feel VERY hungry. And i ate breakfast today and a healthy snack. I've had a thousand + calories and i feel the same as if I ate nothing.
As for 130 not being a healthy weight, idk... There is a band of fat and cellulite around my waist that sometimes spills over my jeans when i don't have good posture (for as hard as i work in the gym, i shouldn't have that). Aside from it being unattractive, i think it is unhealthy. I want it gone.
My goal for now is to just log everything i eat and be cognoscent. I can't imagine weighing it all. That seems like a big pain in the butt. But I'm going to try.

It really sounds like you're judging you. Pretty harshly. Your profile pic looks terrific! Maybe give yourself a little grace, eat closer to maintenance and ease off and figure out how to feed your body. Focus on the food combos that give you the most satiety. You'll find them. Maybe it's also a factor of meal/snack timing. I got rid of the meal/snack designation and went to six meals in MFP. If I ate a "meal" where a snack would be, I'd feel like I did something wrong. Now I just eat.

Any extra weight goes straight to my waist. And then my waist goes away! I can relate. But those fluctuations do go away.

Read this today, thought you might like it!
http://www.fitnessrxwomen.com/nutrition/healthy-eating-tips/why-cant-i-put-on-muscle/

Christine_72

I wanna know how that stack of pancakes above only have 380 calories. They look amazing

SuseAndo26

staticsplit wrote: »

Let's say you burn at least 400-500 per day in exercise, so net your calories are 1000-1100, so no wonder you're hungry! I tend to lose on 1800 a day if I'm exercising a lot, and I'm less likely to binge. On 1800 with a lot of exercise, I feel a little hungry now and then, but it's a big difference from 1400-1500.

When you say you exercise a lot and still lose on 1800 a day, what sort of calories are you burning when you excercise?

Faithful_Chosen

christinev297 wrote: »

I wanna know how that stack of pancakes above only have 380 calories. They look amazing

One finely mashed banana (100 gram/93 cal), two eggs (110 gram/163 cal), whisk together with a sprinkling of chocolate flakes (10 gram/43 cal). Use a bit of butter in the pan (10 gram/70 cal) and use two tablespoons of batter per pancake. Medium heat. Add blueberries after (20 gram/11 cal) and voila! 380 calorie pancake stack!

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katepace1

LLNN122 wrote: »

Do you have any stomach pain while feeling hungry that goes away after eating something? I believe ulcers make people feel hungry and cause small pain until eating something and then soon the sensation returns. You should go to a Dr and explain the hunger feeling and just get a general blood test and see what they say.
Sometimes minor things like vitamin deficiencies cause all kinds of symptoms.

Hmmm... Yes. It is pain. Unless i eat a cheeseburger, large fry, a coke and a chocolate shake (or similar) it is always there. I just ate (healthy) lunch. The pain (hunger, whatever it is) was there while eating and is still there now.

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kgeiger141

I'm having the same issue right now, but I just started my weight loss journey, so I anticipated it. Right now I'm focusing on just staying within my calorie limit the best I can, trying to eat more low-calorie foods and drinking more water before and after I eat or when I do get hungry.

katepace1

kgeiger141 wrote: »

I'm having the same issue right now, but I just started my weight loss journey, so I anticipated it. Right now I'm focusing on just staying within my calorie limit the best I can, trying to eat more low-calorie foods and drinking more water before and after I eat or when I do get hungry.

Best of luck to you.

maillemaker

Unfortunately, as I posted in another thread, if I'm losing weight, I'm hungry. It's just the way it is. I don't think there is any way around it and I think it's why most people fail at weight loss - they can't tolerate the pain long term.

maillemaker

I'm convinced that in the end, what you eat doesn't matter that much for hunger, though proteins can help stave it off a little bit. Hunger is a natural response to loss of Leptin, which is a result of lowered body fat stores. It's your body's defense mechanism to try and restore fat levels.