What do you do when you are hungry enough to eat the house?

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kshama2001

trusty48 wrote: »

vivmom2014 wrote: »

Is your calorie goal too aggressive? If you're genuinely hungry at night you might want to adjust your calorie intake. Save some for night snacking. There's always sugar free Jello in a pinch - the fruit flavors are 10 calories and the pudding is 60 calories.

I think my calories are fine- hunger is just a side effect of dieting

Also- I went out to eat with my parents and ate lunch at a greasy spoon diner. I tried to order something small but still ended up eating 2/3 of my calories before 1 pm. That is something I will need to avoid in the future- it's hard to just get oatmeal or something when everyone around you is eating a big meal.

As long as I get exercise calories, I'm not hungry.

On days when I'm going out to eat, I plan to get more exercise.

I like a bedtime snack, and prelog a few hundred calories for that.

mkakids

If I eat at a restaurant for lunch, I generally have a very large, low cal dinner....like 6oz of chicken breast and an entire bag (or 2) of frozen steamed veggies. Its hard to be hungry after you eat 16oz of cauliflower.

hamlet1222

It can be really tough trying to sleep when your feeling really hungry, i often give in at this point and eat some low sugar/low fat food (20 grams of healthy high fibre breakfast cereal with skimmed milk typically).

Ideally I time my food so that I'm not completely ravenous at bed time, try to have my last meal at most 3 hours before bed.

As stated by other posters (and myself on similar threads): Tea, Tea, Tea (non-caffeinated fruit or herbal at bedtime obviously)

sunandmoons

A liter of water works for me. But I really haven't felt that ravenous except for when I burn over 800 calories a day. That gives me an extra 400 calories to eat. Those days I feel like I ate the house.

zichab

I plan food to eat before I go to sleep. I'm a night person and am rarely hungry during the day, but am ravenous at night. If I do not eat something before I go to sleep, I am up all night. Sometimes, it's an apple, sometimes the protein bar I have not had a chance to eat all day, sometimes it's a small dish of ice cream, but it works. I have never been sure what the fuss about not eating at night was all about. I have always done it and I am down over 100 pounds. If you are hungry, for goodness sake, eat .... just plan it into your calories accordingly.

arditarose

DeguelloTex wrote: »

@arditarose How thick is that protein fluff, texture-wise? I've only made it a couple of times and it's been almost like a foam, similar to maybe a light meringue. I don't know whether that's the actual goal, whether I need more (or less) xanthan gum, or whether I'm whipping it for the right amount of time.

It shouldn't be that thick, but if you use frozen berries you get a little thicker consistency. I use 20-30g of casein, 6 g xanthan gum

oh_happy_day

DeguelloTex wrote: »

@arditarose How thick is that protein fluff, texture-wise? I've only made it a couple of times and it's been almost like a foam, similar to maybe a light meringue. I don't know whether that's the actual goal, whether I need more (or less) xanthan gum, or whether I'm whipping it for the right amount of time.

Using whey protein and frozen berries gives a heavier/thicker, more mousse-like texture. It doesn't fluff as much but I like it. Depends on the texture you're after!

kasjoy

I understand that eating enough protein -- especially in the morning -- can help to lessen hunger at night. (See The Diet Fix by Yoni Freedhoff.)

anxioushero

If I have less than 300 cals left, I have 8oz cauliflower 8oz broccoli with like pasta sauce or another low cal sauce! Soooo filling