When do you get hungry?

leejoyce31

Sometimes, I notice that I don't get hungry until I eat for the first time in the day. There are days that I don't get to eat for a while, and I find that I can go much longer without getting hungry. But after the first bite of something, then my mind thinks about food more. Just curious. It doesn't bother me nor does it impact my eating habits. It was just something that I noticed and wondered if anyone else has noticed that.

quiksylver296

Yep. I'm the same, so I put off breakfast until I actually feel hunger. I usually don't eat anything, just coffee, until 9:30 or 10:00. Saves me A LOT of calories. Like you, once I start eating, then I'm hungry.

Myki3012

Late in the afternoon (5pm) or really late at night/early morning or if the day absolutely blows and nothings going on. Always disregard it though

kommodevaran

Hunger isn't the same as appetite. What you are describing, is appetite.

I get hungry before meals and when I haven't eaten for some hours. I want to eat when I see, smell, or think about something I like. I want to continue eating when I taste something I like.

leejoyce31

kommodevaran wrote: »

Hunger isn't the same as appetite. What you are describing, is appetite.

I get hungry before meals and when I haven't eaten for some hours. I want to eat when I see, smell, or think about something I like. I want to continue eating when I taste something I like.

I know they aren't the same, but when do you get an appetite didn't sound appealing to me.

Return2Fit

leejoyce31 wrote: »

Sometimes, I notice that I don't get hungry until I eat for the first time in the day. There are days that I don't get to eat for a while, and I find that I can go much longer without getting hungry. But after the first bite of something, then my mind thinks about food more. Just curious. It doesn't bother me nor does it impact my eating habits. It was just something that I noticed and wondered if anyone else has noticed that.

Evenings and late nights are when my food cravings emerge from hiding in their evil efforts to ruin my whole day's nutritious food intake.

Here is how I address these fiends...
1. APPLES - I know if I eat a few apples, 30 minutes later I'm going to be OK. I keep apples and do not keep junk foods in my home.

2. Stay Hydrated - drink water...that helps a bunch!

3. Walking - sometimes if I take a walk, that helps redirect my mind and the cravings go away.

4. Brush teeth - somebody here recommended this, and I thought it absurd until I tried it.

Anyway, that's what helps me...

sijomial

I only get hungry when I'm awake!

I want to eat as soon as I wake but have found if I don't have breakfast then I seem to forget about it.
(Breakfast skipping is one of my tools to correct an upwards trend in weight.)
Whether I eat breakfast or not I'm just as hungry by late morning and want (and do have) a small snack.

Hunger for lunch tends to be 6 hours after whenever I get up.

Evening meal doesn't have any particular pattern.

I did 5:2 fasting to lose my weight and the 600 calorie days certainly helped differentiate between genuine hunger, habitual eating and (in my case) plain old greed.
It also made me realise that ignoring or just accepting you are feeling hungry isn't the end of the world - it doesn't build and build.

RoxieDawn

Its not once I starting eating that I get hungry, it just turns on the eating for the day. This not hunger its habit.

I can always delay eating for anytime I want and the more I get passed the "timing" of my first meal, the longer I can actually go without food up to a point. Then its hunger and appetite in one.

When I have eaten like I should then appetite is just the desire to eat when I see food porn, smell food, or just think about something that sounds appealing at the moment.

leejoyce31

Return2Fit wrote: »

leejoyce31 wrote: »

Sometimes, I notice that I don't get hungry until I eat for the first time in the day. There are days that I don't get to eat for a while, and I find that I can go much longer without getting hungry. But after the first bite of something, then my mind thinks about food more. Just curious. It doesn't bother me nor does it impact my eating habits. It was just something that I noticed and wondered if anyone else has noticed that.

Evenings and late nights are when my food cravings emerge from hiding in their evil efforts to ruin my whole day's nutritious food intake.

Here is how I address these fiends...
1. APPLES - I know if I eat a few apples, 30 minutes later I'm going to be OK. I keep apples and do not keep junk foods in my home.

2. Stay Hydrated - drink water...that helps a bunch!

3. Walking - sometimes if I take a walk, that helps redirect my mind and the cravings go away.

4. Brush teeth - somebody here recommended this, and I thought it absurd until I tried it.

Anyway, that's what helps me...

Brushing teeth doesn't work for me because I brush my teeth every time I put something in my mouth. I developed this habit years ago when I wore braces and I continued it. I like to have the minty toothpaste taste all the time. In fact, after my dinner, I will floss and brush before I have a snack, if I have room for an after dinner snack. Then I will brush after the snack and go to bed. I brush so often my brain doesn't get the message that there's no more food left to eat.

But it's really not a problem. When my appetite surges, I will eat some almonds and drink tons of water. I find that holds me for hours. I love the Blue Diamond Almonds. My kryptonite is cashews, but they are so calorie dense that you don't get to eat many.

I'm actually trying to cut back on my water intake. I drink at least 13 (16.9 ounce bottles of Ozarka water a day). It really negatively impacts my sleep. I was proud of myself. I only had 10 bottles yesterday.

Budjola

im always hungry

Libertysfate

Budjola wrote: »

im always hungry

^ Yep. Like every few hours. Not just cravings, actual hunger so I tried to keep healthy snacks around til I get to have a proper meal.

elleelle03

For some reason i get these cravings when I get into bed, watching TV and surfing the internet, very frustrating

gothchiq

I'm the same way. It's difficult.

JeromeBarry1

kommodevaran wrote: »

Hunger isn't the same as appetite. What you are describing, is appetite.

I get hungry before meals and when I haven't eaten for some hours. I want to eat when I see, smell, or think about something I like. I want to continue eating when I taste something I like.

I'm fairly certain that I have not experienced hunger in these terms, but like many my appetite gets stimulated when I eat. I find that I need a good breakfast early to be in position for a good day following. A small, even tiny, lunch is enough to put off hunger and satisfy appetite. Dinner, of course, is the meal I use to reach my calorie and macro goals.

neldabg

It varies for me, but in the hours after (not right away) a tough or long cardio session, I get the hunger signals.

sunnybeaches105

leejoyce31 wrote: »

Sometimes, I notice that I don't get hungry until I eat for the first time in the day. There are days that I don't get to eat for a while, and I find that I can go much longer without getting hungry. But after the first bite of something, then my mind thinks about food more. Just curious. It doesn't bother me nor does it impact my eating habits. It was just something that I noticed and wondered if anyone else has noticed that.

Yes. It's like that first beer. Or breaking the seal after the 5th.

lauraemily84

I'm always hungry pretty much! I do get esp hungry mid morning after breakfast and in the evening about 2 hours after my dinner x

NancyYale

I wake up starving, and always need to eat a solid breakfast. I also have a problem with binging, so my food during the day is optimized to prevent getting hungry, which often triggers binge thinking. I eat my last little meal at 8 pm when I get home from work. No problem losing weight if I stick to my planned calories.

For me, smaller meals spaced out that include a reasonable balance of carbs, fiber and protein prevent hunger, and my binges. Most of the time.

amyk0202

I wake up starving as well. I nearly always eat breakfast. I often skip lunch because I'm not terribly hungry & I'm usually running around & don't have time for it. I am always hungry in the evening & have the bulk of my calories then--a larger dinner & then a PBJ right before bed when I take my vitamins. Before my WLS I was always hungry. Now I've noticed that my hunger is like a wave. It will start small, increase until I am nauseous, & then if I don't eat it will generally go away. It does not just hang around as a constant in my life anymore.

rainbow198

For the most part for me late mornings is when I start to get hungry, although it can vary.

If I had a long cardio workout the night before I can get hungry earlier the next day. Other days I can last until the early afternoon before eating.

Also I can go a long time in between meals. It's really great, especially when travelling or when I'm having a really busy day.

Paying attention to my hunger cues and learning what a slight hunger pang that goes away after 15 minutes feels like and being HUNGRY (that's when I need food) has made a huge difference with my relationship with food.

Once I start eating though it's on!

Francl27

On days when I delay breakfast too much, I usually end up hungrier later. So it really doesn't work for me. I usually just have it when I get hungry (between 7 and 8.30am, typically).

Honestly though, hunger just completely varies depending on the time of the month for me. And sometimes I start feeling weak and light headed and need to eat something even if I'm not actually hungry, which doesn't really help either.

bigguyreed

Hey everybody
Myself I was doing that late evening eating and not eating all day. figuring that all those calories from not eating all day would help drop weight faster. I've been trying to loss weight for a few yrs. now. My weight would go up and down from week to week. The person that I started walking with a few yrs. ago had told me I needed to eat, of course I didn't listen at that time. She kept telling me that my body thinks I was starving and store the fat. What I was eating at the time I thought was good, wasn't. Now With MFP I look up my foods before I put them in my mouth. As of 3weeks I've went down 6lbs and not back up. I know everybody's body is different so what is working for me may not for others.

Machka9

leejoyce31 wrote: »

Sometimes, I notice that I don't get hungry until I eat for the first time in the day. There are days that I don't get to eat for a while, and I find that I can go much longer without getting hungry. But after the first bite of something, then my mind thinks about food more. Just curious. It doesn't bother me nor does it impact my eating habits. It was just something that I noticed and wondered if anyone else has noticed that.

I'm like that ... so I don't eat breakfast.

Take today, for example ... it's 1:12 pm and I haven't eaten a thing yet. I'm just starting to feel hungry so I will get up and make something in a moment. I will also meet my calorie goal by the end of the day. But I figure as long as I'm not hungry, eating can wait.

It works for me!

powered85

Biggest triggers:
After a long Cardio session or long run. Usually takes an hour or two to set in.
After drinking alcohol - both night of and morning/day after depending on how much.

jrwms714

For me, it is always around 3:00 or 4:00 in the afternoon. I am pretty sugar your blood sugar takes a dive then, but whatever it is, that's my hard time.

bvarbel

When I wake up in the morning, I'm not hungry. I try to put off eating as long as I can so as to have more food available later in the day. I drink a couple cups of black coffee before breakfast, and then I eat around 10:30 am.

Once I eat, I am dwelling on food most of the rest of the day, but I try to space my meals out with lunch around 1:30, dinner around 5 and a snack around 7. I try not to go to bed hungry.

If I ate at 6:30 am when I get up, I would be looking for lunch around 10 am and dinner around 2 or 3...I would run out of food to eat and probably go to bed hungry or convince myself that I've been good and have a binge of a cheat meal or something and kill all the progress I've made over the week.

nxd10

If I skip breakfast I don't get hungry until lunch but I overeat at lunch and dinner.

In general, I feel like if I eat something small every time I'm hungry I don't overeat and have lower overall calories. That usually means 3 meals at the same time every day plus a snack.

leejoyce31

bvarbel wrote: »

When I wake up in the morning, I'm not hungry. I try to put off eating as long as I can so as to have more food available later in the day. I drink a couple cups of black coffee before breakfast, and then I eat around 10:30 am.

Once I eat, I am dwelling on food most of the rest of the day, but I try to space my meals out with lunch around 1:30, dinner around 5 and a snack around 7. I try not to go to bed hungry.

If I ate at 6:30 am when I get up, I would be looking for lunch around 10 am and dinner around 2 or 3...I would run out of food to eat and probably go to bed hungry or convince myself that I've been good and have a binge of a cheat meal or something and kill all the progress I've made over the week.

I totally agree. I'm fine until I get that first bite. So, I try to wait until 10:30 am or 11:00 am to eat my breakfast bar and some almonds. I'll have a snack at around 2 pm and another around 4 pm. Lunch is at 6:30 pm and dinner after 8:00 pm. I enjoy saving my meals until the end of the day. It gives me something to look forward to.

Francl27

3-4pm can be really rough on me. I often end up having dinner at 4pm or something because I'm just too hungry and don't have the calories to have a snack and dinner. Shockingly though, most of the time I'm completely fine until I go to bed after that.

Of course I end up starving when I get up in the morning though.

mommarnurse

I'm most hungry in the morning and around lunch. I could never skip either. I get downright hypoglycemic if I haven't eaten by 10 AM, and then I can turn around and my stomach's growling at 12 or 1 pm for lunch. The rest of the afternoon/dinner, though, I'm not nearly as hungry. Probably some circadian rhythm thing. I'm also one of those people falling asleep with 0 energy at 2 PM for a couple of hours until I get my "second wind".