Starving 15 mins after eating an apple and a yogurt
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drink water. sometimes you are thirsty. Also, for me its a mental mind game.
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Was the yogurt plain or flavored? Flavored yogurt has quite a bit of sugar. I find that sugary snacks make me crave more sugar and therefore fool me into thinking I'm hungry. I switched to plain yogurt with some granola. If I don't have any granola around, I mix in a bit of honey.0
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Yes the yogurt was flavoured, I also do get a lot of sweet cravings0
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I'd try increasing calories too, but that (that's its flavored yogurt) could be related to the feeling of hunger afterwards. An apple plus flavored yogurt (especially if it's lower protein (not greek) yogurt and also low fat) is quite high carb and not a ton of fiber for the overall sugar, so for anyone prone to it could lead to a quick hit of energy and then a crash -- which you may perceive as hunger.
I'd try a non sweet snack (or sweetness from fruit) -- smaller amount of plain greek yogurt with some fat content with berries in it to sweeten or used as a dip for the apple or maybe something like cottage cheese instead of the yogurt or a hard boiled egg and the apple.
If you want the sweet I'd combine it with protein and fat.1 -
Not a lot of food for breakfast no wonder you are hungry. I used to eat like that then snack at 10:00 am every day. I would eat more high density low fat calories. I eat hash browns (homemade) from sweet potatoes or yukon golds cooked in water with spinach, holds me over until noon when I get legitimately hungry. I sit at a desk mostly just to give you an idea and being older, I don't need that many calories.0
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Depending on which brand of yogurt, I'd probably be starving too. Many are high in sugar/carbs but low in fat/protein. I need protein and fat to feel satiated, anything else just makes me hungrier. Try greek yogurt or lower fat cheese with an apple and see if it works better for you.0
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Up your protein and FAT. Get away from the carbs. Look into the LCHF lifestyle is you want to drop the weight. You're intake is primarily carbs. Lessen the carbs and up your protein and fat and you'll drop that 5 pounds no problem. Switch to a plain whole fat yogurt like Stonyfield plain greek whole milk, add some chia seeds to it, or have some almonds or walnuts with it. Add some avocado to your salads or maybe sprinkle some ground flax on your salads. It will amp up your fiber without the excess carbs that oatmeal provides.0
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aekihm1979 wrote: »Up your protein and FAT. Get away from the carbs. Look into the LCHF lifestyle is you want to drop the weight. You're intake is primarily carbs. Lessen the carbs and up your protein and fat and you'll drop that 5 pounds no problem. Switch to a plain whole fat yogurt like Stonyfield plain greek whole milk, add some chia seeds to it, or have some almonds or walnuts with it. Add some avocado to your salads or maybe sprinkle some ground flax on your salads. It will amp up your fiber without the excess carbs that oatmeal provides.
Lots of people have success on a LCHF diet and that's cool. But it isn't necessary to lose weight, people can lose weight on a diet that includes moderate or even high carbohydrate intake. This will only result in losing the last five pounds if it creates a calorie deficit.3 -
If I have a snack... I'm starving..
If I eat 2 - 3 times a day, big meals, around 500-700 calories each.. I'm full and never hungry..
Maybe you're like me and for some crazy reason your body can't handle small meals and keeps giving you hunger signals if you try that.
I tried all summer and I couldn't do it.. Wasn't until I met a trainer 5 weeks ago who explained to me that we're all different and what happens to work for someone else may won't work for me.6 -
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AngeleyesJo wrote: »I had an apple and a yogurt for a morning snack at work about 15 mins later I'm feeling literally starving?
I haven't read the whole thread yet, sorry, but I wanted to ask if you have the same issue when you eat a different snack at this time of day? Apples, for some reason, always make me feel really hungry within 20 minutes of eating them. I have no idea why, but it's always been this way so I avoid them as a snack. How about trying something else with your yogurt instead of the apple, and see how that makes you feel?1 -
"starving"
I don't think that word means what some of you people think it means.4 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »
I always find I'm much hungrier after a snack0 -
If I have a snack... I'm starving..
If I eat 2 - 3 times a day, big meals, around 500-700 calories each.. I'm full and never hungry..
Maybe you're like me and for some crazy reason your body can't handle small meals and keeps giving you hunger signals if you try that.
I tried all summer and I couldn't do it.. Wasn't until I met a trainer 5 weeks ago who explained to me that we're all different and what happens to work for someone else may won't work for me.
I tried nibbling from fruit and vegetables but it made me hungrier0 -
AngeleyesJo wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »
I always find I'm much hungrier after a snack
I can't snack on fruit at all -- it always makes me hungry. I can include it as part of a larger meal, but I've never had success snacking on it.1 -
AngeleyesJo wrote: »If I have a snack... I'm starving..
If I eat 2 - 3 times a day, big meals, around 500-700 calories each.. I'm full and never hungry..
Maybe you're like me and for some crazy reason your body can't handle small meals and keeps giving you hunger signals if you try that.
I tried all summer and I couldn't do it.. Wasn't until I met a trainer 5 weeks ago who explained to me that we're all different and what happens to work for someone else may won't work for me.
I tried nibbling from fruit and vegetables but it made me hungrier
That's an example of another snack with no or negligible fat and protein.
Have some peanut butter and/or cheese, or a hard boiled egg with that.1 -
Seriously, start your next meal with a good portion of protein. I would do 25g of it or more. Then add vegetables and fat.1
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AngeleyesJo wrote: »I am very active in my job I lift boxes and heavy files, apples mostly leave me hungry for some reason, I may have to introduce some fats and protein is it better to go for a full fat yogurt?
I never eat whole apples. I have a few ounces of apple plus an ounce or so of cheese and a tablespoon or two of peanut butter. (One tablespoon of PB has 100 calories so be warned!)0 -
How much fat should I be having in a meal with 25g protein0
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AngeleyesJo wrote: »How much fat should I be having in a meal with 25g protein
I would do 15-20g of fat and minimum 30g protein. But that's what works for me.
Look at the bottom of your food diary. See your daily goals for calories, carbs, fats, protein? Divide each of those daily goals by 3 for a rough (very rough) estimate for dividing your 3 meals up (assuming you will eat 3 meals). Now you have basic goals for each meal. Use those meal goals as a starting point and see how you feel and how you do weight-wise. You can fill in any gaps with your snacks.
Edit to add: Daily goals are at the bottom of the diary if you are on full website version of MFP. Not sure where they are if you are on the app, maybe somebody else can chime in with that.0 -
Citations?casey36585 wrote: »Apples are a diuretic food (while the sugar makes them a great energy booster, they won't satisfy hunger because of the low calories they provide in relation to the amount used to actually digest them).
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lemurcat12 wrote: »AngeleyesJo wrote: »OK so looking at an individual meal how would u work that out the 40 30 30
Doesn't have to be 40-30-30 at every meal, but I think it's helpful to think of meals as all containing a significant source of protein, as well as fat and carbs. Sabine's examples are good, but if you know what foods have fats, protein, and carbs, it's easy. (I often get fat from something like a salad with a dressing with a little olive oil or by adding olives or cheese or nuts to the salad--it doesn't have to be a separate food. I'd get protein there by adding some protein to the salad too, like chicken or eggs or steak or tofu or falafel, so on.)
Great point about salad dressings etc.0 -
How do I achieve those goals0
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AngeleyesJo wrote: »How do I achieve those goals
What goals? You've gotten TONS of good advice about how to eat a balanced diet. For the most part, folks are saying the same thing over and and over. Eat real food. Eat protein and fat in addition to the carbs. done. Don't over think it0 -
AngeleyesJo wrote: »How do I achieve those goals
By looking up foods you want to eat in the food database and logging them. Log before you eat so you can see how much a portion should be. Accurately measure how much food you eat and stay within your goal.
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After a few months I noticed a carb, protein and fat help me stay satisfied. Try adding peanut butter to your apple, or have eggs.
Play around a little with your macros and see what helps you.0 -
Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »I use to buy strawberry greek yogurt (chabane...spelling?) and I would stir in a tablespoon of peanut butter. It sounds gross, but it was freaking delicious. and it really added some filling power to the yogurt.
Also, if you don't like peanut butter (or is doesn't fit your macros), you can stir in a serving of raw almonds. That is good too.
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If peanut butter doesn't fit your macros, how will raw almonds? The macro profiles are pretty much identical:
1 Tbsp peanut butter (32 g): 191 cal, 16 g fat, 7 g carbs, 7 g protein
32 g almonds: 185 cal, 16 g fat, 7 g carbs, 7 g protein
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lynn_glenmont wrote: »Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »I use to buy strawberry greek yogurt (chabane...spelling?) and I would stir in a tablespoon of peanut butter. It sounds gross, but it was freaking delicious. and it really added some filling power to the yogurt.
Also, if you don't like peanut butter (or is doesn't fit your macros), you can stir in a serving of raw almonds. That is good too.
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If peanut butter doesn't fit your macros, how will raw almonds? The macro profiles are pretty much identical:
1 Tbsp peanut butter (32 g): 191 cal, 16 g fat, 7 g carbs, 7 g protein
32 g almonds: 185 cal, 16 g fat, 7 g carbs, 7 g protein
fair enough.0 -
OP, as others have said, it sounds like you aren't eating enough.
I also wanted to add - different people find different foods satiating. You kind of have to play around with it and find what works for you. I find apples pretty filling, others here have said they don't. I don't find oatmeal filling, but others do. Some people need more protein, some more fat. I found raising my protein helped alot, but find I also need a balanced amount of carbs. A breakfast of eggs and bacon will keep some folks full for hours, but I'd be starving. An egg with some potatoes or an English muffin works better for me. I'm not saying this to confuse things, but just to emphasize that there is no one correct macro ratio for everyone.
Good luck!4 -
Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »lynn_glenmont wrote: »Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »Flapjack_Mollases wrote: »I use to buy strawberry greek yogurt (chabane...spelling?) and I would stir in a tablespoon of peanut butter. It sounds gross, but it was freaking delicious. and it really added some filling power to the yogurt.
Also, if you don't like peanut butter (or is doesn't fit your macros), you can stir in a serving of raw almonds. That is good too.
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If peanut butter doesn't fit your macros, how will raw almonds? The macro profiles are pretty much identical:
1 Tbsp peanut butter (32 g): 191 cal, 16 g fat, 7 g carbs, 7 g protein
32 g almonds: 185 cal, 16 g fat, 7 g carbs, 7 g protein
fair enough.
Actually that will depend on the brand you eat. My Blue diamond natural almonds have 160 calories for 28 g. My Smucker's natural peanut butter has 200 calories for 32 g. Almonds (or any nuts) which have been roasted and have added oils will have a different profile from ones that haven't been through those processes.0
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