Never satisfied unless I'm eating around 1,500 calories?
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kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »That's how I was eating too. I found that I needed more protein, less fruit. Bread also seems to make me hungrier. I have one serving of fruit a day. The sugar in fruit triggers more hunger for me.
I also switched to two larger meals a day - one about 3 hours after I got up and one 5-7 hours later. I go to bed early and get up early. (9pm bed, up at 5) No snacks, just bigger meals with more protein. Although, you seem to have a good mix otherwise.
How long have you been doing this? It gets easier.
I admit that I eat a lot of fruit since I love fruit and it has a lot of great vitamins, but I also eat a ton of protein as well. The yogurt that I eat has some protein, the egg omelette with veggies is packed with protein, the pasta/rice that I eat have quiet a bit of protein since there whole-grain, the bread is whole-grain and also has quiet a bit of protein, and the eggs with the sandwich are packed full of protein. Some times I also eat bean soup as well which is packed full of protein. I notice that protein doesn't affect my hunger that much, but it does make a bit of difference so I always make sure I eat enough. Sometimes I do add cheese in my omelette's and egg sandwiches. I love cheese, but it's so high in calorie and it doesn't make me full at all.
What does your protein macro come to? I doubt I would hit 25% with those foods. I wouldn't consider anything under 40% a 'ton' of protein. 1/2 cup of kidney beans has 9 g of protein - how much is in a serving of your soup? 97 g of eggs has 12 g of protein - this is not a high protein meal.
The last few days of your diary are blank - was there a date range when you were logging here?
I would have to double check what my daily protein macro would be
I just ate a egg sandwich with bbq sauce and in total, it came to 18.6 grams of protein just for that one meal. 6.1 grams for the bread and 12.5 grams for the eggs. I thought that was a lot of protein just for one meal, especially since it says a sedimentary woman only needs 46 grams of protein a day.
I'm curious about the source of "it says", because when I put your stats into MFP and for a pound a week, the default protein macro of 20%, which many consider too low, gives you 78 grams of protein per day.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/my_goals
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided
Here is the site I found
https://authoritynutrition.com/how-much-protein-per-day/
I also see it on a lot of other sites as well. I calculated my daily protein intake for today, and it was 67 grams of protein in total
I think that's a lot for a woman, but I honestly have no idea.
Alas, when you do the math, you will see that "46 grams per day for the average sedentary woman" is for a 128 pound woman
Keep reading the article and then see what bumping up protein and decreasing carbs does for your satiety.
Oh darn! I thought I was eating a lot of protein, but I guess it's about as much as I need. It's strange because I always try to add protein to my meals when I can and it feels like it's a lot. Funny since my husband and mother in law complain that I eat too much protein ha ha. I did a online calculator and it said for my stats, I need 73 grams of protein per day.0 -
Asher_Ethan wrote: »Oh I would love to only eat 1500 calories a day and lose a pound a week while feeling somewhat satisfied. I tried doing it for a couple weeks and ended up binging every weekend (killing my deficit) because I felt so so so hungry.
I have to set my diary to lose .5 pounds a week or i can't stick to it.
But you forget that I'm obese and I have 70 pounds left to lose sigh. It's possible I might need to set my stats to 0.5 lbs a week the more I lose.0 -
You might, or you might find that you need a bit less to feel satisfied when the weather is warmer again.1
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kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »That's how I was eating too. I found that I needed more protein, less fruit. Bread also seems to make me hungrier. I have one serving of fruit a day. The sugar in fruit triggers more hunger for me.
I also switched to two larger meals a day - one about 3 hours after I got up and one 5-7 hours later. I go to bed early and get up early. (9pm bed, up at 5) No snacks, just bigger meals with more protein. Although, you seem to have a good mix otherwise.
How long have you been doing this? It gets easier.
I admit that I eat a lot of fruit since I love fruit and it has a lot of great vitamins, but I also eat a ton of protein as well. The yogurt that I eat has some protein, the egg omelette with veggies is packed with protein, the pasta/rice that I eat have quiet a bit of protein since there whole-grain, the bread is whole-grain and also has quiet a bit of protein, and the eggs with the sandwich are packed full of protein. Some times I also eat bean soup as well which is packed full of protein. I notice that protein doesn't affect my hunger that much, but it does make a bit of difference so I always make sure I eat enough. Sometimes I do add cheese in my omelette's and egg sandwiches. I love cheese, but it's so high in calorie and it doesn't make me full at all.
What does your protein macro come to? I doubt I would hit 25% with those foods. I wouldn't consider anything under 40% a 'ton' of protein. 1/2 cup of kidney beans has 9 g of protein - how much is in a serving of your soup? 97 g of eggs has 12 g of protein - this is not a high protein meal.
The last few days of your diary are blank - was there a date range when you were logging here?
I would have to double check what my daily protein macro would be I just ate a egg sandwich with bbq sauce and in total, it came to 18.6 grams of protein just for that one meal. 6.1 grams for the bread and 12.5 grams for the eggs. I thought that was a lot of protein just for one meal, especially since it says a sedimentary woman only needs 46 grams of protein a day.
I'm curious about the source of "it says", because when I put your stats into MFP and for a pound a week, the default protein macro of 20%, which many consider too low, gives you 78 grams of protein per day.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/my_goals
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided
Here is the site I found
https://authoritynutrition.com/how-much-protein-per-day/
I also see it on a lot of other sites as well. I calculated my daily protein intake for today, and it was 67 grams of protein in total I think that's a lot for a woman, but I honestly have no idea.
Alas, when you do the math, you will see that "46 grams per day for the average sedentary woman" is for a 128 pound woman
Keep reading the article and then see what bumping up protein and decreasing carbs does for your satiety.
Oh darn! I thought I was eating a lot of protein, but I guess it's about as much as I need. It's strange because I always try to add protein to my meals when I can and it feels like it's a lot. Funny since my husband and mother in law complain that I eat too much protein ha ha. I did a online calculator and it said for my stats, I need 73 grams of protein per day.
Try bumping your protein up to 25-30% and see if you can eat less than 1500 calories and still feel satisfied.1 -
You're eating 6 tiny meals a day, I could never be full when I did that, have you tried doing instead doing 2-3 larger meals, or even intermittent fasting?1
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kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »kshama2001 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »That's how I was eating too. I found that I needed more protein, less fruit. Bread also seems to make me hungrier. I have one serving of fruit a day. The sugar in fruit triggers more hunger for me.
I also switched to two larger meals a day - one about 3 hours after I got up and one 5-7 hours later. I go to bed early and get up early. (9pm bed, up at 5) No snacks, just bigger meals with more protein. Although, you seem to have a good mix otherwise.
How long have you been doing this? It gets easier.
I admit that I eat a lot of fruit since I love fruit and it has a lot of great vitamins, but I also eat a ton of protein as well. The yogurt that I eat has some protein, the egg omelette with veggies is packed with protein, the pasta/rice that I eat have quiet a bit of protein since there whole-grain, the bread is whole-grain and also has quiet a bit of protein, and the eggs with the sandwich are packed full of protein. Some times I also eat bean soup as well which is packed full of protein. I notice that protein doesn't affect my hunger that much, but it does make a bit of difference so I always make sure I eat enough. Sometimes I do add cheese in my omelette's and egg sandwiches. I love cheese, but it's so high in calorie and it doesn't make me full at all.
What does your protein macro come to? I doubt I would hit 25% with those foods. I wouldn't consider anything under 40% a 'ton' of protein. 1/2 cup of kidney beans has 9 g of protein - how much is in a serving of your soup? 97 g of eggs has 12 g of protein - this is not a high protein meal.
The last few days of your diary are blank - was there a date range when you were logging here?
I would have to double check what my daily protein macro would be I just ate a egg sandwich with bbq sauce and in total, it came to 18.6 grams of protein just for that one meal. 6.1 grams for the bread and 12.5 grams for the eggs. I thought that was a lot of protein just for one meal, especially since it says a sedimentary woman only needs 46 grams of protein a day.
I'm curious about the source of "it says", because when I put your stats into MFP and for a pound a week, the default protein macro of 20%, which many consider too low, gives you 78 grams of protein per day.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/my_goals
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/account/change_goals_guided
Here is the site I found
https://authoritynutrition.com/how-much-protein-per-day/
I also see it on a lot of other sites as well. I calculated my daily protein intake for today, and it was 67 grams of protein in total I think that's a lot for a woman, but I honestly have no idea.
Alas, when you do the math, you will see that "46 grams per day for the average sedentary woman" is for a 128 pound woman
Keep reading the article and then see what bumping up protein and decreasing carbs does for your satiety.
Oh darn! I thought I was eating a lot of protein, but I guess it's about as much as I need. It's strange because I always try to add protein to my meals when I can and it feels like it's a lot. Funny since my husband and mother in law complain that I eat too much protein ha ha. I did a online calculator and it said for my stats, I need 73 grams of protein per day.
Try bumping your protein up to 25-30% and see if you can eat less than 1500 calories and still feel satisfied.
I will give it a try Thanks! It's going to be difficult trying to fit more protein in though ha ha. I will have to search for things that are in high protein besides eggs and chicken. 0 -
nosebag1212 wrote: »You're eating 6 tiny meals a day, I could never be full when I did that, have you tried doing instead doing 2-3 larger meals, or even intermittent fasting?
I actually eat 3-4 large meals a day and a small snack like a banana. I guess I'm more of a grazer. I always like to eat, so having 4 different meals really helps me. I tried eating only 2 large meals a day, but it made me a lot hungrier. Spacing my meals out a bit helps me a lot more 0 -
Let's put it this way - I was 10 years older when I lost the weight and never had to eat less than 1650 calories.
For what it's worth, if I only have fruit as a snack, I'm starving 10 minutes later. Try to pair fruit with some protein and/or fat, and maybe replace some of your fruit with nuts or cheese... you eat a lot of fruit. Mostly all that fruit, bread, rice, and barbecue sauce in one day would be a lot of not very filling calories for me. I try to limit fruit to two servings a day.
What kind of yogurt do you eat? A lot of yogurts have a lot of sugar and not much protein or fat. Also yeah, I would cut the bread or rice and have more protein (or veggies) instead.
Also make sure to weigh your pasta and rice raw.0 -
Let's put it this way - I was 10 years older when I lost the weight and never had to eat less than 1650 calories.
For what it's worth, if I only have fruit as a snack, I'm starving 10 minutes later. Try to pair fruit with some protein and/or fat, and maybe replace some of your fruit with nuts or cheese... you eat a lot of fruit. Mostly all that fruit, bread, rice, and barbecue sauce in one day would be a lot of not very filling calories for me. I try to limit fruit to two servings a day.
What kind of yogurt do you eat? A lot of yogurts have a lot of sugar and not much protein or fat. Also yeah, I would cut the bread or rice and have more protein (or veggies) instead.
Also make sure to weigh your pasta and rice raw.
You absolutely right! Every day, the main categories of my meals are fruit, protein, and carbs. I've always eaten a huge amount of carbs like bread, pasta, and rice. I always crave carbs and they satisfy me a lot. So I figure that lowering the amount is the best option rather than cutting it out. I'm originally from California, but now I live in the Netherlands. In the Netherlands, people are always eating huge amount of carbs like bread, pasta, or rice. People here eat sandwiches for breakfast, lunch, or even snacks ha ha. So that also influenced me a bit with the carbs. I eat whole-grain carbs for the extra fiber though. Maybe carbs aren't the most filling, but I really wouldn't want to reduce something I enjoy so much. I make them fit in my daily calories, so that's good. The yogurt with fruit is one of my most filling meals. The amount it makes fills up a huge bowl and it takes me a while to eat. A banana as a snack doesn't fill me up, but it's something healthy for not too many calories that I enjoy having lately. Before I started losing weight, I would always eat huge quantities of junk food that was sweet like chocolate, cookies, cakes, pastries, ect. Now I only have it occasionally. I never use to be so obsessed or in love with fruit. Maybe that's part of the reason I'm so addicted to fruit, for the sugar and sweetness. I never realized that until now. At least fruit is a lot healthier. I've also been obsessed with bbq sauce for some reason, but I only use a tiny bit of it so it only adds about 25 calories. I love nuts and cheese, but they don't satisfy my hunger one bit unfortunately. Although today I did eat 76 calories for one banana which might be smart to switch to 76 calories of nuts. It feels better though to eat a banana since it has more quantity than to eat a few pieces of nuts. The yogurt I eat is half full plain yogurt and it has barely any sugar. I started getting plain after how much sugar I saw was in the flavored ones. I always weigh my meat and pasta/rice raw 0 -
Well, I think you need to experiment around with different types of foods to see if some provide more satiation. A breakfast of yogurt and fruit would not hold me, even those the calories might be the same as a bowl of cereal. Everyone is different. I need lots of volume to feel satisfied.
Also, people are just different. I am one of those always hungry kind of people. I can eat 2,000 calories a day and still be looking for more. It's just a lifelong thing for me. It's never going away and I just accept it. I never feel satiated unless I overeat. I currently do about 1400 calories a day. I'm never really satisfied but it has gotten easier to just live with it.0 -
Keep up the fab work! Slow and steady wins the race.. Higher protien is always much more filling for me longer periods of time. Good luck in your journey!0
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nosebag1212 wrote: »You're eating 6 tiny meals a day, I could never be full when I did that, have you tried doing instead doing 2-3 larger meals, or even intermittent fasting?
This. I have almost identical stats to you, OP (5'4", hovering around 203 lbs right now). I have been set to 1 lb/week for the past 14-15 months and have lost 60 lbs to date. Since I hit about the 55 lbs lost mark I have been having trouble sticking to my calories and have been basically maintaining (or losing so slowly that water weight masks most of it--I have lost inches). The past 2 weeks I have been skipping breakfast (well, drinking coffee with a splash of cream worth 20-90 calories depending on the type and amount I use, but unsweetened). My first real meal of the day is lunch around 11:30 AM, and lunch is moderate (350-500 calories). Then between late afternoon snacks and dinner and evening snacks I eat the rest of my calories, totalling in the neighborhood of 1500 net although sometimes I net a bit less (I always net more than 1200).
It seems to be working so far--I've dropped back down the 2 lbs or so I'd regained (no idea if real gains or water weight, but glad to see it gone nonetheless).0 -
How much water are you drinking?
I started at pretty much the same stats as you and am currently under what you are now, feeling satisfied on 1200-1400 depending on the day/ exercise etc. but I eat a ton of veggies, a massive salad with protein for lunch, extra veggies at dinner and protein fueled snacks when needed. I'm also drinking at least 3L of water a day which is really great for keeping hunger at bay.0 -
1 lb a week is good. If you continue by this time next year you will be 52lbs less!0
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