Day 2 and I’m starving!
betinabean
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Just cut my calories down to 1430 a day to create a 1lb a week deficit. It’s my second day and I am HUNGRY! I know this is my body needing to adjust my metabolism to probably over 1000 less calories than I had been eating. I can survive and do this. But please let me whine about it here. I don’t want to drive my friends and family crazy haha
I’m focused on adding lots of fruits and veggies to meals and eating appropriate sized portions of the rich foods I love. Also, I have been drinking so much more water! When I feel hungry, but it’s not time for a meal yet, I drink a cup or water or some tea. Any tips you’ve found to help? Is the first week the hardest? Tell me it gets better haha
I’m focused on adding lots of fruits and veggies to meals and eating appropriate sized portions of the rich foods I love. Also, I have been drinking so much more water! When I feel hungry, but it’s not time for a meal yet, I drink a cup or water or some tea. Any tips you’ve found to help? Is the first week the hardest? Tell me it gets better haha
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Are you eating enough fat and protein?9
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betinabean wrote: »Just cut my calories down to 1430 a day to create a 1lb a week deficit. It’s my second day and I am HUNGRY! I know this is my body needing to adjust my metabolism to probably over 1000 less calories than I had been eating. I can survive and do this. But please let me whine about it here. I don’t want to drive my friends and family crazy haha
I’m focused on adding lots of fruits and veggies to meals and eating appropriate sized portions of the rich foods I love. Also, I have been drinking so much more water! When I feel hungry, but it’s not time for a meal yet, I drink a cup or water or some tea. Any tips you’ve found to help? Is the first week the hardest? Tell me it gets better haha
Can you give us your stats (height, current weight, goal weight, age)? If you're just starting, a 1000 calorie deficit might be too much - maybe try starting out with a 500 calorie deficit and work up from there?
eta: Oh duh, I just re-read the OP, 1000 calories less than you had been eating before, so actually a 500 calorie deficit for 1 lb a week loss. I would still recommend upping your calories by a couple of hundred for a few days until you get used to eating less, then drop down to the 500 cal defecit
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There's a learning curve figuring out what foods are filling and meal timing. Protein, fiber & fat are filling components, but it's a different mixture for everyone.
If you are eating 1,000 calories less than your usual - that's 2 pounds a week. 500 calories less would give you 1 pound a week. You might want to double check your numbers. 1,000 calories less isn't for everyone.
Also, keep in mind that exercise calories were not included in the original calculation. If you exercise you will earn more calories.9 -
How much do you weigh right now? 1 pound a week may be too aggressive.0
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It's my 2nd day also and I feel your pain!!! Whine on!!!!!!! Lol0
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It passes. It's more that your body is used to being fed whenever any urge hits or that many feelings register as hunger...as you get used to eating more reasonably or on a schedule your body will begin to get used to it7
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I don't know if you're into coffee, but it's a great temporary appetite suppressant, more so than tea in my experience. I use it as a dietary aid all the time and don't feel hungry at all for a couple hours after even if I was starving before.4
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Well 2 days isn't really enough time to judge, maybe you can "push" through this and maybe you can't. If this continues to be a problem please consider the possibility of changing your goal to losing 0.5lb a week.
Losing slower but sustaining your loss will be a lot more likely to succeed than trying to "push" yourself to lose faster.7 -
betinabean wrote: »Just cut my calories down to 1430 a day to create a 1lb a week deficit. It’s my second day and I am HUNGRY! I know this is my body needing to adjust my metabolism to probably over 1000 less calories than I had been eating. I can survive and do this. But please let me whine about it here. I don’t want to drive my friends and family crazy haha
I’m focused on adding lots of fruits and veggies to meals and eating appropriate sized portions of the rich foods I love. Also, I have been drinking so much more water! When I feel hungry, but it’s not time for a meal yet, I drink a cup or water or some tea. Any tips you’ve found to help? Is the first week the hardest? Tell me it gets better haha
Make sure you’re eating enough to sustain the deficit but not too much to gain or maintain, work out if your goal is realistic. Try to eat little and often to stave off the cravings! It’s so much easier when you get into a routine. You can do this! Feel free to add me for some support! You have the POWER!0 -
Honestly, when I fall off the wagon and restart, when I restart I am HUNGRY for the first week or so. Your body is used to those extra calories and WANTS THEM!
Def make sure you are eating enough protein, that will help you feel full.
If you still feel like this after a week, you may want to decrease to .5lb per week.4 -
Add in 2 more ounces of protein to every meal. It takes longer to digest so you'll feel full longer. Easy.3
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2 more ounces of protein in every meal on 1400 calories? I just don't see that ending well.3
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cmriverside wrote: »2 more ounces of protein in every meal on 1400 calories? I just don't see that ending well.
Nor does it work for everybody. I could eat protein all day long and never feel full.4 -
Did no one pick up on the 1000 calorie deficit comment.
She has a 500 calorie deficit. Which depending on what Amount of weight she has to lose is acceptable
Edit. Nevermind I see someone did. Lol1 -
OP: If none the suggestions above work or appeal to you, the only "solution" is to exercise more to burn cals to eat more and keep the net cals the same.
That's what I and others do. It works for me and should work for you as long as you log your CICO accurately.1 -
fittunachick wrote: »Add in 2 more ounces of protein to every meal. It takes longer to digest so you'll feel full longer. Easy.
This would only work if she decreases her carbs and fats to fit this in.
That said, OP maybe look into adding volume food into your diet and try working with different macros variations to find what provides satiety and lastly meal timing if needed.
Also if you exercise.. you get to eat these back (or a portion)..
But yes there is an initial phase your are going to go through as your body adjusts.0 -
Are you sure it's hunger? Maybe you're thirsty--a perfectly good excuse to drink more water!3
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Second on the coffee suggestion - works much better for me than tea. But really, it's just playing with meal composition and timing. You say you've been drinking "so much more water" but I don't really know what that means in relation to you. If I'm hungry and I don't think that I should be I usually start with a large glass of water and waiting 10-15 minutes to see if that helps before eating.0
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If you just went from eating tons of sugar to not eating any added sugar, you are probably just experiencing sugar withdrawal. It doesn’t last. Usually 3 days if you drink lots of water and eat fibrous veggies, low glycemic fruits and lean protein. Push through the first 3 days and it’ll be a lot easier for you to focus on the right foods to eat. Google metabolism building foods and fat burning foods to figure out the best foods to keep in the house and those will be sustainable. On top of 30 mins to an hour of activity, you’ll succeed!19
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If you just went from eating tons of sugar to not eating any added sugar, you are probably just experiencing sugar withdrawal. It doesn’t last. Usually 3 days if you drink lots of water and eat fibrous veggies, low glycemic fruits and lean protein. Push through the first 3 days and it’ll be a lot easier for you to focus on the right foods to eat. Google metabolism building foods and fat burning foods to figure out the best foods to keep in the house and those will be sustainable. On top of 30 mins to an hour of activity, you’ll succeed!
Most Google-search lists of "metabolism building foods" and "fat burning foods" are going to be nonsense. Those things don't really exist.
The best foods are the foods that you can eat in the overall context of a diet that meets your calorie goals, meets your nutritional needs, ensures you feel full and satisfied, and you enjoy. That can include high-fiber vegetables, low glycemic fruits, and lean protein, but it also includes other vegetables, higher glycemic fruits, fattier foods, and all sorts of other things.9 -
janejellyroll wrote: »If you just went from eating tons of sugar to not eating any added sugar, you are probably just experiencing sugar withdrawal. It doesn’t last. Usually 3 days if you drink lots of water and eat fibrous veggies, low glycemic fruits and lean protein. Push through the first 3 days and it’ll be a lot easier for you to focus on the right foods to eat. Google metabolism building foods and fat burning foods to figure out the best foods to keep in the house and those will be sustainable. On top of 30 mins to an hour of activity, you’ll succeed!
Most Google-search lists of "metabolism building foods" and "fat burning foods" are going to be nonsense. Those things don't really exist.
The best foods are the foods that you can eat in the overall context of a diet that meets your calorie goals, meets your nutritional needs, ensures you feel full and satisfied, and you enjoy. That can include high-fiber vegetables, low glycemic fruits, and lean protein, but it also includes other vegetables, higher glycemic fruits, fattier foods, and all sorts of other things.
I feel like I've read that some foods (hot peppers?) maybe boost your metabolism a teeny, tiny bit, for a very short period of time, if you eat a massive amount of them. Which, of course, equals "Miracle Food Busts Waistlines!"2 -
For that mid morning and afternoon hunger I eat an apple or a handful of almonds. I find that grazing a bit along with water helps. I also don't get to cought up with a large deficit. Any size deficit will cause weight loss.4
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MegaMooseEsq wrote: »janejellyroll wrote: »If you just went from eating tons of sugar to not eating any added sugar, you are probably just experiencing sugar withdrawal. It doesn’t last. Usually 3 days if you drink lots of water and eat fibrous veggies, low glycemic fruits and lean protein. Push through the first 3 days and it’ll be a lot easier for you to focus on the right foods to eat. Google metabolism building foods and fat burning foods to figure out the best foods to keep in the house and those will be sustainable. On top of 30 mins to an hour of activity, you’ll succeed!
Most Google-search lists of "metabolism building foods" and "fat burning foods" are going to be nonsense. Those things don't really exist.
The best foods are the foods that you can eat in the overall context of a diet that meets your calorie goals, meets your nutritional needs, ensures you feel full and satisfied, and you enjoy. That can include high-fiber vegetables, low glycemic fruits, and lean protein, but it also includes other vegetables, higher glycemic fruits, fattier foods, and all sorts of other things.
I feel like I've read that some foods (hot peppers?) maybe boost your metabolism a teeny, tiny bit, for a very short period of time, if you eat a massive amount of them. Which, of course, equals "Miracle Food Busts Waistlines!"
Yeah, I think there are some foods that do have that impact demonstrated in clinical conditions, I agree. But not to the extent that eating them is going to create a difference that most people will notice in actual results.
I'm thinking of the lists you see on Pinterest of "metabolism burning foods" with things like apples or almonds or grapefruit . . . they're all perfectly fine foods, but eating them instead of pears or walnuts or an orange isn't going to make you thinner.1 -
betinabean wrote: »Just cut my calories down to 1430 a day to create a 1lb a week deficit. It’s my second day and I am HUNGRY! I know this is my body needing to adjust my metabolism to probably over 1000 less calories than I had been eating. I can survive and do this. But please let me whine about it here. I don’t want to drive my friends and family crazy haha
I’m focused on adding lots of fruits and veggies to meals and eating appropriate sized portions of the rich foods I love. Also, I have been drinking so much more water! When I feel hungry, but it’s not time for a meal yet, I drink a cup or water or some tea. Any tips you’ve found to help? Is the first week the hardest? Tell me it gets better haha
Grab a piece of fruit or cut up veggies when you feel hungry.. Or drink water..0 -
Day 3... I was starving yesterday, after a while you just get used to it.2
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I was a serial re-starter, and whenever I restarted the first 3-5 days would leave me hungry all the time because I was used to packing my stomach FULL with lots of food all the time (in service of emotional demand, not actual hunger)
What helps me get through those first few miserable days is welcoming that crampy hollow feeling because it is actually just this: my poor abused stretched out stomach contracting and resizing itself into the stomach of a person who eats reasonably2 -
Get more fiber - veggies are good for this as you can eat alot for few calories. Of course, cannot douse it in butter, oil or salad dressing, though a little is good. Try sea salt. It packs more taste sensation than regular salt and is better for you. And black pepper. Mix veggies with lean protein like chicken, or good fats like avocado, fish.
The feeling will pass.0 -
janejellyroll wrote: »If you just went from eating tons of sugar to not eating any added sugar, you are probably just experiencing sugar withdrawal. It doesn’t last. Usually 3 days if you drink lots of water and eat fibrous veggies, low glycemic fruits and lean protein. Push through the first 3 days and it’ll be a lot easier for you to focus on the right foods to eat. Google metabolism building foods and fat burning foods to figure out the best foods to keep in the house and those will be sustainable. On top of 30 mins to an hour of activity, you’ll succeed!
Most Google-search lists of "metabolism building foods" and "fat burning foods" are going to be nonsense. Those things don't really exist.
The best foods are the foods that you can eat in the overall context of a diet that meets your calorie goals, meets your nutritional needs, ensures you feel full and satisfied, and you enjoy. That can include high-fiber vegetables, low glycemic fruits, and lean protein, but it also includes other vegetables, higher glycemic fruits, fattier foods, and all sorts of other things.
I have pins and pins of pintrist lists of foods that are pretty much just great for you to eat. No, they do not say hot peppers. It’s a wonderful cheat sheet for New dieters who are pretty much confused when we tell them to eat low glycemic or high fiber or lean protein.. you may be surprised by this, but a lot of people get discouraged by things like that.. I simply offered a very easy way to help someone with their shopping list.. you’ll find things like kale, almonds, blueberries, etc..4 -
janejellyroll wrote: »If you just went from eating tons of sugar to not eating any added sugar, you are probably just experiencing sugar withdrawal. It doesn’t last. Usually 3 days if you drink lots of water and eat fibrous veggies, low glycemic fruits and lean protein. Push through the first 3 days and it’ll be a lot easier for you to focus on the right foods to eat. Google metabolism building foods and fat burning foods to figure out the best foods to keep in the house and those will be sustainable. On top of 30 mins to an hour of activity, you’ll succeed!
Most Google-search lists of "metabolism building foods" and "fat burning foods" are going to be nonsense. Those things don't really exist.
The best foods are the foods that you can eat in the overall context of a diet that meets your calorie goals, meets your nutritional needs, ensures you feel full and satisfied, and you enjoy. That can include high-fiber vegetables, low glycemic fruits, and lean protein, but it also includes other vegetables, higher glycemic fruits, fattier foods, and all sorts of other things.
I have pins and pins of pintrist lists of foods that are pretty much just great for you to eat. No, they do not say hot peppers. It’s a wonderful cheat sheet for New dieters who are pretty much confused when we tell them to eat low glycemic or high fiber or lean protein.. you may be surprised by this, but a lot of people get discouraged by things like that.. I simply offered a very easy way to help someone with their shopping list.. you’ll find things like kale, almonds, blueberries, etc..
Lots of things are great for us to eat, I don't deny that. What I'm challenging specifically are the lists floating on the internet that claim to be collections of "metabolism building foods" or "fat burning foods."
If OP wants to eat low GI or high fiber or lean protein, they certainly can. But it's optional for weight loss. You can lose weight eating things like kale, almonds, and blueberries and you can lose weight while never eating any of them. OP's hunger could be related to perhaps a need to get more fiber (or protein, or fat, or even carbohydrates), but a list of supposedly "magical" foods is going to be less helpful than an understanding of what's actually in the foods they're eating and how they relate to their personal hunger cues.
If OP is confused about what to eat, Googling lists of randomly collected foods that are based on pseudoscience isn't going to end the confusion.10 -
It does get better. For one thing, your stomach gets used to not being stuffed full of food.
It helps me to have some nearly zero calorie snacks. I like roasted seaweed or kale chips, sliced salted radishes, and pickles for salty / crunchy cravings, almond milk lattes with cinnamon for sweet / creamy cravings. Hot spiced tea. A small amount of dark chocolate.
Or try having just a little of something fatty and satiating, like nuts.2
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