I'm hungry ALL THE TIME

mats613

When I do... and when I don't skip breakfast....
small snacks throughout day or large meals 3 times...
even eating tons of yummy totally filling huge portion of veggies with protein...

starving starving and angry all the time

eating healthy, really truly. JUST HUNGRY

1600 calories a day and i get there too fast and then i'm a total raving b*tch

HELP

88olds

How much fat are you eating? If I go too far down the low fat road I get agitated and stay agitated.

BTW- my can’t stay out of the kitchen stopper -oatmeal. It isn’t just for breakfast.

pinuplove

More fat? High satiaity carbs (potatoes, oatmeal, etc.)? How much of a deficit is 1600 for you?

goldthistime

My first instinct is to suggest that you up your calorie goal. Second is to suggest that you up your protein consumption. But the responsible thing to do would be to ask more about you. Height? Weight? Previous loss and rate of loss? Activity level? Are you eating back your calories?

Falklang

Whats your age, height, activity level and weight? Have you seen a Doctor and they've given the OK for you to start a new lifestyle? Are you exercising? Answer these and we may be able to help you better.

bbell1985

Change anything lately? Birth control perhaps?

mats613

@88love and @pinuplove thanks for the suggestion on upping the fats. I actually am not having a lot of fat that might be it. I had a teeny bit of pb in my oatmeal this morning, and the meat has fat but it's the low fat type. I will try adding some avacado and a little more PB and see if it helps me feel calmer and less hungry.

@goldthistime my maintaining intake was calculated as 1800 - i think because I'm short. I'm 5"1, 184.5lbs, female 27
it might be 2059 depending on whether i'm sedentary or lightly active (I'm not sure which)....I walk about 30 minutes every day, and row 30 minutes once a week. I'm pretty hyperactive also, constantly fidgeting, spinning in my chair at work, running over to coworkers cubicles to brainstorm etc.
I'm scared if I up my intake I'm not going to lose.... and then all this hard work for nada

mats613

@falklang I haven't been to the doctor, but I'm overweight, and in the past doctors kind of prodded me towards weight loss. I'm 5'1 and 184.5lbs currently

@bbell1985 nothing really changed except me cutting back on calories. when I wasn't counting I was probably having about 2500 calories a day - but I was gaining about .2lbs a weeK?

SusanDSME

Not that this helps, but lately, I've been hungry all the time, too. I think some of it is psychological... once I start thinking about food, it's hard to stop. Strangely, I feel less hungry when I exercise.

pinuplove

Fat is my happy macro. I'm very grumpy hungry if I don't get enough!

If you've only recently been eating at a deficit, there IS an adjustment period where you'll be a little hungry, as well. But you shouldn't be starving, even in a moderate deficit. Sometimes it just takes some macro and timing tweaking to find the right balance.

cmriverside

mats613 wrote: »

@falklang I haven't been to the doctor, but I'm overweight, and in the past doctors kind of prodded me towards weight loss. I'm 5'1 and 184.5lbs currently

@bbell1985 nothing really changed except me cutting back on calories. when I wasn't counting I was probably having about 2500 calories a day - but I was gaining about .2lbs a weeK?

According to your (two) logged days, you are not eating 1600 - you've eaten 1350 and 1389. I would be starving on that too. I couldn't stick to anything less than 1500 PLUS exercise calories when I was losing; which meant most days I was eating 1800-1900...and I'm a truly sedentary person. I am taller than you.

If you are working, going to school, or have kids at home or do any exercise at all you'll need more than 1350.

1600 is a big leap from 1350 - try logging and eating that amount. If you are exercising, you then eat even more on exercise days. That's how this site works. Eat!