Hungry

Suly09

What do you do when at the end of the day you are hungry but you already maxed out all your calories for the day?

aeloine

Go for a run/walk and earn some calories back.

quiksylver296

I would probably eat something.

Do you know what your maintenance calories are? Knowing that my maintenance calories are ~2300 calories was a game-changer for me! On super hungry days, I can eat up to 2300 calories and NOT GAIN. This eliminated the guilt of eating more than MFP gave me for the day.

kimothyschma

Drink herbal tea. Or if it's been getting hard for a while, I'll consider taking a couple maintenance days.

RoxieDawn

Did you exercise today? If so did you eat any of them?

If no exercise, I would eat. A couple hundred cals is most likely going to keep you around maintenance or still in a slight deficit. You could choose to eat a little less tomorrow and/or the next day and still be within your weekly total calories to lose weight.

If this is a one time thing no big deal, but if you know you will be hungrier later, start saving you calories for this time.

Katimira

MFP has me at about a 500 calories deficit every day. If I'm still hungry, I eat a portion of lean protein for up to 100 calories of those 500 (Egg whites, shrimp, etc). It makes me feel full.

FlyingMolly

Eat, march in place for a while and then eat, or try to sleep on it, depending on how hungry I am. A little hunger comes with being in a deficit; most people can’t really lose weight without feeling some.

If it’s mild and not really bothering me I might ignore it, but if it’s more acute I assume I probably do need to eat. Tracking and logging food is rarely perfect, and same goes for estimates of calories burned. Some days you may just actually need more food than you think, some days you may need less, and bonus points if that awareness helps you to eat a little more intuitively!

Iwantahealthierme30

Do a walk off the pounds video for 15 minutes if it's early enough, but usually just ignore it or go over by a bit if it's later.

spzjlb

You might also need to define “hungry”. Ravenous-cannot possibly sleep-hungry is one thing, but a little peckish or simply wanting a habitual snack is another. Decide which and then consider the advice above.

AnneLSam

Personally, I eat a cheese stick! I'm a mom and "Eat a cheese stick" is my answer to a lot of things. Also, a big glass of water usually helps.

LuckyAndi

A piece of hard candy usually works for me, if I'm not super hungry. If I am legitimately hungry, I'll go with a bag of steamed vegetables and/or lean deli meat, or some cottage cheese.

PixelPuff

Eat some veggies! Or some fruit! If you were near your maintenance calories already, you can exercise some back and have a small snack. I have some very voluminous, filling examples of snacks below.

Fun facts:
1lb of carrots is 186 calories.
1lb of broccoli is 153 calories.
1lb of strawberries is 151 calories.

1lb of cauliflower is 113 calories! Roast it in a pan or the oven, no need to even add oil... Throw in a low cal sauce. My local Dollar Store even has Buffalo sauce that is 5 cal per tablespoon! I've figured that if I cut 4-5 tablespoons of sauce slightly with water (is a lil thick), throw it in a large tupperware with a full head worth of roasted cauliflower, and shake it up... Coats pretty dang well! Tasty and great low-cal snack all things considered. You can actually do this with the broccoli easily, too.

Not to say you need to eat a whole pound worth of any of the above, but it really goes to show how filled you can get on a smaller amount of calories. Great for if you are a 'snacker' through the day.

yirara

If I'mm hungry then it goes away if I work out for some reason. Anything strength works best for me.

tirowow12385

Embrace it.

TavistockToad

Suly09 wrote: »

What do you do when at the end of the day you are hungry but you already maxed out all your calories for the day?

i would eat something, and then look at changing my macros/deficit so that i wasn't always so hungry.

1houndgal

Suly09 wrote: »

What do you do when at the end of the day you are hungry but you already maxed out all your calories for the day?

I would eat sensibly, log it all. Tomorrow is a new day to do "better".

amgreenwell

Drink a whole bunch of water... or readjust my calories during the day so that I can get in a snack at night. I pre-log most everything so I know exactly what my day is going to look like. I always leave a little extra just in case.

chantalemarie

if you do even a 10 minute pure cardio video, you might lose 100-200 calories, that could be enough for a snack.

TavistockToad

chantalemarie wrote: »

if you do even a 10 minute pure cardio video, you might lose 100-200 calories, that could be enough for a snack.

200 cals for 10 minutes working out... i wish!!!!

Crafty_camper123

Eat. Do better tomorrow. Knowing what your maintenance is, and thinking of your calorie goal as a weekly average instead of a day by day thing is helpful. Blew 200 over goal?? Eat 28 calories less for 7 days. Burn 28 calories more, etc. Looking at your macros may give you insight on why you were so hungry all day. For example if I don't get enough protein at breakfast, it mucks my whole day up and I'm hangry by dinner. Hope this helps! Good luck!