Only eating when you are hungry?

nvmomketo

I'm another who finds that my hunger is dictated by the foods I have eaten. If I limit my carbs, especially refined and processed, my hunger drops and I can eat intuitively. If I eat higher carb, including refined and processed carbs, I need to ignore hunger and try to rely on willpower to control my calorie intake. Not as fun.

SelenaMariaStewart

I do the same, but I'll admit I'm too far under calories some days. If it's nearing the end of my day and I'm in a big deficit I have healthy snacks to eat so my body gets the fuel it needs. But, that's only if I'm way under. Like normally I won't eat before 2 in the afternoon since my stomach is usually blarg until then.

fb47

Mandylou19912014 wrote: »

So I’ve started to follow just one rule when it comes to eating. And that’s to only eat when I am feeling really hungry. I feel like I eat for the sake of it, it gets to 1pm and I think oh it’s lunch time I should eat some lunch etc. This is my first day of trying this out and I’ve only had 500 calories and I’m not hungry at all! My first snack was at 11.30 because I genuinely wasn’t hungry until then .. I have more energy today as well. Has anyone else tried this?

I usually use that method if I go on vacation or I am away from home and I don't feel like tracking, I use that method in order to prevent me from gaining too much weight. For every day, I wouldn't do it. I just feel more comfortable tracking it instead of relying on my instinct.

kshama2001

KowboyKraka wrote: »

I just ran across this thread. I have been on Keto since June 1 and I was hungry all the time at first. This past couple weeks, I have found myself still eating breakfast lunch and dinner. The difference now is I am eating a lot less and I am full. I am 6'2" male and I know I should be eating over 1500 kcals a day, but some days like today, I am only at 850. I slept in and didn't eat breakfast, but I did eat two chicken breasts for lunch, a pint of Halo Top ice cream for a snack and a 8.5 oz steak for dinner. A couple hours after that I had a coffee. I was thinking that I need to get more calories in just because it is what THEY say I should do. I am finding that I am only eating now when my body says, "Hey, feed me". Even with less calories over the last couple weeks, I am still full of energy and not getting headaches or dizzy. The only side affect as of right now is I am losing weight pretty fast, but I am trying to lose weight.

Might I add I do cardio 30 mins a day 5/6 days a week. Usually burn about 600 cals. I think maybe since I have not been lifting since I partially tore my acromioclavicular joint, that might be why my appetite has decreased. Doctor says to chill out, but cardio is still ok.

@KowboyKraka at first I was concerned that you were drastically undereating but I took a look at your diary and see you are using a lot of user created entries. I suggest you go to USDA database to get the syntax and plug that into MFP.

For example, when I use "Chicken, broilers or fryers, breast, meat only, cooked, roasted" I get 374 calories for 8 oz chicken, almost double the 200 calories for the entry you used.

I get 404 calories for 8.3 oz of "Beef, round, knuckle, tip side, steak, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, cooked, grilled", rather than the 257 calories your entry had.

Over the course of a month, how much weight are you losing per week and how much more weight do you have to lose before you hit your goal?