Why am I suddenly so hungry ?

weedspot

Hi!

I started my caloric deficit 61 days ago. For the first 30 days I was eating around 1800 calories. And I didn’t feel especially hungry. Things were fine except I was losing too fast. So I bumped up my daily calories to 2000. Which is a 400-500 calories deficit. I’m losing steadily and at a very decent rate. Except that I’m starving for some reason.

I workout 5-6 times a week. And try to walk and get at least 8-10k steps a day. I work a desk job so my workout and walks are the only activity I get

lynn_glenmont

it could be all the time you were losing too fast finally catching up to you.

kshama2001

weedspot wrote: »

Hi!

I started my caloric deficit 61 days ago. For the first 30 days I was eating around 1800 calories. And I didn’t feel especially hungry. Things were fine except I was losing too fast. So I bumped up my daily calories to 2000. Which is a 400-500 calories deficit. I’m losing steadily and at a very decent rate. Except that I’m starving for some reason.

I workout 5-6 times a week. And try to walk and get at least 8-10k steps a day. I work a desk job so my workout and walks are the only activity I get

Sometimes there is a "honeymoon" period before hunger catches up.

I wonder if you are still losing too fast and have some questions:

1. Over the last 4 weeks, how many pounds per week did you lose and how many pounds away from your goal weight are you?
2. What percent of the calories you earn from exercise are you eating back?

PAV8888

If you're still losing at a "very decent rate" chances are decently high that your deficit remains high.

Very few people associate an actually moderate deficit with a "very decent rate of loss"

The *more usual* association is "it feels slow as molasses in January".... of course there's always a southern hemisphere person available to prove one wrong!😹

Nony_Mouse

PAV8888 wrote: »

If you're still losing at a "very decent rate" chances are decently high that your deficit remains high.

Very few people associate an actually moderate deficit with a "very decent rate of loss"

The *more usual* association is "it feels slow as molasses in January".... of course there's always a southern hemisphere person available to prove one wrong!😹

You called, dear @PAV8888?

Yeah, nah...as much as I do like to prove you wrong, I concur on this one ('cept switch January to July, obvs ).

sijomial

If I recall recently you stated you were losing at slightly over 1lb a week (11lbs in two months), which indicates a bigger deficit than you believe.
That may simply be too fast for someone who is not very overweight, is walking a lot and is working out most days.

For comparison at around 170lbs and 5'9" if I decide to cut a few pounds while training hard before an important cycling event I can maintain 1lb/week loss for about six or seven weeks before my exercise and recovery starts to suffer and I show clear signs of over-training. My weight loss also stalls if I take no notice of those signs (cortisol / stress on my body / water retention).

Suggest you have a couple of weeks at maintenance and then resume your cut but at a significantly slower rate. It will take longer to get to goal but you would get far more benefit from your training which I know is important to you.

NovusDies

I agree with a couple of weeks at maintenance. I might also suggest a decent sized overfeed day (maintenance + 50 percent) to kick it off and perhaps get you over the part where your body is screaming for food faster. If you are only hungry now you are at the beginning. It gets worse. Stop it here and heed @sijomial's advice.

spiriteagle99

Are you eating back some or most of your exercise calories?

angelexperiment

Some foods can trigger more hungry feelings. I’d say try to throw more healthy fats to see if it is affecting it.