I have been eating balanced meals, having healthy snacks, doing everything right, but some days I am always hungry. I suspect it's because of PMS. What do you guys do on these days? I'm about 30 seconds away from tearing into a snickers bar, but am holding strong! Lol
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I'm in maintenance now and my experience when losing is that the occasional day eating at maintenance has little effect in the long run. Try to find healthy snacks to keep around for those days. Some of my favorites are apples, Greek yogurt (I like the light and fit dessert flavored ones), veggies with hummus, and dry roasted edamame (Seapoint brand).
1. These are the days that you have to push through, train your "willpower muscle", try to work out what works and what doesn't. It's a "one day at a time" attitude that you need to have now.
2. Not all days are like this, this means that most days it will be a lot easier, sometimes it will even be difficult to eat all your daily allowance. This means only a few days a month will be really tough, like today.
All the more reason to hold strong
I'm not necessarily more hungry around my period, but I have days where I have more cravings for certain foods. I give myself some leeway, especially if I'm feeling particularly crappy (cramps, fatigue).
I'd try and figure out whether it's real hunger (and perhaps you're not eating enough, aiming for a weight loss rate that's too fast; or could just be related to something else). Or having cravings, which could be related to excluding certain foods you like from your diet. There's nothing wrong with a snickers bar in a balanced diet, you don't need to eliminate 'treat foods' to lose weight.
No big! Unless you’re set to lose 0.5 lbs per week, you were still in a deficit for the day. Good job!
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I get that - working from home has not helped! I am a stress eater, and my partner has a sweet tooth and keeps sneaking junk food into the house lol I have tried to opt for veggies and humus when I feel the need to graze, or popcorn.
It's fine, I don't stress over these things. Not anymore anyway
Sometimes I “give in” and have an over-day, more often I live with it and look for the underlying cause so it doesn’t repeat.
(—15kg and in maintenance for about 3yrs)