What kind of diet am I on and always hungry and angry?

AliceDark

My dinner normally is a full dinner equal to a serving size of a 1 year old. Please help I am hungry with head aches on a regular. I feel like I am starving myself.

Do you really mean that you typically eat for dinner what you would feed a 1 year old? Because if that's the case, that would explain why you feel like you are trying to starve yourself. You will feel so much better if you relax your calorie target a bit and feed your body!

I agree with the comments about your protein and fat macros. Your targets are set pretty low, and you're not even meeting them. I get wicked headaches when I let my blood sugar spike and crash, so being on an even keel could help. You might be having some dehydration issues too.

firstsip

OP, glad to see you're going to try losing at .5 lb/week rate. With little left to lose, a slower loss is more beneficial for LBM preservation AND for helping your hunger pangs.

Quick add calories can shoot yourself in the foot if you rely on it too often. For many people, quick add calories results in underestimations and stalled weight loss. Since you're still losing, you may be overestimating how many calories you're consuming, resulting in your hunger.

As others said, bulk up on protein, fiber, fats. Those three tend to lead to the most satiety. I know life can be busy, but quick add calories everyday can really undermine your progress (even progress in figuring out why you're hungry). If you tend to eat the same sort of breakfast/lunches, take time one day to add all of those things together in MFP and simply add it every day (Under "My meals," or even just copy from day to day).

Justkeepswimmin

If I ate like you I'd probably faint at the gym and have a hefty ambo and ER bill....all so someone could tell me EAT AND DRINK MORE.

I am not exaggerating. Today in power class someone asked me what I burn in power...I told them about 330 calories BUT for every day of weight training I do a week I have to up my NET intake by 700 over the whole week. So if I do 3 weight training classes or even resistance body weight classes I take in 2100 more calories over the whole week! I learned pretty fast that 1200 calories does not a push up make, or even a long distance run....I'm also not seeing how what you're eating even adds up to 1200 or 1500 calories unless that's the heftiest ranch known to man.

Lastly, you're likely in desperate need of vitamins and protein A SLICE of Turkey???? If I'm JUST doing cardio I can subsist on 1500 NET with a minimum of 90 Protein, but the second I add in light weights, or heavey weights, or resistance I NEED 110-125 protein to feel enough energy between work outs.

Also as someone else on my screen I see other's recommended this and fats. YES they seriously help with the hunger. All these carbs are unnecessary; sure we need some but not at the proportionate level of the average diet.

I'd rather have my macros add up then my net. And it's damn hard. I'd rather go over on fat than over on carbs tho.

Francl27

It just doesn't seem like a lot of food for 1600 calories. It's what I eat and I eat way more than you do. I also tend to have a smaller dinner and eat more during the day, as it's when being hungry is the most annoying.

Ang108

My daily calorie intake is 1200 and goes up to about 1500-1600 when I exercise. Why is it that im always hungry? Is it im not eating the right food? I normally eat 2 boiled eggs in the morning with 1 peice of toast. Lunch is normally 1 piece of bread with mustard, and one slice of Oscar Myer Turkey that is my sandwhich. I will also eat a cucumber salad for lunch with my sandwhich and my total salad is one cup with cucumbers only and a little ranch. My dinner normally is a full dinner equal to a serving size of a 1 year old. Please help I am hungry with head aches on a regular. I feel like I am starving myself.

I eat 1200 calories and eat much, much more than you. Are you sure you are logging everything right and actually eating 1200 calories ? My food log is open . just in case......I do 5:2 twice a week eating between 500-600 calories and the rest is 1200.....

Akimajuktuq

I am 5"7 and weigh 157lbs.

Eat more. You need more than 1200. Figure out your TDEE and lower your weight loss goal to a half pound per week max.

Also, why are you avoiding fat? Fat is an essential macro and the MFP default is too low. Also, ranch usually has canola oil/soy oil and none of the healthiest fats. You need some healthy, unrefined fats from animals, avocado, eggs etc. My staples are animal fats (including ghee or butter), coconut oil, avocados, and a little bit of olive oil and nuts. Natural saturated fats are NOT bad.

knra_grl

There's a lot of quick added calories in your diary. Are these estimates of things you're eating? Why not find them in the database?

From what I can see that you're eating, it's a lot of bread and not enough protein or fat. Add about 4 more slices of turkey onto that sandwich and some avocado and see how you feel. And yeah, with everyone who says to up your calorie intake... I'm 5'5" and 125 lbs, and I eat 1500 calories a day at least to lose weight.

This and you missed some days logging - did you eat or not log because it was the weekend and you ate what you wanted?

kkzmom11

as others have said, based on your food diary, you aren't anywhere NEAR 1200 calories. you aren't eating enough. you should be eating a minimum of 1200. add fruit or veggies with your lunch sandwich. get some fruit with your breakfast. once you start eating enough food, daily, then you shouldn't be hungry all the time. you are probably angry because your body is telling you to fuel it with more food.

Waggoner83

If I do not logg on the weekend is becaue I may have ate a church or different events. Sometimes I do not logg because the food is so mixed up that I am unsure of what all is mixed in it.

brad2021hk

Do you really mean that you typically eat for dinner what you would feed a 1 year old? Because if that's the case, that would explain why you feel like you are trying to starve yourself. You will feel so much better if you relax your calorie target a bit and feed your body!

I'm consistently shocked at what my baby daughter can put away during a meal. We currently try to feed her what we're eating at a lot of meals. She's a little older at 16 months now. She ate nearly 4 full raviolis last night. I only had 3 after giving her some of mine. I had a piece of bread and some broccoli too. Jeez, she probably had as many calories for dinner as I did.

brad2021hk

The problem with the quick add is that you don't get the macro information. You know if you hit your calorie target, but not what your mix of fat, protein, and carbs along with fiber and sodium look like. A couple people gave the feedback that you aren't getting enough fat and protein. That may or may not be true if a large percentage of your diary has incomplete data. No one can really tell.

If you eat a more protein and fat heavy diet, you tend to be less hungry. I struggle with this myself. I'll eat some cereal and toast for breakfast. It's quick and I'm used to doing that on weekdays. I'll be hungry by 9am. If I have eggs and bacon instead, it's a little more calories, but I'm not hungry until lunch time and often have a smaller lunch as a result.

DeniseBarone

Make sure you eat protein at lunchtime. If you eat protein, it will help keep your body running throughout the afternoon.