Slightly hungry yields better weight loss?

missylectro
missylectro Posts: 448 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Does being hungry before meals help you with weight loss or put you in the contraversial "starvation mode"?
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  • willdob3
    willdob3 Posts: 640 Member
    No, being hungry does not help with weight loss.
  • KylaDenay
    KylaDenay Posts: 1,585 Member
    :huh:
  • missylectro
    missylectro Posts: 448 Member
    No, being hungry does not help with weight loss.
    How come?
  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
    Nope!

    Eating at a deficiency, exercise, and water will generate weight loss and good health.
  • forkofpower
    forkofpower Posts: 171 Member
    No, being hungry does not help with weight loss.
    How come?

    Why would it? You lose weight by being on an overall caloric deficit. What would feeling hungry before a meal burn more calories?
  • daniellabella986
    daniellabella986 Posts: 325 Member
    Plus, not feeding your body properly will only make you go into starvation mode. Don't eat when you're bored, eat when you're hungry. Your body knows what's up.
  • missylectro
    missylectro Posts: 448 Member
    No, being hungry does not help with weight loss.
    How come?

    Why would it? You lose weight by being on an overall caloric deficit. What would feeling hungry before a meal burn more calories?
    Because it means the calories are burned faster...
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    Hunger is just a feeling. It has nothing to due with weight loss. Weight loss is entirely about creating an energy deficit (eating less calories a day then you burn). You can be hungry and gain weight or you can feel full and lose weight, that's all about food choices.
  • lrmall01
    lrmall01 Posts: 377 Member
    Maybe reading this will help answer your question.

    http://healthyliving.azcentral.com/body-burn-fat-hungry-2823.html
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,149 Member
    No, being hungry does not help with weight loss.
    How come?

    Why would it? You lose weight by being on an overall caloric deficit. What would feeling hungry before a meal burn more calories?
    Because it means the calories are burned faster...
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    How does being hungry burn more calories?
  • _Zardoz_
    _Zardoz_ Posts: 3,987 Member
    being Hungry means you're hungry.
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    No, being hungry does not help with weight loss.
    How come?

    Why would it? You lose weight by being on an overall caloric deficit. What would feeling hungry before a meal burn more calories?
    Because it means the calories are burned faster...
    Being hungry doesn't mean calories are burned faster. It simply means your hungry.
  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
    Which doesn't necessarily equal a calorie deficiency.
  • Railr0aderTony
    Railr0aderTony Posts: 6,803 Member
    No, being hungry does not help with weight loss.
    How come?

    Why would it? You lose weight by being on an overall caloric deficit. What would feeling hungry before a meal burn more calories?
    Because it means the calories are burned faster...

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    Can't be serious
  • lee91356
    lee91356 Posts: 330 Member
    No I think the opposite, it tend to yield to overeating and binging. I guess it depends what you mean :huh: : If you are slightly hungry and craving food and its not head hunger when you sit down to eat, thats one thing - thats good and fine and means your adjusting to an eating schedule. BUT if you mean hungry and counting the minutes between eating times because your not satisfied and satiated with your meals that something completely different - thats bad that means that (1) your not eating enough and (2) what your eating is not good, it doesnt contain the proper proteins/ carbs/ fibers to fill you and tied you over to the next meal and THAT leads to overeating and not weight loss.
  • Branstin
    Branstin Posts: 2,320 Member
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    I sure miss him.
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    Plus, not feeding your body properly will only make you go into starvation mode. Don't eat when you're bored, eat when you're hungry. Your body knows what's up.
    Not true. Hunger is a poor indication of when it is time to eat. Eating when hungry is what got me over 300 lbs. You should eat whenever you want to but make sure your calories are under control. Starvation mode has little scientific evidence to back it up. You must actually starve for it to happen. To actually starve you must eat next to nothing for a very long time.
  • CaitlinW19
    CaitlinW19 Posts: 431 Member
    agree with above. And also, starvation mode doesn't really have anything to do with "hunger" exactly. If you believe in it (which I personally do but I know many others don't), it is an extended period of time in which you don't give your body enough calories to function on (I believe, though I'm not a doctor or anything). In that state, people usually aren't hungry actually, from what I've read. It's something that takes place after days, weeks or months of eating too few calories, not in depriving yourself when you feel hungry.
  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I wish! I'm hungry right now - maybe I'll be skinny by tonight! :bigsmile:
  • ourglasswalls
    ourglasswalls Posts: 44 Member
    I don't like eating when I'm not hungry. It helps me know that my body is ready for food and I'm not just eating to eat. But when I'm hungry I eat! Ignoring the hunger and dragging it out helps nothing.
  • nikkylyn
    nikkylyn Posts: 325 Member
    I think for most of us being overly hungry before eating can lead to overeating.

    I have better results when I eat at regular intervals. Hit your calorie goals and exercise thats really all it takes. I know when I don't lose its because Im going over my calorie goals. You gotta really just focus and eat the right foods so your not hungry. You can def eat more volume if its healthier options vs not so healthy options so you dont have to feel hungry to lose weight.
  • DebbieLyn63
    DebbieLyn63 Posts: 2,654 Member
    The question is a bit confusing, but if I understand you correctly, here is my response-

    If you feel hunger because you are eating at a deficit, then in that sense, it would help you lose weight. However, some people are hungry even if they are overeating, due to what foods they are eating and their emotional levels, so just the fact of feeling hunger doesn't necessarily mean you are burning all your calories.

    If you wait to eat until you are feeling a little or even moderate hunger, then that might help you stay within your calorie goals, rather than just eat because it is time to eat and food is in front of you.
  • nikkylyn
    nikkylyn Posts: 325 Member
    Right!! LOL.
    I wish! I'm hungry right now - maybe I'll be skinny by tonight! :bigsmile:
  • mmm_drop
    mmm_drop Posts: 1,126 Member
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    I can't stop watching this.



    Also, eating at a caloric deficit is what causes you to lose weight; you don't have to feel hungry to do that.
  • KylaDenay
    KylaDenay Posts: 1,585 Member
    No, being hungry does not help with weight loss.
    How come?

    Why would it? You lose weight by being on an overall caloric deficit. What would feeling hungry before a meal burn more calories?
    Because it means the calories are burned faster...

    Where did you get this information?!
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member
    agree with above. And also, starvation mode doesn't really have anything to do with "hunger" exactly. If you believe in it (which I personally do but I know many others don't), it is an extended period of time in which you don't give your body enough calories to function on (I believe, though I'm not a doctor or anything). In that state, people usually aren't hungry actually, from what I've read. It's something that takes place after days, weeks or months of eating too few calories, not in depriving yourself when you feel hungry.
    If you have plenty of fat stores you don't need to give your body lots of calories to function on. It will use the fat stores for energy. People who starve to death are not fat. It takes months and months of eating well below your maintenance level to starve. Your metabolism will slow with any kind of prolonged dieting but fat loss will still continue. Why would it stop? If you eat less then you burn where does the body make up for the discrepancy in energy?
  • wibutterflymagic
    wibutterflymagic Posts: 788 Member
    No, being hungry does not help with weight loss.
    How come?

    Why would it? You lose weight by being on an overall caloric deficit. What would feeling hungry before a meal burn more calories?
    Because it means the calories are burned faster...

    WHAT????? Are you even serious?

    This is starting to sound like a troll to me. No one can be this ignorant on how a body loses weight.
  • Nicholec2003
    Nicholec2003 Posts: 158 Member
    Being hungry is not necessarily a bad thing, but I don't think that it would help with weight loss. I also don't think it would put you in "starvation mode." How far before meal time is it? If you're hungry right before meal time, it just probably time to eat. If you are still hungry between meals, eat a snack. Something like raw carrots, snap peas, or cucumber slices have crunch and will fill you up without a lot of calories. 2 cups of plain non-fat yogurt mixed with 1 ranch seasoning pack (I like the spicy ranch) is only around 10 calories per tablespoon. I am sure you could try other dressing flavors.

    If your question is more "Does the fact I am hungry more mean I am burning more calories?", then possibly. If you have been exercising for a while, it is possible that you metabolism has gotten a little better and is burning calories faster.
  • CaitlinW19
    CaitlinW19 Posts: 431 Member
    agree with above. And also, starvation mode doesn't really have anything to do with "hunger" exactly. If you believe in it (which I personally do but I know many others don't), it is an extended period of time in which you don't give your body enough calories to function on (I believe, though I'm not a doctor or anything). In that state, people usually aren't hungry actually, from what I've read. It's something that takes place after days, weeks or months of eating too few calories, not in depriving yourself when you feel hungry.
    If you have plenty of fat stores you don't need to give your body lots of calories to function on. It will use the fat stores for energy. People who starve to death are not fat. It takes months and months of eating well below your maintenance level to starve. Your metabolism will slow with any kind of prolonged dieting but fat loss will still continue. Why would it stop? If you eat less then you burn where does the body make up for the discrepancy in energy?

    That's pretty much what I was saying...so I'm not sure what your point is. But actually, in starvation mode, your body feeds off the muscle first because muscle uses more energy/calories. Weight loss doesn't stop, you just loose muscle, not fat first. I didn't say your body didn't have fuel, but it's not getting it from the food you put into it which is, essentially, what starvation mode is as I understand it. Also, I said nothing about starving to dealth. That is a different.
  • vismal
    vismal Posts: 2,463 Member

    That's pretty much what I was saying...so I'm not sure what your point is. But actually, in starvation mode, your body feeds off the muscle first because muscle uses more energy/calories. Weight loss doesn't stop, you just loose muscle, not fat first. I didn't say your body didn't have fuel, but it's not getting it from the food you put into it which is, essentially, what starvation mode is as I understand it. Also, I said nothing about starving to dealth. That is a different.
    But this almost never happens. The body will not use muscle over fat unless your body fat is very low, you don't get in adequate protein, and you don't lift weights. A lb of muscle provides the body with around 7-800 calories worth of energy. A lb of fat provides the body with around 3500. Your body isn't dumb. It will not release muscle for fuel until fat storage become rather low.

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