Full yet hungry

BoxerBrawler

I am sure there have been posts on this before but I could not find anything recent.

I am good at listening to my own body, eating when I am hungry, stopping when I feel full, drinking plenty of water, eating good foods, a lot of veggies, etc. However, I find that my stomach gets full and I know I am full by body signals and brain signals yet my overall 'body' still feels hungry. I am not sure if it is a mental thing or a hormone thing or what but it's tough to deal with. Does anyone else experience this? It is hard to explain the sensation...

Thanks!

Veil5577

I think I may know what you mean.

I will be sitting at home, and after eating a meal, it feels like my stomach is still growling. Does that make sense? I keep saying "that's just digestion" but it feels like hunger. I've been trying to ignore it.

AliceDark

I sometimes feel the same way when my macros are off. Have you tried tracking when you feel that way and trying to correlate it to the macro content of the last meal you ate? I'm more likely to get that feeling if my last meal was too low on carbs, but I've also had it when my last meal was too low on protein.

cosmichvoyager

I get that sometimes! I agree on the carb thing, unfortunately. If I eat a veggie and protein dinner with no carbs, I get the still hungry thing. A slow-burning grain serving ends the feeling, especially if I worked out I need a complex carbohydrate. Whole grain wasa crackers are good, I eat them with peanut butter and sliced banana or honey.

BoxerBrawler

Yeah makes sense and I had a feeling it has something to do with carbs. I eat mainly veggies and protein and try to keep my carbs super low and when I do feel that sensation of being "body" hungry even though I am full I almost always "crave" something sweet. Must be carb withdrawl

cosmichvoyager

just eat a complex carbohydrate, wasa crackers are super good, as is some kind of spelt bread like ezekiel, or keep already cooked whole grains in the fridge in like a pilaf style--for example, wheat berries, quinoa, kamut, freekeh, or barley mixed up with caramelized onions, fresh herbs and maybe a handful of dried raisins or currants, pine nuts--a cup of that will keep you really full for not a lot of calories.

If you're getting that "not satisfied" feeling then just add a serving of these types of things to your meals. It's good for you even if you're lowering carb intake. Whole grains lower cholesterol and have definitely staved off my refined sugar cravings.

MinnieInMaine

Sometimes it's digestion/indigestion so I'll drink some diet soda or hot tea and that usually helps. If I wait an hour and am still actually hungry then I have half a protein bar or a snack bag of popcorn - something fairly filling but low in calories.