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melzteach

I started calorie cycling this past week and so far so good. My low cal days are 1350 and high cal day are 1550. Yesterday and today are low cal days; tomorrow is a high cal day. Also, I'm in week 5 of Turbo Fire, which I totally love!Here's the problem...I'm still hungry. In fact I've been hungry all day! After I eat I drink a cup or so of water to help fill up my tummy and it works okay but I don't feel satisfied.
My dilemma is should I eat something? The reason I put on the weight I've gotten rid of is from eating to much and I don't want to fall back into bad habits again. Especially when I've gotten rid of 15 pounds in about 18 weeks! I've been a good eater, other than a few high sodium days, and hardly ever go over....so MFP community what do you think?

LorinaLynn

"Ashley Wilkes says he LIKES to see a girl with a healthy appetite."

Sorry. Couldn't resist.

How about swapping out today for your high cal day, and tomorrow for you low day? Or go for a walk to burn off more calories so you can eat more?

DianaPowerUp

Your diary looks pretty good (btw, I've been through Bandera many times - used to live in San Antonio!), but I think one thing that would really help you 1) build/keep muscle mass and more importantly for you 2) keep hunger pangs down, is to increase the amt. of protein that you're eating.

I've read here over and over that you should be eating about 1 gm/ lb of lean body weight, which means that most women should be eating roughly about 100 gms/daily of protein. Try adding some more protein (like hard boiled eggs, turkey breast, string cheese sticks) and see what happens. You can also supplement with protein shakes if you get tired of eating lots of meat etc. I'll bet you'll find that you feel fuller longer, not to mention what it can do for your body's shape/tone.

JulieF11

Try filling your low cal days with lots of veggies. I will sometimes eat veggies (and shrimp) all day and then get a treat at night... even though I am at only 1200 calories. I went out for pizza yesterday night, and stayed in my calorie range... and I was never hungry. I like things like spaghetti squash, artichokes, shrimp, roasted peppers. They are great snacks and very low calorie. Also, try drinking the water before the meal, not after. After the meal, just helps push it through... before helps make you feel full.

Just1forMe

Your low and high days don't seem far enough apart calorie wise...? My normal MFP goal is 1440. My low days are 1200 while my high days are 1940...all NET so any exercise raises those. Are you eating the exercise calories? Maybe if your high day was higher and you kept your exercise to your low days, it would help with the hunger. Just a suggestion

melzteach

Part of the problem with my food choices is that we had to use a significant amount of this months grocery money to pay other bills. So I can't get the things I'd normally want to get.
I'll try to get a little more protein in with each meal and load up on what veggies I can afford. I am eating my exercise calories but I did a core workout today and didn't burn very much. I'm thinking of having a few cups of air-popped pop corn, my hot tea and get to bed as soon as I can.