Always Hungry!!!

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Add sodium and sugar to your tracked items: Calories, Carbs, Fat, Protein, Sodium & Sugar. Once you do that, I'm sure you will see that you are eating a LOT of sodium & sugar. Under goals, change your goals to custom, put in the number of calories you want to eat per day and then set your macronutrients to 40 (protein), 30 (fat) and 30 (carbs). Get rid of all of the prepackaged stuff & drink only water. If you want peanut butter, eat only natural pb with no sugar added. Bread- Ezekiel 4:9 bread. Eat real foods.

Birdnicaj

So here is the thing .... when you shop you should NOT be buying "meals", you should be buying ingredients. Once you understand what is in each meal you consume, and the calorie counts for all the ingredients you use, you won't be asking questions any longer. Food that is nutritious, prepared with love and with healthful ingredients, will not leave you hungry or dissatisfied! The foods that come as "ready meals" are full of things that are toxic, clog our systems, and cause our systems to malfunction: leaving us fat, hungry and tired. So be careful, even when someone says "eat oatmeal", they don't mean the little sugar laden packets you add hot water to - the best is the oatmeal you cook on your own stove and sweeten with a drizzle of maple and some cut up fruit.
Just an example, sorry that I'm so specific, just wanted to illustrate how a "good for you" food can be actually bad for you if you buy the processed, ready to eat kind of thing :-)

grumpy2day

If you are going to eat pasta, try whole wheat pasta also add more veggie and fruit. To much processed food will leave you feeling hungry as most of it's nutritional value is lost, especially if you work out a lot. Try this experiment. Place a jimmy dean sandwich on a plate then on another plate place the equivalent (in calories) in veggies, fruit and a 4oz piece of lean protein and see which offers you more eats for the same amount of calories. I was shocked when I saw the amount of food when I tried this.

ShaSimone

My only suggestion is more fruit and vegetables, which has already been said. They really are filling. I saw bananas with peanut butter for a snack, LOVE IT! Try an apple with peanut butter. Also some sort of raw, steamed, sauteed veggie will help with feeling full. I love Spinach, not so much broccoli but it is filling, carrots with ranch dip. I'm suggesting you eat more filling low cal fresh foods.

ankat321

Dr. Joel Fuhrman does a good job of explaining toxic hunger vs true hunger in volume 1 of 'Eat for Health'. I have, like 15 different diet books in my personal library and have tried following them all, but it wasn't until I read his book that I learned how I could eliminate those 'hunger' feelings with a diet based on fruits, veggies, and whole foods. And, let me tell you, I used to eat 3,000 + calories a day and would still be hungry. But that's when I ate highly refined carbs, sugar/caffiene based beverages (colas), and processed foods. But I personally found that to eliminate those hunger feelings, I had to totally eliminate all soda & junk foods (even if they were within my calorie allotment for the day) and and get most of my carbs from fruits & starchy veggies.

Sarauk2sf

Simply put: eat more - you are at a significant deficit.

cranberrycat

I have to go with what just about everyone else has said here...

Eat whole foods, get rid of processed foods.

I like what someone else said... when you shop at the grocery store, you buy ingredients, not meals. I really think that if you focus on eating whole foods rather than processed foods, you will immediately notice a difference.

LordBezoar

I have to go with what just about everyone else has said here...

Eat whole foods, get rid of processed foods.

I like what someone else said... when you shop at the grocery store, you buy ingredients, not meals. I really think that if you focus on eating whole foods rather than processed foods, you will immediately notice a difference.

^^ This. But I would also add that you need to eat back your exercise Calories more often as well. MFP has already built in a 500-1000 Calorie deficit--So pay attention to your NET calories not your total Calorie intake. Trust the tool, it works, I promise.