what do you do when you're at your calorie goal and hungry?

amberelizabethsanford

so, what do you do?
because i'm at that spot right now i have 11 calories left for the day and i'm hungry.
suggestions?

ninerbuff

Actually believe it or not, studies show that exercising during times like this help to stave off hunger.

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smileycookie

Go for a walk. If you exercise, you can eat more.

RCS17

I usually drink water; takes the hunger feeling away.

budercup

drinks about 32oz water, will fill you up for a bit and maybe take the urge away until you can go to bed? good luck

tmauck4472

Eat....something small. Maybe fruit or something. But don't go hungry, you'll only make it harder on yourself. Scrambled egg or boiled egg. Just something small. Maybe try drinking a tall glass of water to see if that helps get rid of the hunger.

mensasu

If you are hungry, eat something .... just try to make is healthy. Exactly what will depend on why diet you are following. If its primal/paleo then a tbsp of coconut oil is supposed to help take the hunger away. Or have an apple, the pectin will help fill you up. Do not sweat going over the daily total by a few calories.

luvsviola

I know I'm new here, but I drink some water and go exercise for a little bit, and then if I'm still hungry, have a healthy snack. I like carrots because they take a long time to eat if you do it slow, and (relatively speaking) are not horrible for you. 85g is a reasonable amount, esp. if you chew them slowly.

butterflyfairy2

I'm no expert but I would think it would be OK to have a light snack, especially if going over your calorie limit isn't an everyday thing.

lilpoindexter

Yep...I get on my bike and keep track of my speed, and minutes, and what that equals in calories...when I have enough "calories" ridden to consume the snack I had in mind, i hurry back home and munch.

Capt_Apollo

i took a quick look at your diary. you were almost two hundred cals under yesterday, and almost 400 cals under on monday. so you have saved up almost 600 calories.

your body works more on a week-to-week basis, rather then daily. eat something. if you are really hungry, and not just having a craving, then it's actually your body telling you it needs fuel.

silentnemesis

If I'm not mistaken, celery actually has negative calories because your body uses more energy chewing/digesting it, than are contained within the plant. So try some celery with walden farms ranch! and plenty of water

GeekyGoddess

I drink water or zero calorie beverage and jump on my treadmill or stationary bike until I feel the hunger or craving pass. Is it real hunger? Or is it just you *want* to eat out of boredom or habit?

007bondage

"Put down the fork and go for a walk"

rubyautumn4

Have some veggies and a glass of water!

meeper123

I like celery it pretty yummy also I checked out your diary might need to do some trimming eating too MANY carbs will makeyou hungery as well How active are you? might need to up your calories

LaurenMHunter

If it's late enough, I drink water and go to bed. Or any very low calorie (celery) or drink (tea). Good luck!

kealambert

exercise so I can eat more

cessnaholly

Have some veggies and a glass of water!

This. Veggies are healthy and low cal usually.

sgv0918

I drink water or go to bed or if I'm truly hungry I eat. My body is telling me it wants it. So i need to listen

peacemongernc

When I'm in that situation, and I'm hungry enough that it is going to make it hard to go to sleep, I eat something. I'm not interested in making my life more difficult in the short run in exchange for long term goals... it is ALL a long term goal. I try to find something that won't blow my day, maybe under 100 calories, the brush my teeth and try to go to bed. Sometimes I drink water, and sometimes I drink a glass of a fiber supplement (I use Konsyl), which is a little bit nasty, but often fills me up long enough to fall asleep for under 10 calories.

I've read that eating an ounce or two of low fat cheese can help in this situation. I've tried it but I didn't notice it was any more useful than eating some lower calorie snacks like veggies or fruit.

healthykaity

exercise.

vettle

just eat something small. one day won't mess everything up. then you know for next time what you need to do to keep yourself full throughout the day. if you tend to get hungry in the evening then make sure to spread things out more so you can have a snack later.

GCAsMom

Plain green peppers. Or if I'm right at the limit, I eat 0 calorie kosher dill pickles and drink a bottle of water.

citizencrp

I don't know if it's the right thing to do, but it's what I've tried to do and been somewhat successful with lately:
I prepare a snack and log all of it but only eat half of it--then I take the dog for a walk that I know will cover the full snack and more.
Then when I get back, I have some water and I may or may not want the rest of my snack, but I don't feel like I couldn't or shouldn't snack, instead I turned it into a motivator to get 20-30 minutes of mild cardio.

Or I eat something and cut the next day's calories by a little.
My nutritionist says the single most valuable skill someone can have to lose weight and maintain that loss is "negotiation" it's "I will eat something now, but that means I definitely need to cut back tomorrow and the next day", or even better: negotiating and planning ahead: "I will be going to a birthday party friday and having a few drinks and a couple bites of cake, so I'm going to cut my calorie intake by 150 calories each day for 3 days in advance"

Sure, if you're not really hungry, and you're just bored: figure it out: have some water, chew some gum, go to bed. But if you are genuinely hungry, you're going to have a hard time sleeping without putting a little something in your belly. You'll end up thinking too much about it, so do something about it and just figure out how to balance the calories out somewhere else.

dsc32209

I eat 2 mini cucumbers. 10 calories each

kacarter1017

Veggies and/or water

meeper123

Another tip I got from Dr. Oz was to drink mint tea mint actually tells your mind ok I am done eating now makes you sleepy also

californiagirl2012

exercise, water, and get the heck away from any food area. After exercise relax and watch a movie, read a book, get involved in a project that does not involve food. Sometimes I like a diet root beer (gasp, yes I know its unhealthy). LOL yes this coming from a person who used to be 100% organic to the extreme (and the most over weight ever). I found it's healthier to not be obese and have a few "processed" things not and again than to be 100% organic and obese.

BeantownSooner

so, what do you do?
because i'm at that spot right now i have 11 calories left for the day and i'm hungry.
suggestions?

Eat something healthy as it's not going to kill you or stall your progress. Remember much of this is about estimates including calories required, calories burned and calories logged. Try to snack of fiber rich foods such as a fruit and protein.

I took a quick peak at your diary and here would be my suggestion. Go back into your goals and do custom settings. Change you marco nutrients to be more balanced where Carbs/Protein/Fat is set to something like 40%/30%/30%.

The reason I say this is you should try to increase your protein levels as you eat a lot of Carbs on a daily basis. This is due to using the MFP default settings. Protein and fiber make you feel fuller longer and with this subtle change this could help with these feeling as you push forward.

Kanlassak

Either go for a walk/jog/etc, log it as exercise, and then eat those calories if I'm still hungry after, which is not always still true. Or, if I have or can make a deficit on other days that week, I go ahead and eat and just make sure it averages out to my goal. I've had weeks where I alternate between 400 under and 400 over my goal, because that's the way I end up wanting to eat, and it still seems to work overall.

If I really just don't want to see the red numbers though, sometimes I'll fudge the logging and log things on the next day or previous day. I'm still accounting for that food, just making it not a day-by-day log.