Hungry Every Hour or So

UsedToBeHusky

Without seeing your diary, I'm just going to speculate that you have cut too much fat from your diet. A lack of unsaturated fats, at a calorie deficit, for a long period of time causes the body to generate grehlin. Grehlin is designed to generate the appetite and will make you feel ravenously hungry all the time. You can take a fish oil supplement, but I would just recommend a serving of peanut butter a day, preferrably with breakfast. You should start feeling less hungry within a few days.

wolfchild59

Welcome to my life. I am always hungry. Didn't used to be that way. Before I started eating healthy and losing weight I could go all day without eating and not even think about it. But then when I would remember to eat or my hubby would ask if I'd eaten and I'd realize I hadn't, it would be a ridiculously unhealthy meal of fast food or something huge from a fast casual restaurant.

Once I started eating breakfast, lunch, snack, dinner, dessert, it seems like it turned on some switch that has made me always hungry. I actually plan and pack enough snacks and food to bring to work each day to be able to eat pretty much every hour while I'm at work otherwise I actually get distracted from work. I eat plenty of protein, (130+g every day), I eat good carbs, and I eat tons of veggies (especially since I'm eating so many times a day, I always snack on lots of veggies for low calorie snacks), but that's just how it is.

Oh, and I also drink 18-21 cups of water a day, so it's not that either. I've always been a big eater, able to pack away more than the hubby, but nowadays I can pack away more in a day or a single sitting than I've ever been able to.

I just plan for it by prepping food that I can nibble on through the day and fix dinners that are as filling as possible in order to kill the appetite in the evenings.

bsuzanne88

Is it really that you are hungry or just bored and think your hungry. I could go to a buffet and fill up to my hearts desire and be ready for the next "meal" an hour later. I know I am definitly not hungry and don't need to eat and when it all comes down to it i'll be okay not eating. I'm given 1200 calories a day (suggested by MFP) and I know I need to spare every little calorie I can so I will make sure I am really hungry and nothing else.

You really should rethink your diet if you are hungry every hour.

wolfchild59

I don't know about the original poster, but for me, my work doesn't give me time to be bored. In fact, often it ends up with me feeling like I could eat a horse by the time I'm finally able to tear away from my desk to go grab a snack from my lunch bag in the kitchen.

MISSELECTRICOCEAN

Are you sure that it is really hunger? I was reading somewhere that a good way to determine if you're truly hungry is to rate your hunger on a 1-10 scale (10 being you would kill/do anything for food). If you consider yourself a 6 or above, you are truly hungry, if less, it is usually a crave. I don't know.

Alyxw

Up until I cut grains out of my diet I used to feel the same - hungry all the time - starving even.

I now eat mainly vegetables, protein and fats and I feel so much more stable in terms of satisfaction after eating and hunger levels.

uwdawg07

Add more protein, fiber and healthy fats. Drink lots of water, and keep your mind busy!

chrisdavey

I'm not trying to convert you or anything but I'd actually try fasting for a bit. Doesn't even need to be that long but just drink fluids and wait and see what real hunger is like. Then you will have a better understanding of when you are ACTUALLY hungry.

ashumeow

Try protein bar chocolates... or grains

If you are a non-veggie, then try eating boiled white egg..