Super Duper Hungry

Krisgren

Ok so I've lost just over 20 pounds in 6 months and built a lot of muscle, I've gone from doing very minimum exercise to slowly working upto running 3 times a week, some crossfit and weight training 3 times a week, and on off days doing jillian or whatever I get the urge for. I've also cleaned up my eating big time, no junk, minimum to no processed foods, etc etc. overall I think I've become quite fit if I do say so myself, lol

For the most part I am where I want to be weight wise maybe lose a bit more fat (no more then 5 or ten pounds) but of course gain more muscle thru the weight training and crossfit that I really enjoy.

So here is my question......why am I soooooooo hungry now???!!! I am eating healthy stuff but am finding that I want to eat constant, not emotionally or anything like that but my stomach more often then not feels pretty empty. I drink my water, I do tons of veggies and fiber and protein, (sorry no diary to look into as I haven't been tracking very often lately but I can guarantee its 3 main meals a day plus plenty of healthy snacks). I think while trying to lose the weight I mostly stuck around 1350 calories a day give or take and my menus have not really changed much with the exception of getting a little cleaner in the past month, but now I feel like 2000 would barely fill me up lmao!!!!

So do you think that its just because of the extra burning at the gym?? it's only been the past week and a half or so but I just can't seem to fill up, lol. Can I throw in more food?? Like veggie snacks and fiber and all that good stuff??

(Here is an example of my diet today........protein shake at 430am on my way to work, oatmeal with peanut butter and pumpkin seeds and cranberries around 10am, a garden salad and ww pasta with tomatos and avocado's at 1130am, then a 5k run, and then I ate an orange, a v8 juice, a hardboiled egg, and a homemade protein bar at about 130. and yeah I'm ready to eat again soon lol.

So I'm sorry I've rambled, I hope you can make sense of this, any thoughts would be appreciated.

Jennifer_Lynn_1982

Listen to your body, add about 100 calories a day of filling healthy food for the next week...see if that helps. If not, try adjusting your MFP settings to maintaining your weight for a few weeks since you're close to goal. See if that works

hendinerik

I am going through the same thing! Maybe I should listen to Jennifer_Lynn on this.... I find I am hungry quite frequently and I rely on extra cals from exercise.

It's hardest from me when I am not at work because at home I am so close to the fridge.

I also found keeping ice water going throughout the day helps sometimes. Think I'll go get some now!

I think it's probably your metabolism is sped up and your body is also going through transition to being in a new place.

Congrats on the loss and good luck!