I always feel hungry

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  • BrookeSarge
    BrookeSarge Posts: 5
    Eat things high in fiber! That will keep you full. Also drink water throughout the day, Coffee and Tea; Warm water makes you feel full. Also allow yourself to snack but make sure it's healthy! Veggies, Low Sugar Fruits, etc.

    Good Luck!! (:
  • evey591
    evey591 Posts: 2
    Drink lots of water, also bananas help me feel full.
  • RedHeadDevotchka
    RedHeadDevotchka Posts: 1,394 Member
    Me too. It's gotten a bit better when I plan accordingly but it's still there. My advice is to up your fruits and veggies, increase the amount of water you drink, eat foods with alot of fiber in them and have things that are distracting to you so you don't think about food. Sitting in front of the tv, for example, always makes me think of food. So get up and do something.
  • awetherell
    awetherell Posts: 61 Member
    Are you sure it's definitely hunger and not psychological? Quite often I feel hungry, but I'm actually just bored, or annoyed etc. Try drinking a glass of water or two (often thirst is mistaken for hunger) and then leave it - try not to think about it. If you are still feeling hungry in about half an hour, then eat. Just try to put it off if you can.

    I'm not suggesting you follow the Fasting diet, but I read Michael Moseley's book out of interest of the science behind it and they write interesting things about hunger and perceived hunger. It's made me think about it more when I consider snacking. I'd recommend reading it!

    Make sure though that you eat sensibly with good amounts of protein and sensible carbohydrates. Stock up on filling vegetables and cut down on sugary things too - I find they just make me feel more hungry as they're addictive...

    Good luck!
  • BrendaLee
    BrendaLee Posts: 4,463 Member
    Your body wants to maintain the status quo; that means keeping you at your current weight. You're eating in a calorie deficit, and your body's not going to like it. That's going to equate to feeling hungry sometimes, especially in comparison to the feeling of rarely being hungry that most of us have gotten used to. Spacing your meals/snacks out fairly evenly throughout the day can help, and so can saving calories for those times when you're most hungry -- like in the evening.

    For me, I need a high-calorie, high-carb day once in a while where I eat at my maintenance calories or slightly above. It restores a hormone called leptin, which is the hormone that tells your body you're full. Planning for it also gives you something to look forward to. I'm a firm believer that being good most of the time is a whole lot easier if you know you can be "bad" some of the time.
  • Onaughmae
    Onaughmae Posts: 873 Member
    Eat. More protein will keep you feeling full longer

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