Why am I still hungry?!

if you open up your diary we can have better advice, but try increasing your protein to about 1g per lb of lean body weight.
also LOTS of veggies and fruits to fill you up. healthy fats also help.

and i may suggest upping your calories, but since i dont know how many you currently eat, then i cant suggest that

whats a typical day of food for you? and your height/weight and activity level

Eat slowly.
Snack on some almonds (they have healthy fats that we crave, and protein that is good) and drink even more water to fill your stomach. When i say drink alot of water i mean a gallon a day.

Your stomach will shrink and so will your appetite.

Stay strong!

It can take time to adjust to different diets and food. Hunger cravings aren't unusual. Here are some things that work to solve them:

1. Try eating more protein for breakfast. I would definitely not call a bagel thin a good breakfast. That's actually your stereotypical high carb & high GI index breakfast that's bad. In general, try and eat protein and veggies/fruit at every single meal!

2. You can try eating more often too. For example, measure out an ounce of almonds and have a few anytime the hunger pangs start.

3. Coffee and Tea are AWESOME for blunting hunger cravings.

4. NEVER snack on simple processed carbs. Seriously, if you must snack, make it real food: whole fat dairy product, fruit, veggies, nuts, lean meat, etc. Avoid snacking on things like chips, bread, etc.

I'll share from my experience. Take it or leave it. I don't mean this to be a push to any one kind of diet... just sharing what has worked for me.

I used to eat whole wheat bagel thins every morning. I told myself they were healthy, because they where whole wheat, only 100 cals, and I put low-fat cream cheese, margarine, or PB on them. I was hungry within an hour after eating. Even if I ate the same with a fattening whole bagel, I'd be hungry pretty quickly. Fruit smoothie in the morning? Hungry after. Oatmeal? Hungry.

No matter what I ate for lunch, whether it was "healthy" or not, I still wanted something sweet after. Same with dinner. And even if I was full, I would still want 2nds of whatever carb was available... bread, rice, pasta.

On July 3, I started eating according to the primal blueprint. www.marksdailyapple.com. I eliminated all grains, legumes, processed foods, and anything with added sugar. Since those are all foods I tended to overeat, and crave, and have the least willpower to moderate, I decided that I would try eliminating them for a while to see if I could, and how it would go.

Within about 3 days of starting eating this way, I realized that my sugar cravings were disappearing. My blood sugar levels were more stable. I no longer obsessed over when my next meal would be, and could easily go from early morning breakfast to mid-afternoon lunch without feeling hungry or shaky. When I do get really hungry, I know it's because I didn't have enough good fat in my last meal.

Anyway, that's what's worked for me to slay the hunger/sugar beast so far. Good luck on your journey!

without seeing your food diary its hard to give better advice

I've had this same issue, and used to eat similar breakfasts to yourself.

Having changed to eating more protein heavy breakfasts has helped reduce my hunger issues throughout the day.

Tempeh and quinoa are pretty regular breakfast ingredients for me now (I follow a vegan diet, but your options may be much wider spread - quiche, etc.). I can still have a bit of granola / cereal / bagel, I just don't have a full serving.

While my breakfast still has about the same number of calories as before my switch, between 300 and 400, the higher versus non-existent protein content does seem to be my fix.

Good luck on finding your own.

Like others have said, protein as a significant part of breakfast, and lunch, helps me.

I've also learned I really need to eat something about every two to three hours. Otherwise I overeat at meals.

It's easier to eat less over all if I eat more frequently.

I try to think about what I'm going to be eating all day and them spread it out over the course of the day.

well if possible i say excercise more i eat when i am hungry (almost every hour i am awake) and never worry about my calories, most days i end up somewhere between 3300 to 3500 calories and i have been maintaining this way for months now, i am the same weight i was back in may, more excercise = no worrys about eating all the time,which really works for me cause i'm always hungry hahaha

How many calories are you eating a day? How much do you exercise? Do you eat any of those calories back. You might be hungry because your body needs fuel.

It can take time to adjust to different diets and food. Hunger cravings aren't unusual. Here are some things that work to solve them:

1. Try eating more protein for breakfast. I would definitely not call a bagel thin a good breakfast. That's actually your stereotypical high carb & high GI index breakfast that's bad. In general, try and eat protein and veggies/fruit at every single meal!

2. You can try eating more often too. For example, measure out an ounce of almonds and have a few anytime the hunger pangs start.

3. Coffee and Tea are AWESOME for blunting hunger cravings.

4. NEVER snack on simple processed carbs. Seriously, if you must snack, make it real food: whole fat dairy product, fruit, veggies, nuts, lean meat, etc. Avoid snacking on things like chips, bread, etc.

I agree with this post 100%!! I've lost over 100lbs and this has been a long road and a bumpy one but the above suggestions is what I've used to not be hungry all the time. #4 is huge...Lean proteins and plant based foods (nuts, hard boiled egg, quinoa, veggies, fruits, greek yogurt) to keep you full longer. I do allow myself the things I love (like pizza) once in a while, just not everyday. Lots of water too!

Best of luck!

As others have said before, you have to eat to not be hungry. Personally I eat about 1500 calories per day spread over 5 times. A typical day looks something like this:

- Breakfast: Fiber Enriched oatmeal (50g dry) with a banana or just a fruit salad

- Snack 1: a banana or wallnuts

- Lunch: 250g Fillet of beef or other lean meat, for this I have broccoli or other cooked vegetables (lightly cooked)

- Snack 2: a banana or other fruit

- Dinner: same as lunch

If I get tired of meat, I usually replace it with fish and then mainly salmon

I am not sure what will work for you, however this is what works for me.... (I notice others replies are saying similar things).
I'm less hungry when I don't skimp (or skip) on breakfast.
I'm hungry if I don't have at least 4 glasses of water a day,
I notice that my hunger increases if I have high sugar foods on some days.
Increasing my intake of high protein foods at lunch time helps reduce hunger through the afternoon.
If I feel hungry before a meal, I'll have an apple (or two) which seems to supress the hunger long enough to make it to the next meal - especially if I eat it slowly.
Finally, I notice some people recommend we get enough sleep. I'm experimenting with this at the moment and early signs seem to support this idea. Hope this helps....

i think i have a fast metabolism, as i get hungry every two hours without fail. and painfully hungry, almost throwing an adult tantrum hungry. haha
i have snacks, piece of fruit and nutty muesli bar (i know not healthy - but good for energy kick i find) for morning tea, 1 meat + salad sandwich for lunch, almonds or rice wafers+peanut butter, and another piece of fruit for afternoon tea.

It's a sign of a fast metabolism? That's good, because I get hungry every 2 and a half hours like clockwork. For this reason, I plan to smaller meals to make room for several snacks throughout the day. And coffee works as an appetite suppressant.

I'm also finding that vegetables other than leafy-greens fill me up much better. I started out with a lot of spinach and salad as my daily veggies, and I think they passed through the stomach way too fast.

It's encouraging to hear that the stomach will shrink and adjust to the new food amounts... I'm starting to see this myself, actually as a side effect of having smaller meals. I went out to eat today and the plate they gave me was double what I would put on my plate at home. First thing I did was get a to-go box and put half of it inside for a meal later.

I’ve been hungry for as long as I can remember (35+ years) and can/could count on my fingers the number of times I’ve felt full. That was up until three weeks ago. I started to eat bulky low calorie food, peppers carrots cucumber cottage cheese coleslaw cabbage, green vegetables tomatoes in large quantities and a small amount of protein and fat.
Where as a small high calorie meal would take four or five minutes to eat, my meals were taking 15 to 20 minutes, purely because of the time it takes to eat.

On the days it takes more than fifteen minutes or to eat my 500 calories of food, I’m not hunger for 4 hours.
So what work for me, is mounds of low calorie food that take time to eat. You are tricking your mind into feeling full only because of the time spent eating.