Hungry Every Hour or So

Protein satiates. It also makes us infinitely stronger and more aesthetic.

Fat makes you full and is slowest to digest. Protein is slower than carbs. Carbs are for quick energy.

I fell you! I eat and then an hour and half later, I'm hungry! I try to account for it by eating smaller meals I probably eat about 4 200 calorie meals throughout the day and then a larger dinner (400 calories) Then maybe another snack depending on if I worked out or not.

I eat loads of fruits and veggies, but also a decent amount of whole grains. Should I be hungry almost EVERY hour?

Are you sure it's hunger? One day about five years ago, I started getting really growly, so I ate something, and then found the hunger pains returning just about every hour. I had to keep eating every hour and would even have to get up at night to eat because it was getting more and more painful. After a few days of this I knew that it couldn't be hunger; turned out it's an ulcer.

I don't know how normal it is as I have no knowledge or education in the field of nutrition, but I get like that too - especially lately!!! I ate a pretty big dinner with lots of protein, fats and just a little bit of carbs and two hours later I'm ravenous again ... :grumble: I'm not really looking to lose weight, so that's good, but I sure don't want to gain any! :noway: Maybe it's a seasonal thing? We are getting ready for hibernation so we 'stock up'? :laugh: I don't know what else it could be, lol. I sure hope both of us don't have an ulcer ... that would suck. :frown:

I had the same problem when I started going to the gym. handful of almonds or hard boiled eggs are the best for curbing hunger. Basicaly as others have said Protein.

I don't know how normal it is as I have no knowledge or education in the field of nutrition, but I get like that too - especially lately!!! I ate a pretty big dinner with lots of protein, fats and just a little bit of carbs and two hours later I'm ravenous again ... :grumble: I'm not really looking to lose weight, so that's good, but I sure don't want to gain any! :noway: Maybe it's a seasonal thing? We are getting ready for hibernation so we 'stock up'? :laugh: I don't know what else it could be, lol. I sure hope both of us don't have an ulcer ... that would suck. :frown:

Your overuse of emoticons make your post difficult to read.

Lean protein kills any hunger pains for me... especially hard boiled eggs or tuna.

Let's see that diary...

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.

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.

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.

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.