always hungry girl needs advice

Are you getting enough protein? It helps to fill you up and seems to keep you full longer. I didn't really believe this advice at first but have been having a banana smeared with peanut butter for breakfast the last few days and its great!

Edit just looked at your diary and you are coming in under your recommended protein every day so this could be part of the problem.

the egg yolk is a cholestorol killer... Now, I just toss the yolk in the garbage bin and try to eat only the whites

Eat the whole egg. That is a common misconception

I used to be like that when I ate processed foods and from years of eating way too much. I was 145lbs at 5'6" and in one sitting I could eat a whole deep dish medium piazza from pizza hut, 5 breadsticks, large coke, and a large bowl of ice cream chocolate syrup or half a sheet cake. That's the only way I felt full but about 10min later I was 'hungry' again. I really wasn't but after years of stuffing myself silly my body no linger told me when I was full until I was WAY too full and once that uncomfortably full feeling went away my body thought I was hungry again. I didn't drink enough water either. I do have a fast metabolism as well. Even after I switched to eating healthy food it was the same until I started eating several small meals per day and reducing my portions. I felt really hungry for the first week but after my stomach shrunk a bit it was fine. Now I eat until I'm not hungry instead if until I'm full. Idk if this could be the same with you.

Edited to say: I also never exercised. Didn't even go for walks. I had a sedentary job then watched tv while I was home. Shopping was the only exercise I did. Now I exercise and that also helps me to feel less hungry (except if I swim. That makes me ravenous)

I feel hungry all the time too. I may be off the mark but stress may be a factor for you. I know it is for me. I wear myself out becuase of stress and I need to eat. When I am not stressed, I never feel hungry.
OH and I was wondering, I get hungrier eating 6 small meals a day-why is that?

you may not be just hungry try having green tea itsgood for you and you may not be hungry just thirsty also eggs fill you up slow release food to hepl you fell fuller for longer

A banana ! Gosh in the past year alone I have eaten rice, bananas on a daily basis. Lots of take out food. That explains alot. Thanks!

Up the protein and fiber.

I've been trying to eat more protein lately, but still struggle to reach my daily goal.

Well, I'm having salmon for lunch today, which is a protein bomb. Others have already told me to eat egg whites daily, but this is something new to me. I've been raised with the idea eggs were bad for you. everything that has eggs in it is somehow unhealthy (cakes, mayonaise, desserts,...) and the egg yolk is a cholestorol killer... Now, I just toss the yolk in the garbage bin and try to eat only the whites, but I'm a bit disappointed as to the amount of protein I get, eating that. I thought it would be more...

thanks for the advice, everyone! Guess I'm going to have to start eating cashew nuts for breakfast :laugh:

1. Looks to me like you generally aren't eating enough. You're consuming 1200-ish calories/day, but netting 800 some days. Eat back your exercise calories - your deficit for weight loss is already built into your base calories/day. Eat more. That's why you're hungry.

2. It's not the egg in cakes and desserts that's bad for you....

3. Ingested cholesterol does not have a direct cause/effect on blood cholesterol.

This ^^ says it perfectly.

You need a lot more food, that's why you're hungry. The Protein setting here is a MINIMUM not a maximum. So you need to be hitting that nuber at minimum. Eat the eggs. Do the research, that whole "eggs are bad" thing has been proven to be false. Eggs are packed with inexpensive nutrition.

Try tuna if you are eating fish. Nuts. Quinoa....you need to be eating a lot more protein.

i'm a HUGE eater. always have been and always will be.

what works for me is eating calorie dense stuff like protein : eggs, avocados, chicken seafood etc. this helps feel me up. i also try to not really on stuff like cereal, potatoes, rice, granola bars, etc since these have the same amount of calories as the protein BUT they do little to curb my appetite.

for 200 cals i could have a nice chicken thigh and huge salad and not be hungry for hours but if i were to have a bowl of cereal for that same amount of calories i'd be hungry again in 60 minutes

I would suggest you start looking at some of the people's diary's that are open that have posted above. They may give you some more ideas of how to reach your calorie and protein goals. Also how long have you been doing the program. It may be as an earlier poster stated that your body just isn't used to the appropriate amount of calories. So give it a week at eating the correct calories and see what happens. I would also suggest drinking lots of water.

i'm the same way, always ready to eat, never satisfied, always thinking of when i can stick things in my mouth next...it doesnt matter how much protein or whatever else i eat at a meal

i think half the battle is the mindset, evaluate whether or not you're actually hungry or just want to eat, there is a difference

Exactly. I had to get used to asking myself whether I was actually hungry or just in my head. Sometimes I'm not hungry, I just want to eat. It can be hard to tell the difference, especially after years of eating whenever I wanted to and not when I needed to.