Help I'm hungry all the time

Also try a multi-vitamin. When your body is missing vital micro nutrients it will stimulate you to still intake food in an effort to get what it needs. So even if full, you may be malnourished and your beautiful body is letting you know by continuing to 'need' food intake.

Add Cinnamon (1-2 TBS) to Yogurt or Oatmeal, something that sticks to your stomach...the Cinnamon will curb those hunger pains and keep you full longer!!!!

Hope this helps!


If you crave this…

What you really need is…

And here are healthy foods that have it:



■Chocolate

Magnesium

Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits

■Sweets

Chromium

Broccoli, grapes, cheese, dried beans, calves liver, chicken

Carbon

Fresh fruits

Phosphorus

Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes, grains

Sulfur

Cranberries, horseradish, cruciferous vegetables, kale, cabbage

Tryptophan

Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato, spinach


■Bread, toast

Nitrogen

High protein foods: fish, meat, nuts, beans


■Oily snacks, fatty foods

Calcium

Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame

■Coffee or tea

Phosphorous

Chicken, beef, liver, poultry, fish, eggs, dairy, nuts, legumes

Sulfur

Egg yolks, red peppers, muscle protein, garlic, onion, cruciferous vegetables

NaCl (salt)

Sea salt, apple cider vinegar (on salad)

Iron

Meat, fish and poultry, seaweed, greens, black cherries

■Alcohol, recreational drugs

Protein

Meat, poultry, seafood, dairy, nuts

Avenin

Granola, oatmeal

Calcium

Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame

Glutamine

Supplement glutamine powder for withdrawal, raw cabbage juice

Potassium

Sun-dried black olives, potato peel broth, seaweed, bitter greens

■Chewing ice

Iron

Meat, fish, poultry, seaweed, greens, black cherries

■Burned food

Carbon

Fresh fruits

■Soda and other carbonated drinks

Calcium

Mustard and turnip greens, broccoli, kale, legumes, cheese, sesame

■Salty foods

Chloride

Raw goat milk, fish, unrefined sea salt

■Acid foods

Magnesium

Raw nuts and seeds, legumes, fruits

■Preference for liquids rather than solids

Water

Flavor water with lemon or lime. You need 8 to 10 glasses per day.

■Preference for solids rather than liquids

Water

You have been so dehydrated for so long that you have lost your thirst. Flavor water with lemon or lime. You need 8 to 10 glasses per day.

■Cool drinks

Manganese

Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries

■Pre-menstrual cravings

Zinc

Red meats (especially organ meats), seafood, leafy vegetables, root vegetables

■General overeating

Silicon

Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches

Tryptophan

Cheese, liver, lamb, raisins, sweet potato, spinach

Tyrosine

Vitamin C supplements or orange, green, red fruits and vegetables

■Lack of appetite

Vitamin B1

Nuts, seeds, beans, liver and other organ meats

Vitamin B3

Tuna, halibut, beef, chicken, turkey, pork, seeds and legumes

Manganese

Walnuts, almonds, pecans, pineapple, blueberries

Chloride

Raw goat milk, unrefined sea salt

■Tobacco

Silicon

Nuts, seeds; avoid refined starches

Tyrosine

Vitamin C supplements or orange, green and red fruits and vegetables

I am going to recommend you read this very short document - it shows you how certain foods actually "fill" you up and trigger you to be satisfied while others have the same or more calories and don't give that same satisfaction (I'll give you a hint ...processed, high fat, high calorie foods do not give you the "full" and "satisfied" filling while whole foods (fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, yes and lean meats DO give that sensation and make you "satisfied" at fewer calories)

http://www.veghealth.com/supercharge/Fit_Forever_Ebook.pdf

It has an advertisement at the end...but who cares the first part is the important part. I'm not trying to get you to buy their program or be a vegetarian, I just want you to read about the science part.

I like bubbly water (better than plain water) it tickles my throat. (and the tiny bubbles keep my tummy a little more full between meals.

also, for me: I can't do 'breads/cereals' at breakfast (pancakes, toast, Fruity Pebbles)- or I am STARVING all day!- but I am fine with those foods at lunch or dinner... and I try to get 20-30 grams of protein per meal (plus some in snacks)

I like that list, rogue!

you have the water angle covered. I would suggest two things. Chew your food more thoroughly. This will create more saliva with enzemyes released that helps the body think it has eaten. Secondly, I would eat a ton of raw veggies. Mass, fiber but low in cals. I liked the pickle idea also.

Good luck. Be happy and healthy

Broth is wonderful....forgot about that! Better than Bouillon 1 tsp/ 1 cup of water. Yum/Warm/15cal./and you get a cup of water added to your intake!!!! WIN WIN WIN WIN!

1200 and it never seems to be enough. I used to be fine with 1200 I am not very active as I have a lot going on, work full time, school, and mother/wife leaves very little me to get sweaty time.... I did however take a plunge back in. Iam not going down without a fight. I am starting walking in the am before work for an hour, and eating better, veggies/meats......snacks consist of yogurt and more veggies... I have had a diet diary on here before but fell off am hoping to be more dedicated and I am finally, sick of being the you're so pretty if only you'd lose some weight girl....

1200 Is too low. Most likely below your BMR (basal metabolic rate), the amount of calories your body needs a day if it slept 24 hours. You should be eating above BMR but below your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure). I would suggest upping your calories. You're hungry all the time because you're starving yourself!