I do fine until dinner it seems? NEED HELP

If you stop drinking your calories, you'll have more left over for food. I never drink juice or soda, especially regular soda. Increase protein and vegetables to feel full longer.

What are your cals set at? Also if you choose healthier foods you would be surprised at how much you can eat and still be under.

What helps a LOT is to pre-log your food as much as you possibly can. Sounds like you could be eating too little and and not enough veggies! Fill up on them and eat lean protein with every meal if you can. Lots of water. I wouldn't be eating cheerios and OJ, wasted calories but OK now and then. Try oatmeal or other healthier cereals, wholegrain toast with nut butter/eggs smoothies with protein powder and fruit/ chia/ veggies/almond milk or dairy etc etc.. Eat some yogurt without added sugar everyday it's good for you and a good snack. Two serves of fruit too.

2 scrambled eggs in the morning will keep you full longer, and with less calories. instead of a hotdog, do a whole wheat pb&j, instead of pizza have a nice chicken caesar salad.

I was eating 1200 cals for a year plus exercise cals to lose my weight.

I can not remember the exact foods that I was eating...but here is an example day

breakfast
2 rashers of bacon and 1 egg
mid morning snack
slice of toast with butter
lunch some chicken and ham with apple
afternoon snack
cheddar biscuits with some cheese
dinner
pork chop with veggies
supper
some peanuts & glass of wine

http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/foods-from-dominos/7143/2

This link might help you find some general ideas on calories.

I did the math and if you had a hot dog with no bun you're only hitting around 1263 kcal's which isn't a lot of food. I used the dominoes pizza on the site to guess at eating two slices and guessed at the bread sticks. You may be eating too little and worse yet, you need to improve the nutritional content of your food. I would suggest you move to eating chicken, pork or beef that could be cooked on a George Foreman's and add some vegetables into your diet. A hot dog is definitely not exactly nutritional. Veggies and some fruits like berries will fill you up. The pizza is always a big issue. Two slices from Dominoes was a little over 500 calories. Basically, that's why pizza is a poor choice - too high in calories. You could improve it by topping with tons of veggies like banana peppers, bell peppers, mushrooms and onions. That would improve it on nutrition.

Oops. I forgot to say I agree with the above poster - avoid drinking your juice. You'd be better off eating a real orange for breakfast so you at least get fiber. You could do water or add a flavoring for your breakfast drink. You could also puree berries in milk and make a strawberry drink and just eat your cereal as a hand snack. I'd go with half the cereal and throw in some nuts as well and you might feel more filled.

Cut out PROCESSED and eat clean and up the protein. Protein will drive those hunger pains away.

Today for example I was doing great on Cals until dinner- Of course its just an estimate because i cant find nutritional info for the Pizza joint im getting, but still. Same with yesterday except snacks put me over.

How do you balance everything and not feel hungry?

My diary is private but to give you an idea:
Honey Nut Cheerios 3/4cx2
Minute Maid OJ 8oz

1 hot w/ketchup,mustard,relish (all 1/2 servings) on bun w/watermelon chunks (1c)
water

dinner will be 2 slices of pizza with 2 breadsticks with a mt dew

so no snacks today and im over

Wow! You must be on really low calories. Maybe try to figure out how to burn more calories each day to be able to increase that? Also, try to skip the juice and soft drinks. They are a lot of calories without much satiety.

Before I started using MFP I used to hit a blood sugar low around lunchtime if I didn't snack in between breakfast and lunch. This wasn't just craving food - I would actually start shaking and felt really weak. I've been using MFP for over a month now, lost 8 lbs, and I have not hit that same blood sugar low since then, even with no food between breakfast and lunch.

Both before and after MFP I ate the same thing for breakfast - cereal (usually cheerios), soymilk, and tea. The difference was that after I started with MFP I measured out my cereal and soymilk so I was having exactly 1 serving of each. I wasn't measuring before, so I can't be positive, but I feel that I'm having less cereal and *more* soymilk than before. And I think the soymilk is the key to me not being hungry.

I also realized that if I ate exactly 1200 calories (what MFP recommends for my activity level) I usually felt hungry, so I started doing more simple exercises, like walking or going up and down my stairs, and I'd eat back those calories. It kept me from being hungry, and I found I'd be more inclined to exercise if it meant I could have a snack later. Some people will tell you not to eat the exercise calories back, but exercise has health benefits other than weight loss, so you still get something good out of exercising even if you eat those calories back.

So exercise more, and go find foods high in protein and fiber that you like to eat. Start noting in your food log when you feel hungry and when you don't, and eat the non-hungry foods more often. You can eat hot dogs and pizza, but try to put them on different days and eat more filling things for your other meals those days.

Pizza itself isn't going to help--save it for a once in a while treat, and try to limit to one piece. my diary is open--feel free to take a look. Doesn't seem like you're eating a lot in the way of good, filling food during the day, so you're probably pretty hungry for dinner. Feel free to friend me!

What helps a LOT is to pre-log your food as much as you possibly can. Sounds like you could be eating too little and and not enough veggies! Fill up on them and eat lean protein with every meal if you can. Lots of water. I wouldn't be eating cheerios and OJ, wasted calories but OK now and then. Try oatmeal or other healthier cereals, wholegrain toast with nut butter/eggs smoothies with protein powder and fruit/ chia/ veggies/almond milk or dairy etc etc.. Eat some yogurt without added sugar everyday it's good for you and a good snack. Two serves of fruit too.

I agree, I just started pre-logging and it has helped me a lot. Also, might want to consider one of the lower calorie o.j. out there, if you have to have the orange juice, minute maid makes a 50 cal version, have it in my fridge right now. Lots of water, and veggies keeps me full. And whenever I do get or make pizza, I stick to no more than 2 slices of cheese, or just cheese with veggies, no meat, it tends to be lower in calories. If you're still hungry, add a salad with light dressing and a big glass of water. Good luck to you.

Ok, I checked your diary.... the soda HAS to go. End of. Then you will be able to eat!!

I buy dried lemon, lime, grapefruit and orange powders (company called True Citrus). They are zero calories. I also use the powder as a spice to sprinkle on chicken for instant lemon flavor.

http://www.truelemon.com/products.html

I usually put a 1/4 of a tsp of the powder in my water and get powdered tea (zero calories) by Nestea or Lipton and make iced tea with a bit of flavoring. You can use an artificial sweetener of your choice and it's WAY lower in calories. Also, you can make lemonade or limonade that way. Grin. I buy from their website because the packets are pretty expensive and I was going through them too quickly. The sell a bigger container and the powder lasts me months. It may be an option for you to flavor your water if you hate the bland taste of water (which I really can't take).

Monica

I'm loving this thread! The OP asked a serious question, and all of you are giving honest answers and not beating her up. Thanks for restoring my faith in the MFP community!