STARVING all day- please HELP!

Are you craving something? It might be a TOM thing. Maybe try a piece of chocolate.

MFP sets protein way low. You could try eating more protein. If I personally at that many carbs, I'd probably still be starving as well, but I have one of those wonky sugar sensitive systems.

Possibly eat more fat. Trade out one of your granola or fruit snacks for some cheese?

Way to go on eating so much fiber.

It looks to me like you might be eating too many sugars (the cereal, the cereal bars), which can stimulate your appetite rather than satisfy you. I find that a breakfast of oatmeal with 1 tablespoon of raisins and 1/2 tablespoon of peanut butter will keep me satisfied for hours while crunchy cereal with milk will have me hungry again within the hour. I think the key is getting some healthy fat, whole grains, and proteins into each meal.

(but my diet is still a work in progress with a lot of room for improvement)

Looking at all the things your eating (grain type stuff ) would make me starve as well! I can eat a bowl of cereal in the morning and actually feel hungrier than if I did not eat anything all! Like the post above I'd try to get in some more protein, and healthy fats.

The combination of fibre, water, protein and fats confer satiety, not fibre alone: your diet looks fairly carb heavy and there is probably a fair bit of sugar so your blood glucose may be peaking and troughing. You have twice as many sweet meals/ snacks as savoury.

Try increasing your low sugar fruits and non starchy vegetables to nine servings a day starting at breakfast, have either protein or healthy fats at breakfast in all your snacks and at dinner (?nuts/ seeds), reduce foods which contain added sugar/ are refined/ processed to maximum 10% daily calories. MFP protein goal is the minimum, not an ideal.

Are you taking a marine algae supplement for long chain omega-3s? You look very low on essential fatty acids. Don't think you are hitting the recommended dairy servings either - milk serving is 200ml, yoghurt 150g and then you need a third - this would give you a little more protein as well as minerals. Both omega-3s and calcium are associated with lower body fat in research.

HTH.

I teach too. I keep jars of flavored almonds in my classroom and eat those with a cup of milk when it is Snack Time for the kids. It's made a big difference in how I feel the rest of the morning.

But it really could be your period, too. Many women feel famished during that time.

EAT MORE PROTEIN!!!

pump up the fiber!

You are eating too many carbs and not enough protein.

I don't know if it's because I just started my period (sorry if that's TMI), need to re-shrink my stomach, or am eating wrong but I've been starving the past 3 days back on MFP. I would love advice. Note that I am committed to being lacto-ovo vegetarian (no flame wars please) and cannot change up the timing of my morning snacks because I'm a teacher. I drink a minimum of 8 cups of water daily. Here's the breakdown of what I ate today:

Breakfast 5:00 AM

Kashi - Heart to Heart Oat Flakes & Blueberry Clusters, 1 cup
Milk - Nonfat (fat free or skim), 0.5 cup

Snack 7:30 AM

Clementine
Kashi Banana Chocolate Chip Soft N'chewy Bars

Snack 10:00 AM

Chobani Flip - Greek Yogurt-Vanilla Chocolate Chip W/ Raspberry

Lunch 1:00 PM

Salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, shredded carrot, 1/2 cup black beans, Morningstar Fake Chicken Patty, & oil vinegar dressing

Snack 3:00 PM

Clementine

Dinner
Barilla - Whole Grain Whole Wheat Penne Pasta 1 cup
Homemade Vegetable Stew (Potatoes, kidney beans, carrots, turnips, in tomato base etc.)

Total Calories: 1530 (Same as daily goal to lose 1 lb./week)
Total Protein: 61 grams (MFP says goal is 51, but I always go over intentionally)
Fiber: 45 grams (Isn't this supposed to keep you full longer?!)

Yikes, way too much sugar (and sugar spurs appetite in addition to being just plain empty calories which you cannot afford on a calorie restricted diet). Try cutting out all sugar, keeping your carbs between 100 and 200 grams per day (with the higher amount on the heavy workout days) and cutting out all added sugar and foods with added sugar. Also, you should add a bit of fat---keeps the hungries away longer. Your appetite should be much easier to control that way. I used to be a sugar/wheat addict and got very fat that way. I have lost 50 pounds just by eliminating sugar and wheat, which also spurs appetite because of its gliaden content (not gluten, g-l-i-a-d-e-n). I am NEVER hungry and have solved several health problems (high blood pressure and arthritis and when I lose another 50 pounds, I will be a normal weight again). I would be starving on your diet too.

p.s. You can add me so that you can check my food diary for ideas. My 1,500 to 1,700 calories looks a LOT different from yours.

I have lost 171 pounds since August of 2011. In the old days, before getting serious about my health, I was fat because I was hungry ALL the time. The hunger signal didn't turn off till I was stuffed! Well, a medical problem caused me to get the motivation to go cold-turkey off of all sugar, and even most fruits. After a month or so, I realized I wasn't hungry all the time any more! Now, I never had any blood sugar "problem", but I am guessing that the foods I was eating were constantly spiking my blood sugar levels, causing feelings of hunger, even though I had just had way too many calories! I also suspect that my new dietary habits, which is vegetarian and LOTS of vegetables is probably making me feel fed because I am finally getting adequate NUTRITION.

I notice that many things on your list have sugars in them. I'll bet your cereal in the morning does. Then your AM snack is fruit sugar and a cookie. Your next snack is a flavored yogurt that no doubt has sugar, also. See the trend? all that sugar in the first part of the day might be part of the problem.

Try some protein with no sugar, like a hardboiled egg white or two. Consider an asian-style stir fry, with minimal brown rice, and LOTS of vegetables. Or plain oatmeal, and a low glycemic fruit like raspberries or blueberries. I actually enjoy plain old peas and carrots for breakfast, sometimes! Filling, low calorie and nutritious! Maybe snack on vegetables, too, or at least low glycemic fruits with some nuts. Maybe celery filled with almond butter? The nice thing about vegetables is that you can eat them till you are full, and not have too many calories. I have found that juicing fresh vegetables makes me feel really good, too!

Experiment, and find out what foods work for you! Good luck, and easy on the sugars!