Hunger holding me back!

More protein.

Eat more protein than MFP gives you. Go for 30% of your daily calorie target as protein and eat some at every opportunity. Both snack examples you gave have virtually no protein in them.

Even better if you combine protein with high fiber. So instead of celery and cereal, have celery with cream cheese or peanut butter. Or instead of cereal and brownies, have greek yogurt with a few nuts.

Customize your MFP goals by clicking "My home" then "Goals" and then "Set custom goals"... it will start with what you have now and nothing will change... go in and change "carbs" from 55% to 40%... then protein should auto update to 30% and fat at 30%.

You're doing a great job sticking to your goals... now if you have goals that will work for you, you'll get rid of the hunger problem.

I did great friday because sushi really fills me up but today I ate great all day to..then that before bed hunger kicks in the the point of uncomfort.

I tried snacking on some celery and cereal and it worked awhile. then the hunger came back.

bam I just had another bowl of cereal and 3 small brownies... (cheerioes by the ay)

every time I start a weight loss journey this always happens and stops me!!!!

what can I do?

stop letting it stop you.

if it happens again, and it will, just accept that you're not perfect. try to be better tomorrow. try to have more good days than bad days. eventually the new habits will take hold and you'll have fewer "lapses". remember, you're changing your behavior and habits, not dieting. no one day can make or break you.

just remember to log it.

You may be thirsty. Often times thirst will present as hunger pangs in some people. Also, if you live up north you may be lacking in vitamin d and serotonin that exposure to the sun gives you in the warmer months. Carb cravings is your body's way of trying to produce more serotonin, and it works. But it also makes us gain weight.

I did great friday because sushi really fills me up but today I ate great all day to..then that before bed hunger kicks in the the point of uncomfort.

I tried snacking on some celery and cereal and it worked awhile. then the hunger came back.

bam I just had another bowl of cereal and 3 small brownies... (cheerioes by the ay)

every time I start a weight loss journey this always happens and stops me!!!!

what can I do?

Eat way more low sugar fruits and non starchy vegetables more veggies than fruit, get up to nine servings a day. You are not eating enough and the ones you are choosing are the highest in sugar and/ or the highest glycaemic index.

Eat protein and healthy fats at every meal and snack, starting with breakfast, carbs alone spike and trough the blood glucose triggering hunger and cravings. Be careful with vegetarian meat 'replacements' they are often high in carbs and low in protein so not a meat/ fish substitute at all. You are not really eating many fibre/ mineral rich foods BTW - beans, lentils, nuts, seeds and unprocessed wholegrains. Don't underestimate how much of this your body needs, especially if you are not having dairy.

you're eating mostly carbs. you need to up your protein like everybody said. try maybe 40% carbs then 30% fat 30% protein and see if you still feel hungry.

One of the things I think in general which is a first world problem - and this is me included in the problem - is that we fear a bit of hunger. It is likely if you are changing your eating habits that you will feel different things in your body. Obviously, if you are not following the guidelines as OP have suggested then you will be feeling hungry and adjustments need to be made. But there is also the psychological effect that needs to be worked on too. If you have had a lifetime to get you where you are needing a change then you should expect an adjustment period where all sorts of new experiences happen. Give it some time, be careful, but realize that being hungry isn't the end of the world...as your body adjusts to the new settings you are trying to get into it will probably kick a bit and you will have to ride it out. Your current situation didn't happen overnight and neither will rectifying it.

I try to drink water when I get hungry (people often mistake the signs of thirst for hunger and that will help you get to a better water consumption level).

More protein.

Eat more protein than MFP gives you. Go for 30% of your daily calorie target as protein and eat some at every opportunity. Both snack examples you gave have virtually no protein in them.

Even better if you combine protein with high fiber. So instead of celery and cereal, have celery with cream cheese or peanut butter. Or instead of cereal and brownies, have greek yogurt with a few nuts.

Customize your MFP goals by clicking "My home" then "Goals" and then "Set custom goals"... it will start with what you have now and nothing will change... go in and change "carbs" from 55% to 40%... then protein should auto update to 30% and fat at 30%.

You're doing a great job sticking to your goals... now if you have goals that will work for you, you'll get rid of the hunger problem.

This is superb advice.

Everyone has given great advice. What helps for me is I eat 6 x a day..like this:

Breakfast
Snack
Lunch
Snack
Dinner
Snack

And the last snack of the evening is something with fiber and protein like fruit and nuts, whole grain cereal, etc.

I know this sounds ridiculously stupid but it worked for me. I still sometimes get hungry before bed and honestly I think for me it's just a mental thing. So what I do is take water to bed and a diet rootbeer. Yep. I do. It gives me the feeling I have something sweet and it's not a brownie LOL. Diet AW rootbeer is my secret weapon when I'm craving sweets. It doesn't have caffiene so it won't keep me up like Diet Barqs. Another thing that I do because I'm usally cold at night now is to heat up 1 8oz glass of unsweetened almond milk vanilla (30 calories) and either mix in a splash of sugar free torani coffee syrup like pumpkin or vanilla or even 8 oz sugar free Chai drink mix (0 cals). That way I have a warm drink and then hit the bed.