What do you do when you are hungry all of the time??

Thanks for responding! I have my activity level set for moderate because although I'm active throughout the day, I do still sit quite a bit. I usually eat a protein bar before my workout, it is early at 5am. And then after I will usually have oatmeal, toast with almond butter and banana, or a whole fruit and nut smoothie. MFP set my calories at 1500 to lose 1 lb a week. Yeah, maybe I need more protein. I'm a vegetarian, I eat dairy, but not eggs. I usually eat alot of beans, veggie burgers, tofu, and cheese for protein. I just don't know what I am doing wrong, maybe it is stress?

I'm a vegetarian too (at least, 99% of the time, I do occasionally eat chicken or fish) but I do eat eggs and dairy. I eat peanuts or almonds almost every day because they are very satisfying, although high in calories so I have to be careful with the portion size. Beans are a go-to food for me too.

Stress could definitely be a factor, I am hungrier for sure when I'm chronically stressed.

Are you set to lose 2 lbs a week or 1 lb? I started with it set to 2 lbs/wk and found I just could not eat that low and not feel like I was starving all day, so I changed it to 1 lb and found it a lot easier. And I've ended up losing an average of 1.7 lbs/week anyway, so I'm glad I switched. That might be something to consider (if that applies to you). It doesn't really matter to me in the long-run if it takes a little longer to lose it if going slower means keeping it off and not feeling deprived every day.

One other suggestion since you don't have trouble keeping to your goal on weekends is to bank some calories. I keep track of my daily intake and if I'm under by a few hundred, as I am sometimes, I may then eat those back on another day if I'm really hungry. So, in your case, if you workout on weekends and can manage to get by without eating back all or some of your exercise calories, you could bank those for another day during the week.

I drink water to fill in the gaps between snacks. Keeps me full and hydrated through out the day and for my workouts. I love water and when it gets boring I add a splash of Mio. I try to drink at least 12 cups per day.

Stress could definitely be a factor, I am hungrier for sure when I'm chronically stressed.

One other suggestion since you don't have trouble keeping to your goal on weekends is to bank some calories. I keep track of my daily intake and if I'm under by a few hundred, as I am sometimes, I may then eat those back on another day if I'm really hungry. So, in your case, if you workout on weekends and can manage to get by without eating back all or some of your exercise calories, you could bank those for another day during the week.

I do this all the time. Yesterday I was over on my cals, today I made up for it without feeling strarved. It helped me to average my cals over a weeks time, rather than stress about it daily.

To the OP: Are you able to log on to MFP while working? If so, dwell here. You will get a lot of inspiration and help. You can do this!

Eating mints or mint gum make me not want to eat anything else.

i find that protein shakes really fill me up & make me not want to eat for a while. (that's not why i drink them, i'm trying to get more protein in because i tend to come in low most days. it's just something i noticed after i started drinking them.)

I have found that fiber and protein are key for me to not feeling hungry. And the odd thing is that my breakfast choices make the biggest difference of all. I don't know why that matters, but it makes a huge difference in how hungry I feel the rest of the day.

One thing I noticed recently that surprised me... I was trying to make my body let go of water it was retaining because I had a weigh-in... I don't usually do anything different for that sort of thing, but this time it mattered more. I tend to put on between 2 and 8 pounds in water weight about 2 weeks out of the month. I decided to eat as perfectly as I could, and spent a whole lot of time sorting out my daily menu based on what I had in the house that I wanted to eat. I kept my protein and fiber as high as I could, and tried to get my sugar and salt (to things I rarely pay any attention to) lower than usual. I was trying to keep my sugar grams under 26 and my salt under 2500, and my protein over 120 and my fiber over 30 grams. I don't know if it was the lower sugar grams or what, but I swear I couldn't finish all the food I had planned for that day. I think I ended up with 1350 or something and I was so full I was uncomfortable. I try to keep my fiber and protein up all the time, although I don't typically go that high everyday, so the biggest difference was the sugar.

Keeping my sugar low meant I couldn't eat fruits I normally eat (apples and oranges) and ate blueberries instead, and there were a few other changes like that.

Anyway, I know for a fact that the protein and fiber helps, but I don't know about the rest. I thought I'd throw it out there for you to consider.

Good luck!!

Just a suggestion, change when you go to the gym to after work. When I hit the gym hard I am always very hungry for a few hours after.

Things that help me: a good breakfast (rolled oats, greek yogurt, flax seed), more protein, more healthy fats (like avocado), a higher protein-fat ratio to carbohydrates..

It's not how much you eat, but WHAT you eat. Be sure to get a mix of protein, fat and fiber with each meal or snack. My breakfast is usually a cup of Kashi Go Lean mixed with half a cup of fat free vanilla Greek yogurt and it keeps me full for a long time, Sometimes I'll also have hot chocolate (Ovaltine with soy milk). The total of all that is around 300 calories but very filling.

Dark chocolate and cinnamon are natural appetite suppressants, too, so maybe try to incorporate those into your meals. I love Green & Black's 85% cocoa dark chocolate (I eat about six squares a day). I am NOT a dark chocolate fan. It's the only one I can stand and I love it.

I drink water. And eat eggs & meat based foods for breakfast & lunch.

I am currently snacking on celery sprinkled with salt & pepper & seems to be doing a good job of keeping me off the choccie & crisps.

I eat/ suck on ice cubes along with upping how much water I drink. It is something to fill the space. However, I rarely get hungry during the day but this is my fix inbetween snacks and meals.

I eat eggs, when I get hungry, but it is not mealtime yet.