How to keep from being hungry?

I think everyone is different. My MIL is on a no-carb diet. She eats tons of protein and claims she isn't hungry. When I try it, I waaaay over eat my calories, because I am starving all day. I have accepted the fact that I need higher carbs. One day I was famished all day, and as soon as I had some whole wheat bread and then oatmeal, I felt full.

Coffee keeps me full in the morning, btw. I do add milk to it (skim).

Just my thoughts. Oh. I just made a HUGE pot of vegetable soup that I will eat for lunch. Very filling with a salad and Arnolds sandwich thin on the side (with some cheese for protein). Good luck! Hunger is a HUGE pain.

Fiber is a huge hunger buster too, but unfortunately the 17 day diet (especialy in Phase 1) doesn't give a ton of way for fiber. So, I say just keep downing those veggies!

being hungry is the body's way of telling you to feed it. I don't know what the 17 day diet is, but I'd say your body is not getting what it "needs"

Example: If you ate 10 Big Mac's you would definitely have taken in enough calories for a few days however your body will still not have gotten what it "needs"

try a snack of a protien/good carb (non-complex) such as an apple and boiled egg. Works great!!

I don't know what the 17 day diet is.

But I eat small meals and I eat frequently (every 3 - 4 hours). I try to eat things that are very protein heavy. And I generally drink a large glass of water every time I eat and that works extremely well to help me get that really full satisfied feeling.

Gum can be helpful. I prefer the Extra sugar free desert flavors especially the mint chocolate chip ice cream flavor.

I am hungry all the time! Anyone know how to keep from being hungry? I'm on the 17 day diet if you know what that is.. it limits a lot of what you eat.

First, make sure your settings reflect a 1 lb per week weight loss goal. Do cardio and resistance exercise, and eat back your exercise calories.
Don';t starve yourself or it's a given that you'll fail in the end.

Successful weight loss should be based on eating healthy foods in reasonable portions; limiting sugars, alcohol, and refined starches; and getting plenty of exercise. The 17 Day Diet falls short in its beginning by requiring limits and restrictions on certain fruits and vegetables.

This is a prescription for failure. The 17 day diet is bogus.

As for the hunger cravings, that was something I just had to work through. None of the above suggestions ever did anything for me. I just had to gut it out, and eventually things leveled out.

Those terrible cravings went away.
Good Luck!

I'm doing the 17 DD and trying to keep to 1200 ish calories a day. It's a little weird, because as soon as I started it, I stopped feeling hungry all the time like I did before when I was eating around 3000 calories. This is my usual day.

Breakfast/Snack
Fruit and Greek Yogurt or an egg-white and turkey sausage"muffin" (egg whites, turkey sausage, onions, tomato, and bell pepper in a muffin tin and baked, it's around 86 calories per "muffin")

Lunch
Large salad with a small amount of ground turkey ( I cook it with taco seasoning) and salsa or zesty italian ranch
Baby carrots
Jiff peanut butter to go (I really love PB)

Snack
Carrots or some other kind of veggies, low carb fruit

Dinner
Chicken curry without rice, The 17DD chicken vegetable soup, Low carb pumpkin chili, or spaghetti squash spaghetti

I'm probably not following cycle 1 exactly ( I HATE green tea, and don't always eat my second yogurt), but so far I've lost around 7 pounds in about a week.

Just remember that you can pretty much have as many non starchy veggies as you want, and as much lean protein as well. You aren't really supposed to worry too much about calories, since as long as you're following the plan, it'd be pretty hard to overeat on veggies. I just like to track because it keeps me honest. Maybe some egg whites with bell pepper, onion, and tomato?

What helps me is to drink a diet soda and/or eating some cottage cheese. Works like a charm....usually.

Water, water, water, water, oh and water! And gum

like others have said, just fill yourself up with water

17 day diet is great! Both my husband and myself have done this diet and loss weight. I follow a lot of what I learned from it in my daily eating. Which cycle are you in? I snacked on Greek yogurt with SF strawberry preserves or cottage cheese. In the first and second part of the diet you could get more chicken, turkey or fish to satisfy your hunger. If you do not have a problem with cholesterol you could have more eggs.

I do not know what 17 day diet is.
In any event, I take warm green tea whenever I am hungry but do not wish to eat. It works like a charm, at least for a couple hours.

i know exactley what you mean, i have had this issue now since about 5 i just don't feel full and feel like i have tried it all.
water to each meal, chew slowley, little and often, restrictions on certain types off food.

you have too look at what is keeping you hungry, i know soem peopel who eat a few light snacks and one main meal a day and it works for them sadley i will never be that way, sometime si would like to know what it is like.

i had to teach myself what a proper prortion was and what was a satisfactory meal size, these days due to my work schedule and eating requirments i currentley have two very large main meals a day, but i am always perputally hungry.

people have allready suggested lots that may help you, but it may also just have to be a feeling you get used to having if you do not find a soultion that works, if thats the case, make sure to balance what you eat with excerise and try to make sure your meals are well balanced.

good luck with your goals.

Water, water and more water. Also make sure that you are getting plenty of protein and fibre (spread it out throughout the day, more at times when you know that your appetite is at it's highest).