Help!!! I'm always so hungry!!!!

Just the standard:
1. If you're hungry, eat. Something with protein. Plain greek yogurt with a little honey for taste and a handful of granola, a hard boiled egg with a slice of wheat toast.
2. If you're hungry, drink a glass of water and wait 20 minutes. If you're still hungry, eat. Just remember that sometimes thirst manifests itself with hunger.
3. Take a look at what you're eating and when you're eating it. Myself, I can't just eat 3 meals- I need to snack in between. So, I try to plan my meals accordingly. Smaller meals with planned snacks. For snacks, go for stuff like in #1.

I've learned I need to pay attention to my body and adjust what I'm doing accordingly. Instead of looking at this as a diet, look at it as a time to learn what works for you food wise and what doesn't. Most of us need to learn how to eat because we never really knew how. Be patient and remember you're a work in progress. Every time you get down, step back and think about what you'd say to your best friend, if your best friend were feeling the way you are at that point in time.

We're in this together and we're in this for the long haul and I know you can do it!

Eat 8 serving or more of vegetables in a day. Try intermittent fasting. I got to doing that on accident and while I might be hungry once or twice a day it sure beats the I am always hungry all day long thing I dealt with for several decades and didn't lose any weight anyway. How intermittent fasting works is you pick a block of time 15-16-17 hours, I usually go 15 that you don't eat. So that means I eat dinner then I am up for several hours then when I get up if I haven't slept enough I might wait an hour to eat breakfast. I was going to bed hungry a lot, but lately I'm not hungry when I go to bed. It might sound sort of brutal but it really isn't once you get used to it.

But, even if that isn't for you. Eating a lot of vegetables will help a whole lot. I don't usually have veggies with my oatmeal, but I am ok with that oatmeal has a lot of fiber so I'm good. But, I always have at least 3-4 servings of vegetables with my lunch and dinner. I eat vegetables as a snack between meals if I am terribly hungry. Veggies can be in soups, salads, stir fried, made into pasta sauces, a whole lot of things that makes it feel like you aren't even eating a lot of vegetables.

I limit my carbs (but not low-carbs). If hungry, first - like the one of the other posters - I drink a glass of water or 2 and wait for 20 mins. In the meantime, I also sometimes (not all the time) brush my teeth - toothpaste taste has a way of over-riding cravings. Sometimes I pop a stick of gum. Many times I eat carrots or celery or broccoli with a touch of dressing - those veggies are NOT favorite foods - but they REALLY fill up the tummy. At the same time I may have a piece of low-fat cheese stick or about 12 almonds since the protein helps slow down the digestion of the veggies (or half piece of fruit that I may eat in their place) and keep me full longer.

I eat >1700cal per day and still lose weight, allbeit slowly. I am not much shorter than you at 5' 9", but am probably a lot older and also have a lot more to lose.

Still, you could probably increase the calories you're consuming by about 2-300 and have good results. Eat healthy food you love (life's too short to eat sh!te), exercise until it makes you puff and sleep the sleep of the just at night. So sayeth the Frood :glasses:


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If I keep my carbs lower (under 40%) particularly refined carbs (anything liquid that's sugary, bread, white rice) I am rarely hungry.

That's essentially what happens when you eat lots of protein - it pushes out the carbs.

When I'm hungry anyway, I eat a spoonful of ice cream. It takes good, it's got fat and protein, and it has fewer than 50 calories. Add a few cashews.