SO very hungry on Day 4
brenbrenm
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Wow, I am REALLY hungry today. I had 3 eggs and 1/2 cup blueberries for breakfast around 8:30. Lunch was around 12:30 and was around 4 oz chicken breast and 2 cups of broccoli with 1 tsp of olive oil. I was then really craving sweets, because it's that time (sorry), so I had 1/2 of an 80% dark chocolate bar. An hour later, my stomach was growling, and within another 1/2 hour, I was starving! Hopefully this will just be until my body switches over to fat burning mode.....or maybe I can eat lots more on this plan! 
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Try eating more protein during your meals, maybe? Instead of having 4oz of chicken, try 6 or 8oz. It'll fill you up a bit more for longer.0
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I feel your pain. I was hungry the first couple of days. I stopped over the memorial day weekend and it is much harder to get back on track. Stick with it.0
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eat more fat,this is the best thing to help deal with the cravings.
I was a SEVERE sugar addict and until I upped my fat I would always go back to my old ways.
fat satisfies and is the best thing you can do for yourself.
this will pass0 -
eat more fat,this is the best thing to help deal with the cravings.
I was a SEVERE sugar addict and until I upped my fat I would always go back to my old ways.
fat satisfies and is the best thing you can do for yourself.
this will pass
This. I am not hungry anymore, been almost 4 months. I eat 4 pieces of bacon and fruit for breakfast, lunch i eat a burger with bacon and avocado, dinner is veggie with pork chop. For the first month or so, you shouldn't be weighing or measuring your food or even counting calories until you "dial your paleo in." There are some great podcasts with alot of great information.
Its scary, its different than any other diet but follow the guidelines and eat what your body needs...and then worry about the counting of calories later. I use to get "snack attacks" all the time, or eat 6 times a day..I now eat 3 times a day and Im not hungry in between. It gets easier and it gets better!!
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The simple answer is you just aren't eating enough. Paleo should not require excessive calorie counting.
Add a few ounces of mixed nuts to your mid-day meal. That will give you about 300 calories of fat to help get you through to dinner.
Starving yourself will just lead to a binge every time.0 -
Remember fat + protein = BACON.
Please don't go hungry. Eat great food.0 -
I think there was around 20 g of fat and 200 calories in the dark chocolate bar though! My calorie intake was 470 for lunch and 1630 for the day yesterday. I will add another oz or 2 of meat today and maybe some nuts or coconut oil as well and see if that helps. I LOVE bacon, but in the paleo book I'm reading, it says not to eat it every day because if you can't get the TRULY nitrate free stuff, it's still got some nasties in it!0
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The other thing you could try is adding in some squashes or a yam. When you get really hungry to the point of being ravenous it stimulates a stress response in your body, increasing cortisol. A bit of healthy starchy carb may help reduce the stress hormone response and help you transition.0
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I think there was around 20 g of fat and 200 calories in the dark chocolate bar though! My calorie intake was 470 for lunch and 1630 for the day yesterday. I will add another oz or 2 of meat today and maybe some nuts or coconut oil as well and see if that helps. I LOVE bacon, but in the paleo book I'm reading, it says not to eat it every day because if you can't get the TRULY nitrate free stuff, it's still got some nasties in it!I had 3 eggs and 1/2 cup blueberries for breakfast around 8:30. Lunch was around 12:30 and was around 4 oz chicken breast and 2 cups of broccoli with 1 tsp of olive oil. I was then really craving sweets, because it's that time (sorry), so I had 1/2 of an 80% dark chocolate bar.
If you had 1630 for the day, then the vast majority of your calories must have come from dinner. Here's the breakdown you had, before dinner:
Breakfast: 250
3 eggs = 210
1/2c blueberries = 40
Lunch: 285
4oz chicken (assuming breast) = 185
2c Broccoli = 60
1tsp olive oil = 40
Chocolate bar: 200
(Numbers from http://nutritiondata.self.com/, except for chocolate)
Before you ate the chocolate bar, you had a grand total of about 535 calories. If your goal calorie count is around 1600, that means you've eaten less than a third of your calories in 2/3 of your day. Even if you include the chocolate bar, for a total of 735 calories, that's still less than half of your total daily calories after more than 2/3 of your day is gone. It's no wonder you're feeling starved by mid-afternoon!
At breakfast, if you ever cook your eggs in a frying pan (as opposed to boiling them), and for your bacon, or any veggies you eat in the morning, cook them in butter or coconut oil. (I know, for the bacon, it sounds dumb, but I've actually found that it helps keep them from sticking until the bacon fat starts melting, since coconut oil has a lower melting temperature.) If you have egges and bacon at the same time, cook the bacon first, then cook the eggs in the bacon grease.
If you can't eat more at breakfast, then eat more at lunch. Turn your broccoli into a salad and use closer to a tablespoon of olive oil, instead of just a teaspoon. Include things like nuts, avocado, and (if you do it) cheese to help get the calorie count farther up. Swap out the chicken for a fattier cut of meat, like prime rib.0 -
In addition to eating larger quantities of fat and protein, also try to remember that your brain is a little ticked off right now - you have taken away the foods that it craves and it will fight you for a little while. I felt really hungry for the first week or two, even though I was eating a lot of food. Your hunger may be less about a physical need for food and more about your cravings for the foods that give your brain the psychological response it is looking for (especially feel good foods like sugars and processed carbs. Stick with it; eventually your brain will catch up with your body.0
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Whenever I had to re-start, I eat crazy amounts of fat and salt - pork rinds, bacon, and pork cracklins have saved me! Takes a day or two to re-adjust.
http://www.proteinpower.com/drmike/saturated-fat/tips-tricks-for-starting-or-restarting-low-carb-pt-ii/
I add an avocado or some nuts to lunch, if I have a leaner meat or fish.0 -
You could likely benefit from MORE FAT. Eating lots of chocolate (even 80%) has enough sugar to increase your difficulty. Try saving chocolate for later on when you've got the hunger vanquished. For now, eat lots of fat, protein and salad vegetables. No limit until you get past struggling.0
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eat more fat,this is the best thing to help deal with the cravings.
I was a SEVERE sugar addict and until I upped my fat I would always go back to my old ways.
fat satisfies and is the best thing you can do for yourself.
this will pass
^^^ This is what my trainer told me and it worked!0
