Ravenous! what can I eat?

Day five since I started here not really manged to stick to my calorie goal at the start but managed yesterday :)

Woke up today bone tired could barely drag myself to work and cheated and got a lift home

I logged my food and excercise and picked a nice big evening meal to finish off with

But now I am so hungry!!!!

I have like 50 calories left of todays limit what can I eat that will stop me feeling so hungry?

Diary should be open so you can see what I have eaten already

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  • d2footballJRC
    d2footballJRC Posts: 2,684 Member
    Celery and water.

    Carrots, broccoli, and etc..

    Even if you go over a bit with some nice hearty veggies you'll be in good shape.

    for tomorrow and onwards, you are really low on protein, up that a bit and it'll help with your hunger pains.
  • sunshyncatra
    sunshyncatra Posts: 598 Member
    Celery, cucumber, a leafy veggie salad with vinegar (red wine is my favorite) for the dressing
  • corgicake
    corgicake Posts: 846 Member
    I'd stick the following in a pot: green beans, mushrooms, green pepper, tomato, onion, and a leafy green of your choice with some salt. Fifty calories of that isn't tiny :)

    Edit: just searched fruit bottles... if these are what they look like, they're fast-hitting carbs and so un-filling they practically qualify as liquid calories. They're probably the reason you're ravenous.
  • ngyoung
    ngyoung Posts: 311 Member
    You have a lot of carbs coming from sugar. You will see likely feel more satiated by replacing those calories with fat and protein.

    If you're hungry eat an egg, piece of bacon, palm full of nuts, tuna, piece of cheese, etc.
  • thisismeraw
    thisismeraw Posts: 1,264 Member
    If you are actually that hungry than eat something.

    If you are starving you are either eating too little or not eating the right foods. Fill up on protein, fiber, healthy fats and water.
  • ldrosophila
    ldrosophila Posts: 7,512 Member
    ribs
  • Lynn_babcock
    Lynn_babcock Posts: 220 Member
    Maybe do a workout to earn some more calories? Don't look at my food diary lately.. I've been so bad. What about an omlete? 1 whole egg + 2 egg whites, 1/4 low fat skim mozzarella cheese and packed with veggies and topped with salsa? You can eat those for around 200 calories. Those generally seem to stick well with me.
  • stevesilk
    stevesilk Posts: 204 Member
    I can understand how you're so hungry.

    For now, eat some raw carrots, celery and cucumbers. Also, try drinking 2 16oz glasses of water

    Here's a couple of recommendations for the future (Note that I don't know any restrictions you may have, so please take these with a grain of salt):

    Add protein to your diet, Protein is a good source of slow digesting calories. Think about having a protein at all of your main meals.

    Eliminate at least half of the sugars, especially anything that is just sweet without any additional macronutrients. Bananas are a fruit you might want to stay away from for a while . Consider replacing bananas with apples, oranges, grapefruits, peaches, cherries to name a few.

    Add raw vegetables to your snacks. You can have a bag of baby carrots (sweet), as well as cucumbers, spinach, celery and other vegetables without adding a large volume of calories. And add hard boiled egg whites to your snack as well, so you can stretch out the digestion and hold off the hunger for a longer time.

    Just a few quick thoughts.
  • Confuzzled4ever
    Confuzzled4ever Posts: 2,860 Member
    You just started.. so this is good.. learning what fills you up and what doesn't..

    Some things I noticed -

    You eat quite a bit of sweets and/or candies
    You eat very little protein
    You eat a lot of processed foods
    You do not eat a lot of fruits and veggies

    How to fix..
    baby steps..
    Replace 1 sweet/candy a day with a healthy snack, then 2.. until you rarely eat them and don't crave them..
    of course if you're craving sweets this might be harder.. do this:
    slice up an apple.. sprinkle with cinnamon microwave. (i think some people put a touch of brown sugar on it too, but i don't)
    Pinapple
    make low fat putting with whole milk and a dallop of whipped cream. (or if you looking for less calories use skim milk or almond milk)

    Ditch the pre-made, processed foods
    This one seems to be the hardest for a lot of people. But if you cook from scratch you'll usually get lower calorie higher nutrition meals. Less salt, less sugar because you control what goes into it. I cut salt out of just about everything. You don't have to be a fabalous cook, you just have to try. Check out skinnytaste.com or i have a lot of recipes on my bog www.myfitnesspal.com/blog/confuzzled4ever
    You get a ton more food for your calories when you cook from scratch.
    Boil some apples with a cinnamon stick or two in the water = homemade apple sauce (it's that easy!)
    Freeze a banana and melt some chocolate chips.. dip.. or dip some strawberries in it.
    Buy plain greek yogurt and mix in your own flavoring (I like cinnamon whipped honey or sliced up strawberries and bananas or chocolate protein powder)

    Focus on protein.
    Look for foods higher in protein. Typically these foods are lower in calories, sugars, salt and carbs. Which means you will feel fuller and have more calories left at the end of the day. Tilipia filet has quite a lot of protein in it and I eat 2 becuase the caloires are so low. Boneless skinless chicken breast has a ton of protein for low calories as well and it's extremely versitle.

    Snack lighter..
    Make a salad for snack time.
    My salads are very filling and very satisfying. here's what I do - spinach, broccoli, red onion, bell peppers (all colors), cucumber, yellow squash, zucchini, carrots, sun flower seeds, apple juice sweetened cranberries (not sugar sweetened!!), feta, garlic and I squeeze fresh lemon over it all. Of course you can add other veggies to this as well.. i've put turnips and beets and various types of lettuce in this as well.
    i'll mix a hard boiled egg with either spicy mustard or 1/2 an avocado and add spinach, mushroom, tomato, garlic and whatever other veggies strikes my fancy. This can go in a wrap, on toast or just eaten as is.
    Make your own veggie dips using greek yogurt as a base
    I eat light mozarella cheese sticks often
    Berries are a good snack too and they are often sweet to boot.

    Also: My diary is open.. far from perfect, but a lot of high protein low calorie foods feel free to look.
  • sianquin
    sianquin Posts: 86 Member
    I can understand how you're so hungry.

    For now, eat some raw carrots, celery and cucumbers. Also, try drinking 2 16oz glasses of water

    Here's a couple of recommendations for the future (Note that I don't know any restrictions you may have, so please take these with a grain of salt):

    Add protein to your diet, Protein is a good source of slow digesting calories. Think about having a protein at all of your main meals.

    Eliminate at least half of the sugars, especially anything that is just sweet without any additional macronutrients. Bananas are a fruit you might want to stay away from for a while . Consider replacing bananas with apples, oranges, grapefruits, peaches, cherries to name a few.

    Add raw vegetables to your snacks. You can have a bag of baby carrots (sweet), as well as cucumbers, spinach, celery and other vegetables without adding a large volume of calories. And add hard boiled egg whites to your snack as well, so you can stretch out the digestion and hold off the hunger for a longer time.

    Just a few quick thoughts.

    I'm interested as to why you suggested avoiding bananas as they are most peoples go to fruit including mine.

    I think your main problem is you aren't getting much protein and the sweets you had arent very filling (I assume it was gummy/jelly sweets) I was a real sweetie addict before i started counting calories now i relise 5 tiny haribo are the same as a chocolate chip cereal bar or a very feeling greek yogurt with real honey and strawberrys now i don't even crave them (saying that if you look at my dairy someone but a box of roses chocolate infront of me today and i did have some so it's hard to resist sometimes)

    Honestly if your starving i would just eat, you will still have a decent deficit for the week nothing will make you fail more than feeling deprived and going to bed hungry.
  • BarackMeLikeAHurricane
    BarackMeLikeAHurricane Posts: 3,400 Member
    My go-to recently has been watermelon. A cup is like <50 calories and super filling.
  • bethanytowell
    bethanytowell Posts: 256 Member
    My personal opinion, from my own experience and research is to stay away from bananas and any other fruit high in sugar. Although you think you are making a wise choice, that banana for lunch is going to make you crash by mid afternoon, leaving you snacking on other sweets which will again lead you to crashing and being ravenous. I lived this for 6 months without realizing what i was doing to myself. i was able to wean myself off of the sugar and cravings by having 2 teaspoons of organic apple cider vinegar just right before i eat. It stablizes your blood sugar and has been a miracle for me. to each their own, but there is my 2 cents. I wish someone would have told me sooner.
  • sianquin
    sianquin Posts: 86 Member
    My go-to recently has been watermelon. A cup is like <50 calories and super filling.

    Mines honeydew i cut a whole one up and eat it straight from the fridge, it's so refreshing, I usually grab a banana first thing in the morning and before the gym tho.
  • sianquin
    sianquin Posts: 86 Member
    My personal opinion, from my own experience and research is to stay away from bananas and any other fruit high in sugar. Although you think you are making a wise choice, that banana for lunch is going to make you crash by mid afternoon, leaving you snacking on other sweets which will again lead you to crashing and being ravenous. I lived this for 6 months without realizing what i was doing to myself. i was able to wean myself off of the sugar and cravings by having 2 teaspoons of organic apple cider vinegar just right before i eat. It stablizes your blood sugar and has been a miracle for me. to each their own, but there is my 2 cents. I wish someone would have told me sooner.

    Could that not be said for most fruits? i'm a huge snacker but i recently started chewing chewing gum at times when i'm more likely to snack it keeps my mouth busy, goves me a nice taste and lets face it nothing tastes great when your mouths minty. I've only been doing it for 3 days but it's really working for me and def worth a try.
  • operation_cute
    operation_cute Posts: 588 Member
    try a dannon light n fit greek yogurt, they have 12 grams of protien at about 80 cals you'll be over about 30 cals but I wouldn't sweat such a small overage :) You could also try cottage cheese, or a tbs of peanut butter... look for things with more protien throughout the day from now on, thats the key :) also adding things with more fiber like fruits and vegies along with the extra protien will help keep you from getting hungry on your lower calorie budget :)

    edit: another option, dance around the house and burn off some extra calories :) or go for a quick walk.... this will increase your calorie limit enough to add something to curb the hunger :)
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Eat meat.
  • superfox12082
    superfox12082 Posts: 512 Member
    Chug some water!!
  • wolfspeaker9
    wolfspeaker9 Posts: 17 Member
    ahh massive thanks for all your input everyone :D

    Definatly see better now where I am going wrong with sugar crashes etc no more gummy sweets in the house from now on!

    Going to start trying to add more protien and veggies to my day going shopping in two day so will stock up then

    Thankyou
  • nadiB
    nadiB Posts: 283 Member
    A hot cup of tea usually helps with hunger just before bed :-)..... Or during the day between meals
  • caly_man
    caly_man Posts: 281 Member
    all the strawberries you can handle
  • GioiaMeloni
    GioiaMeloni Posts: 2 Member
    I have to agree with bethanytowell. It's those sugars that are making you feel ravenous. Even in fruit. Actually, most fruit are high in sugar. I've pretty much laid off the fruit, as I've been doing a low-sugar diet lately. Have you ever done a water fast? If you have, you know it's not so hard to sit through the "starvation" feeling, you know you'll live. If you haven't, it's cool, just asking. I''m not saying starve yourself or do water fasts or any other kind; I'm saying as long as you have all those sugars in your diet, you'll always feel that way. Your blood sugar is crashing after you eat that stuff. I haven't really been starving since I laid off the sugars...'cause my blood sugar's stabilized.

    Wean yourself off slowly, like the other chick said. Start with the sweets and candy. By that, I mean stop. Eat as much fruit as you want to then, any kind. (If the gum thing works for you, fine. But when I did it, I was still starving later, and I was using sugarless! 'Cause the thing is, they still have hidden sugar alcohols. It will keep your mouth busy, tho'.) Apples and bananas are cheap and portable. Any fruit, even these high-sugar ones, are better than Hostess cakes or Entenmann's or Little Debbie's, or even the tiny lollipops they give you at the bank or Asian restaurant. Start with them, and work your way down (in sugar) to the berries.

    Get rid of those processed foods one by one; delete those bagged and canned and boxed foods. Start eating healthy things you LIKE; forget all that s@#$ about salad and other tasteless s@#$ like that. The closes I get to salad is eating raw spinach and arugula, and use mustard as my dressing. (Add fruit/veggies/whatever to this to make it tasty. I'm usually too lazy.) Also, salad's still a problem food, 'cause you're just gonna pour dressing on it, so that's no good. (Again, mustard. Or hot sauce.) You might as well just buy dressing as a beverage and drink your sugar and carbs that way instead of a nice cold beer or soda. Make mustard and hot sauce your best friends instead. It may take time.

    You gotta like what you eat or you won't eat it. If you're a meat-eater, those cooked turkey legs they have at some WalMarts' take-out are amaaazing! Even the rotisseries. I used to eat a whole chicken, or a couple of those large turkey legs. And then polished it off with as much watermelon as I could. (Don't forget veggies.) If you're into your carbs, there's cool ways you can steam or boil cauliflower and put avocado on it to give that potatoes and gravy effect. There's neat stuff you can do with other veggies too, to trick your taste buds. You just gotta figure out what you like and play around with it. Get on YouTube. You can eat howmuchever you like, as long as you're eating as clean as possible and working out regularly. If you're not working out regularly, eat more protein and veggies. I used to eat a whole loaf of carrot cake bread every Friday from Great Harvest Bread Company (fresher bread than store bread, cleaner eating in a sense LOL). Some Saturdays I would do a box of ice cream sandwiches too. But I was gym-ing 3 times a week then, and running each day. And no other sweets.

    You gotta eat more veggies, there's no way around it. Start with the winter ones that taste better. Or just pick a veggie or 2 you actually liked as a kid. Boil, bake, sautee, broil, barbeque it to death, til the stuff's coming out your ears. When you get tired of that veggie ('cause you will), pick another and do the same. Keep going til you have a "collection" of veggies you can deal with. Eat baby carrots for sweetness. Eat cucumber and celery for filling you up. I have 1-2 large cucumbers almost daily when I get hunger pangs.

    Cut the sugar out, and you'll cut the cravings out.. Veggies, proteins, fats. Watch the nuts. If you eat like me, you'll finish a whole container or bag when you're ravenous. Avocado will help IMMENSELY with that, it's a great fat that's filling. I eat 2-3/day, and now my problem is I'm losing too much weight. I'm at the low end for my BMI, don't wanna say 'cause on some charts it's damn near anorexic. LOL
  • GioiaMeloni
    GioiaMeloni Posts: 2 Member
    Wow! And this is the way I avoid my organic chemistry HW. Posting on a healthy ppl's site. Not table-top dancing or herb-smoking like regular ppl. ;-) All right, back to mass and infrared spectroscopy. Smh. Been studying alcohols for too long, time to start ingesting them...
  • skullshank
    skullshank Posts: 4,323 Member
    what are sweet bottles?

    are those gummy bottles? or the wax ones filled with sugar liquid?
  • summertime_girl
    summertime_girl Posts: 3,945 Member
    Food.