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if that is all you are eating it is not enough. I had weight loss surgery a year ago so my stomach is the sive of an egg and I eat more than that. Break fast sounds good. Half a sandwich is a snack not lunch. Huge salad with eggs nuts cheese and chicken is a lunch. then a pm snack like apple and 1 oz of cheese or almonds or peanut butter (1tbls). dinner is some fish and veggies like asparagus and squash and maybe some brown rice or quinoa. try eating 5 meals a day. You wont be hungry.

Can you make your diary public? It sounds like might just need to space out your calories a little more, maybe a bigger lunch? I don't know much about fibromyalgia, sorry. But if you're working out in the morning, that breakfast and lunch might not be giving you enough fuel to make it through your day. Have you tried shifting things around? Divide your calories between breakfast, lunch, and dinner?

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You're not on bedrest anymore. You need to eat more because you need more energy. What you're eating would be okay, if you lied down and didn't move all day. (This advice was for today's diary before I saw yesterday's 5,000 calorie one... holy crap!)

By 4 pm I could eat the entire house .... SERIOUSLY. I have stuffed myself till my belly hurts and still eat .... WHY?? I still feel hungry too.

I sometimes have the same problem. I call it THE WALL and for me it happens around 2pm. For me it's largely in my head, I'm not really hungry, I'm overwhelmed or tired and my coping mechanism from some reason seem to be set for hunger. I can always tell it's not hunger because I don't want to stop and the need to eat doesn't fade when I'm full.

I don't know if it's the same for you. I have some caffeine or chocolate and that will usually get me over the hump without binging.

Thanks for opening your diary. It helps us all help each other when we can see what's going on.

You just need some practice! It's a whole different way of thinking about food, really. It looks like you are relying a bit on packaged products and fast food. I do a lot of packaged meals too, I'm not condemning you! It makes life easier sometimes. But sometimes, especially with breakfast bars, they just aren't satisfying to eat. Mentally. It's what, like four bites and it's gone? There's no pleasure in that. So it may leave your brain thinking it wants to have more of a food experience. For a similar number of calories, you could maybe have a bowl of cereal with milk, or some eggs and toast and fruit.

Also...please look at more veggies and fruits. They are yummy and they do all sorts of good things to your body. And they are full of fiber, which makes your tummy feel full longer.

And finally, look at your macros (carbohydrates, fats, and proteins). As you get a handle on this, you'll start looking at those components as puzzle pieces. "If I have a carb-heavy breakfast with very little protein, then I'll need to increase my proteins later in the day to bring that number up" for example. It's a bit tricky, but it's so worth it. Protein also gives you energy and keeps you full longer.

Honestly, I'm not an expert at this thing. I'm still learning and I'm still messing it up left and right all the time. It's a process. Nobody gained their weight overnight, nobody looses it overnight. The process is the success of it. Keep logging your food and exercise, keep coming into the message boards to read what other people are asking.