Hungry every couple of hours

yep. that's how life works.

jk, black coffee and lots of water!

depends how many calories you are doing.. please god dont say 1200... so fed up of that number

Are you getting enough protein and fat? They keep me feeling much more satisfied than carbs ever did.

Hunger is a hormonally driven response. It becomes "trained" to your habits. Eat once a day at the same time, and your hunger signals will start kicking in at that time. Eat 6 times a day, and your hunger signals will kick in at all 6 times you usually eat. If you change your eating habits, your hunger signals will change to match them.

This is why you constantly hear about all these people eating so few calories (>800) but never feeling hungry. Their hormones have adjusted to the intake, or, in extreme cases, there aren't enough nutrients to create the hormones in the first place, so the entire hunger signal system shuts down.

Thirst, on the other hand, is a purely physical response to a change in fluid balance. This is why I always find it silly when people give the advice to drink constantly, not waiting to feel thirsty, but only to eat when you feel hungry, because that's the exact reverse of how it should be.

I like to eat every three hours. Spreading out my calories helps keep me comfortably satisfied but not overly full or hungry all day.

As for snacks to keep you full, try trail mix or nuts, peanut butter & banana, avocado, cheese, things that have healthy fat. Fat is really satiating. My favorite is trail mix. You just have to portion it out beforehand to avoid taking in a ton of calories from it.

I am still pretty new to this site (5weeks in and 17.9 pounds later) and I find the same thing. I eat 1520 calories a day plus exercise calories. I eat every few hours to get my metabolism burning. I eat smaller more frequent meals and that is really working for me. I would try the tea trick too because it works.

Sometimes the body confuses 'hungry' with 'thirsty'. Drinking water when you think you're hungry (but are actually thirsty) sometimes works.

or try adding protein drinks or shake

I am new here too, but i think you should arrange your food into smaller portions and just divide them into closer periods. I myself just started to lose weight, and noticed that i have to snack often too, and when hunger really kicks in, like give me right there and right now, i eat couple of nuts, or small yogurt, a piece of cheese, and it all comes back to normal again.

The hypothalamus controls both hunger and thirst, so it sends the same signal whether you are hungry or thirsty. Try drinking water to hold you over

Snack on foods with high fibre content ... fruits keep me full

it would help to add more fiber to your diet. Eat for fiber in the morning to hold over you till lunch. have a med. sized lunch with a fiber/protein snack if your still hungry before dinner. Dinner should be another big meal to tide you over till morning.

I personally feel fiber is an important factor in how hungry I feel (or don't feel). If I eat at least 20g of fiber each day, I don't feel nearly as hungry or tend to overeat. I also eat 5-6 times per day between snacks and meals. If I don't, I tend to overeat.