Still Hungry...What to do?
VeggChick
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The last couple days even eating close to my allotted calories for the day I've been hungry and have no clue why. I haven't been real active due to overcoming being sick/not feeling great. It just doesn't quite make sense either...Like today, I didn't eat the healthiest but I still ate like 1,300 calories.
Breakfast was:
2 eggs
1/4 c Shredded Cheddar
1 Flat Out
3 pieces Sundried Tomatoes
1 cup spinach
made into a sandwhich.
Dinner was:
1 Amy's Southwest Burrito
1/2 Cucumber
1 c Spinach
Snack:
16 grapes
30 Blueberries
1 light cheese stick
EDIT: I did have a small bowl of cereal with 1/3 cup of light soy milk at one point too
Later I had just a little bit of ice cream because my fiance' had some....but what gives? I didn't have lunch due to having such a late breakfast. Any suggestions or anything? I'm hoping once I get to the store and pick up some healthier food maybe that helps...but no clue why I'm hungry...I think I even went over in protein, which is surprising being a vegetarian.
Breakfast was:
2 eggs
1/4 c Shredded Cheddar
1 Flat Out
3 pieces Sundried Tomatoes
1 cup spinach
made into a sandwhich.
Dinner was:
1 Amy's Southwest Burrito
1/2 Cucumber
1 c Spinach
Snack:
16 grapes
30 Blueberries
1 light cheese stick
EDIT: I did have a small bowl of cereal with 1/3 cup of light soy milk at one point too
Later I had just a little bit of ice cream because my fiance' had some....but what gives? I didn't have lunch due to having such a late breakfast. Any suggestions or anything? I'm hoping once I get to the store and pick up some healthier food maybe that helps...but no clue why I'm hungry...I think I even went over in protein, which is surprising being a vegetarian.
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Being hungry usually means you aren't eating enough.0
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How much water are you drinking?0
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Yeah, that's what I figured, but I'm still trying to stay within my calorie goal.0
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Today, about 3 bottles of water along with a black coffee.0
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Not to sound like I'm telling u what to do but my advice Is u need to eat more. Based on your list of what u ate your body is hungry as your not feeding it enough. Once as u said u go shopping to get some healthy snacks/food u can incorporate them in but for now u need to eat 3 meals plus snacks and if u have a late breakfast then make sure u have more top ups in your snacks. Pitta bread with humus or salad or homemade wholemeal garlic bread, breadsticks/ crackers, yogurts are all great snacks or boosters to lunches. I don't know your calorie goal but I think u should increase intake to 1500 that way u can be more flexible and incorporate a few snacks into ur day. Hope this helps u, feel free to add me:)0
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You're totally fine. =] I don't mind suggestions or anything like that as long as they're phrased nicely. Currently, my calorie goal is set at 1,380. Yeah, I try to eat fairly decent, but once it's about the end of a shopping cycle it gets hard to. I think I'm going out within the next day or two though. I have some hummus, so I'll try adding that in with the cucumbers or something.0
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How did you come up with the 1300 number? Your target might be low (without vital statistics, I can't be sure). Also, how are you measuring your calories? Are you eyeballing food or measuring it out? Your diary is closed, so I can't look, but the list you gave us doesn't add up to 1300. Unless there is more we're not seeing, I would guess you are undereating.0
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For what I can I'm measuring out all my food for pretty much everything. MFP is what generated about what I should have in a day based off my activity level and weight loss goal of a pound a week.0
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1300 is really low. I'd up that to at least 1350 if not 1400. I'd also say quit skipping meals. Instead of having two big meals and a snack, do six small meals a day and you'll be more satisfied.0
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drink more water, if your not already, and if your still hungry then EAT! Not like stuff your face but until your satisfied.
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You look to be relatively heavy on carbs and relatively light on protein and fat. A higher amount of fat and protein through the day can help keep you sated longer as well.0
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How about adding a nice big salad to that? Only about 100 cals if you don't use a lot of dressing and all that fiber helps fill you up.
Also, are you factoring in exercise? Did you work out that day? If so your body will want more fuel.
Our calories are about the same (and I'm also a vegetarian). I've noticed that after tracking my food for a while & making notes about how I feel, when I do not get enough sleep I am voraciously hungry and have terrible cravings the next day. :explode: On the days I get enough sleep, I'm eating around the same number of calories but don't feel hungry at all. Maybe a correlation for you, too there so just thought I'd mention it.
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I can try that out this week and see how it goes weight loss wise. I've been losing fairly fast, about 6 pounds in just under two weeks, so it might work out. Yeah, the meal skip wasn't intended, but I ended up not having time to fix a quick breakfast before church because my fiance's dad trapped me in a conversation, so I didn't get a chance to eat until after, which was around 1pm.0
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I can try finding a way to add in a little extra protein. Maybe work in some tofu or cheese or something. I just keep going over the MFP recommended protein already. It recommends about 52g per day and I ended with 64g, so I was significantly over.0
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are you having enough fibre in your mix? Some veg has very little like cucumber. Some cereals have more. Look at the printable breakdown of you food diary the last column there gives the amount of fibre you have eaten in the day. I think 15 grams is recommended. With the water it will help you feel less hungry.
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It's totally fine to eat more. 1,300 is a very small amount. If you exercise off the calories that went over your calorie goal, you are fine. Try doing something fun, if you don't really like working out. Like tennis. Aerobics are really good too. And vigorous cleaning can burn a good amount of calories. Put on some music and maybe dance and sing while you clean. Just a couple ideas 0
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I'll try adding in more salad. I usually don't use dressing, so I should be good. I'll throw in some spinach, zucchini, and cucumber tomorrow with lunch.
The sleep thing is interesting, I'll have to keep an eye on it. I slept fairly decent the night before considering I had a migraine. I slept about 9 hours, so I should have been fine on sleep.0 -
Drink hot water. Works perfectly.0
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food also works well0
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I can try finding a way to add in a little extra protein. Maybe work in some tofu or cheese or something. I just keep going over the MFP recommended protein already. It recommends about 52g per day and I ended with 64g, so I was significantly over.
MFP's protein recommendations are notoriously low. A good rule of thumb for protein and fat is 0.8g/lb lean body mass and 0.35g/lb lean body mass, respectively. These are minimums, so going over on protein or healthy dietary fat is fine. Gardein has some good options for high protein, low carb options (I particularly like the beefless tips and the mandarin chick'n) to help boost your protein (the morningstar chick'n strips are good for this as well). Cheese and tofu, as you mentioned, are also good choices.0 -
Imara6mara-
I'll try adding in more salad. I usually don't use dressing, so I should be good. I'll throw in some spinach, zucchini, and cucumber tomorrow with lunch.
The sleep thing is interesting, I'll have to keep an eye on it. I slept fairly decent the night before considering I had a migraine. I slept about 9 hours, so I should have been fine on sleep.
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I can try finding a way to add in a little extra protein. Maybe work in some tofu or cheese or something. I just keep going over the MFP recommended protein already. It recommends about 52g per day and I ended with 64g, so I was significantly over.
MFP's protein recommendations are notoriously low. A good rule of thumb for protein and fat is 0.8g/lb lean body mass and 0.35g/lb lean body mass, respectively. These are minimums, so going over on protein or healthy dietary fat is fine. Gardein has some good options for high protein, low carb options (I particularly like the beefless tips and the mandarin chick'n) to help boost your protein (the morningstar chick'n strips are good for this as well). Cheese and tofu, as you mentioned, are also good choices.
I think I have yet to find the Gardein brand. Do most supermarkets carry it? I definitely have tried the MorningStar Chik'n Strips and they're good, but the one place that sells them where I am is usually out for some odd reason.0 -
I can try finding a way to add in a little extra protein. Maybe work in some tofu or cheese or something. I just keep going over the MFP recommended protein already. It recommends about 52g per day and I ended with 64g, so I was significantly over.
MFP's protein recommendations are notoriously low. A good rule of thumb for protein and fat is 0.8g/lb lean body mass and 0.35g/lb lean body mass, respectively. These are minimums, so going over on protein or healthy dietary fat is fine. Gardein has some good options for high protein, low carb options (I particularly like the beefless tips and the mandarin chick'n) to help boost your protein (the morningstar chick'n strips are good for this as well). Cheese and tofu, as you mentioned, are also good choices.
I think I have yet to find the Gardein brand. Do most supermarkets carry it? I definitely have tried the MorningStar Chik'n Strips and they're good, but the one place that sells them where I am is usually out for some odd reason.
I've been able to find it most places. I'm out in rural Arkansas now (not exactly veggie country), but both the Kroger and Wal-Mart have them. Whole Foods and Trader Joes tend to carry them as well.0 -
I can try finding a way to add in a little extra protein. Maybe work in some tofu or cheese or something. I just keep going over the MFP recommended protein already. It recommends about 52g per day and I ended with 64g, so I was significantly over.
As a vegetarian, I don't think you can totally rely on the MFP ratios. When I first started on MFP, I was getting very frustrated because it said I should only be eating 165 g of carbs per day. Since most of our protein comes from vegetable products instead of meat, our carbs will be higher. While meat is predominantly protein, when we eat protein we're getting extra carbs (and often with less calories).
For example:
1 @ beef patty - 180 cals / 3 g fat / 0 g carbs / 22 g protein
1 @ Amy's Texas VeggieBurger - 140 cals / 3 g fat / 16 g carbs / 12 g protein
That is why I track my food in an Excel spreadsheet instead of on MFP. I just I try to keep my ratios as close to 20% fat, 60% carbs and 20% protein as possible. For me, that works out to be around 27 g. fat / 180 g. carbs / 60 g. protein.
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drink some tea, or eat a plum, or have some water, or just go to bed...0
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I can try finding a way to add in a little extra protein. Maybe work in some tofu or cheese or something. I just keep going over the MFP recommended protein already. It recommends about 52g per day and I ended with 64g, so I was significantly over.
As a vegetarian, I don't think you can totally rely on the MFP ratios. When I first started on MFP, I was getting very frustrated because it said I should only be eating 165 g of carbs per day. Since most of our protein comes from vegetable products instead of meat, our carbs will be higher. While meat is predominantly protein, when we eat protein we're getting extra carbs (and often with less calories).
For example:
1 @ beef patty - 180 cals / 3 g fat / 0 g carbs / 22 g protein
1 @ Amy's Texas VeggieBurger - 140 cals / 3 g fat / 16 g carbs / 12 g protein
That is why I track my food in an Excel spreadsheet instead of on MFP. I just I try to keep my ratios as close to 20% fat, 60% carbs and 20% protein as possible. For me, that works out to be around 27 g. fat / 180 g. carbs / 60 g. protein.
Hope this helps!!
It's honestly not that hard. I've been doing 40/30/30 carbs/protein/fat as a vegetarian and have had no problems. Admittedly, I'm shooting for closer to 1g protein/lb since I am trying to preserve muscle (and will shortly be transitioning into weight lifting), but 0.8g/lb LBM is not unreasonable for a vegetarian to meet.0 -
That is why I track my food in an Excel spreadsheet instead of on MFP. I just I try to keep my ratios as close to 20% fat, 60% carbs and 20% protein as possible. For me, that works out to be around 27 g. fat / 180 g. carbs / 60 g. protein.
Hope this helps!!
It's honestly not that hard. I've been doing 40/30/30 carbs/protein/fat as a vegetarian and have had no problems. Admittedly, I'm shooting for closer to 1g protein/lb since I am trying to preserve muscle (and will shortly be transitioning into weight lifting), but 0.8g/lb LBM is not unreasonable for a vegetarian to meet.
Interesting - just had a look at your food diary to see what I'm missing. I see you eat a lot of cheese - no carbs but you're getting lots of protein there! I don't eat a lot of cheese because here in Thailand it's very expensive (because it's all imported). There are only a few veggie products available (veggie burgers, "fakon" and veggie sausages) - other than that I'm whipping up tofu stir frys on my own and also started supplementing with a protein shake every other day. Maybe I should try adding some more cheese into my diet. Thanks for the info! :happy:0 -
More protein and fiber will keep ya full longer and water water water!! Best of Luck!! :flowerforyou: 0
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Interesting - just had a look at your food diary to see what I'm missing. I see you eat a lot of cheese - no carbs but you're getting lots of protein there! I don't eat a lot of cheese because here in Thailand it's very expensive (because it's all imported). There are only a few veggie products available (veggie burgers, "fakon" and veggie sausages) - other than that I'm whipping up tofu stir frys on my own and also started supplementing with a protein shake every other day. Maybe I should try adding some more cheese into my diet. Thanks for the info! :happy:
I'm working stupid hours right now (70+ hour weeks), so I am relying on whatever I can throw on the forman grill or eat straight from the fridge. Tofu's great when you have the time to press and cook it (I've got a package in my fridge right now for my day off dinner tomorrow). It's surprisingly low carb, and goes with everything, which leaves me more room for things like quinoa (I love me some carbs).0 -
Have you tried sipping on a nice cup of Chai Green Tea with Stevia? That's what does the trick for me!0
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