I'm Hungry

According to your stats you maintain your current weight at 2550 calories per day with zero exercise.

You have MFP set to lose 2lbs a week, which is a 1000 calorie per day deficit from your maintenance calories.

Please consider setting it to lose either 1lb or 1.5lbs per week.

Remember you are suppose to log and eat your exercise calories.

1500 calories for a male of your height seems extreme to me.

Well no wonder you're hungry. I'm a 5'6, 120 lb female and eat more than you....and still lose weight!

Thanks for the advice, I had it set to two pounds a week because I am impatient I have moved it to one pound a week with the understanding that I can eat that much but I don't have too. In addition to changing how much I eat I have changed what I eat....no more soda and trying to limit sugar. I have added fruits and vegetable which I never ate before. I am also exercising 2 hours a week which I have not done previous so hopefully these changes will make a difference.

That sounds like a sensible approach. Good plan!

Thanks for the advice, I had it set to two pounds a week because I am impatient I have moved it to one pound a week with the understanding that I can eat that much but I don't have too. In addition to changing how much I eat I have changed what I eat....no more soda and trying to limit sugar. I have added fruits and vegetable which I never ate before. I am also exercising 2 hours a week which I have not done previous so hopefully these changes will make a difference.

Great! It sounds like you'll be feeling better now. And remember, if things stop working for you, you can revisit your goals anytime. Some people end up needing to eat more or eat a little less, depending on how they lose and how much they work out.

for me I am insulin resistant so I should not eat anything carby. what I do to try and keep the hunger pangs away are 1 gallon of water a day. Not enough water can manifest as feeling hungry. I also try to have half to 1 full cup of greens per meal, for my I do collard or turnip greens I sometimes feel so stuffed after 3 meals of this when I get home I do not feel like eating. the greens are 1 net carb. If you have not done it try to eat a lot of small meals a day I try to do 6 myself.

Eat more protein, too...................it keeps you fuller, longer.

There are MANY good recipe threads here............take it slower, and know that it took you a LONG time to gain, and you shouldn't try to lose too quickly..............this is a lifestyle, not a DIET.

Much success to you!

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You ok bro?

Hi !!
I know what you mean by being hungry, so here is something to try that is definitely working for me.
You eat a huge and I mean huge breakfast - about 700 calories heavy on protein. Then you eat about 400-500 calories for lunch and only about 200 - 250 for dinner.
I've been stuffing myself in the morning and eating lunch about 1pm not even feeling hungry! I'm not kidding. I found this study that showed that a big breakfast with most of your calories for the day kept hunger away and increased wt loss by more than twice as much as in the study group eating a regular style 3 meals plan.
I'll try to find the article and send it to you.
Here is what I ate this morning - oatmeal porridge, molasses, kiwi, 1/2 fresh tomato, 1 oz old cheddar cheese, 2 cups coffee with 2% milk, 1/4 cup reg yogurt, 1/2 slice bread with 1/4 tsp butter. The other day I ate a boiled egg, slice of baked ham, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 tomato, oatmeal with milk and 2 tsp brown sugar, 2 cups coffee with milk. I feel so stuffed I don't want to eat a thing! for hours.

First thing in the morning, naked, after having a wee. Then don't step on it at any other time.

Every quart/litre of water weighs a kg/2.2lbs. The food on your plate weighs, and when its in you, it shows on the scale. By weighing first thing after not eating overnight, digesting etc, you are at your most "stable" weight, not affected by the transient weight of something you ate or drank.

Thanks for the advice, I had it set to two pounds a week because I am impatient I have moved it to one pound a week with the understanding that I can eat that much but I don't have too. In addition to changing how much I eat I have changed what I eat....no more soda and trying to limit sugar. I have added fruits and vegetable which I never ate before. I am also exercising 2 hours a week which I have not done previous so hopefully these changes will make a difference.

Eating food that are high in fiber will help with the hunger. Also drink lots of water.

Agreed. That is what I do. High fiber will help.

First, eat more. Second, stop worrying about the scale. Your weight doesn't determine how you look naked, your composition does. With aggressive weight loss, you have a greater chance of losing a lot of muscle. So by the token, your goal should be to lose fat, and maintain muscle. Set your goal to 1 lb per week, eat 50% of your exercise calories and change your macro's to around 40% carbs, 35% protein and 25% fats. This shoudl help you hit 1g of protein per lb of lean body mass. Also, make sure you do some good weight training and add in some cardio. I suspect you will be eating more around 2400 calories.