What are your tips for curbing those hunger pangs ?

I can think of 2 obvious ones ...........
eat lots of veggies
and drink lots of water

BUT

wondered if you had any personal experience with what has worked best for you
and / or any other things which you have found helpful

Kind regards;

Stella

PROTEIN.

I can think of 2 obvious ones ...........
eat lots of veggies
and drink lots of water

BUT

wondered if you had any personal experience with what has worked best for you
and / or any other things which you have found helpful

Kind regards;

Stella

Egg white scrambled eggs, potatoes, protein shakes, oatmeal, beans

Yup, filling up on veggies works great, with light ranch (or light whatever is your pleasure) to help make it doable. Also, the reality is, is that you will have to deal with some hunger pangs as it is an inevitable part of losing fat with a calorie deficit. But employing volumetrics to make sure your belly is full is very helpful. Obviously the trick is to fill up on this before you reach your calorie limit, veggies with light dip if you got 100 calories or less to go, but if you have closer to 200, give something like pop chips or special k chips a try- you can have a ridiculous amount (about 20+ chips per serving) for about 110-120 calories and it also helps with the "yummy pangs"

freeze dried fruits from trader joe's...the entire package is about 130 calories (depending on the fruit) but I eat a few pieces at a time and it's exactly what I need to get rid of the stomach burn

I increased my protein to help with the hunger. It works quite well. I also increase my fiber.

I drink water or I chew gum. Also if I am feeling hungry even though I know I should not be. I look at thinspiration. Always gets my hunger thoughts right out.

A lot of helpful posts for this topic,

What I have found in decades past that works for me is eating every 2-3 hours, a bit of coffee, water, sometimes a few raw almonds and sex (since my girlfriend left I may gain a pound or two lol).

Remember everybody's body chemistry is different, some more than others, keep trying until something works right for you to help you meet your goals.

Last thing that I did not see posted is willpower, it didn't come instantly for me I had to work at it.

Cheers,

I go without food 3 days a week & yet to get dizzy, the shakes or fatigued. I can be damn hungry... but not get one of those. My blood sugar must be really good with water then. Like I said, people THINK they are hungry & are now going to use those as an excuse to eat.

You go without food three days a week and talk about "excuses" to eat.... You may want to think about your relationship with food, because it sounds seriously disfunctional to me.....

Oh yes, I happily go without food 3 days a week & have a great relationship with food. I use it for energy not as a thing to do. 5:2 is a great way of eating. Actually I do 4:3 myself. but that's personal choice. I don't have any of this "oh I think I'm hungry I will have something to eat just so I don't have to feel hungry anymore" that's how I got fat, by eating when I thought I was hungry. 36hours without food 3 times a week is brilliant for me knowing when I actually NEED food rather than just wanting food. Food is not a toy that you grab out to play with, it's an energy source that should only be brought out when actually need...not because someone tells you it's time to play with it.