why am I always hungry??

Are you drinking enough water? I find this is my biggest problem that makes me hungry.

sometimes my stomach makes growling noises when I know I am not hungry. I use to eat when this happened, part of what got me where I am. Google it. Stomach growling when not hungry.

If were not drinking enough water, sometimes our body will confuse being thirsty with being hungry. We are supposed to take our total body weight in pounds, divide it in half - that is how many ounces of water per day our body needs. For example, if you weigh 200 pounds, you need 100 ounces of water per day.

Also, we should be eating every 3 hours. So allow yourself a morning and afternoon healthy snack. Carrots and hummus dip is great, fruit, fresh veggies, and yogurt are great snacks. Items that are high in fiber are more filling.

Hope this helps!

I am that way. Always have been, and resigned myself to always being that way. I've learned to just live with it. When I'm bored and depressed it's easier to give in to the hunger. I'm trying hard not to go there.

Hang in there. You're not alone.

Yes and no...I drink water put of a water bottle but I usually add crystal lite to it, so it still counts as water..I think?
I also drink a lot of juice and tea, in which has water, but I usually drink just plain water before bed and while in bed.

You are drinking your calories with the juice. Try getting rid of the juice and adding those calories as food instead. Eat more fiber. Examples: Apples, Black Beans, Brocoli (boiled), Peas, Whole Wheat Spagehetti, and Oatmeal. Eat your zero calorie foods when hungry. Examples: Veggies (raw is the best).

Try going to the reports section and look at the different parts of your nutrition over the past 30 days. Are you consistently getting enough protein? Enough fiber? Enough fat? Calcium? Iron? Are you craving certain foods or are you just hungry in that vague restless way? I've found I'm the most satisfied when I go over in protein and fiber. I agree with what everyone says about fiber. So if you're eating regular pasta, refined/white bread for your sandwich (even some "whole wheat" breads are so much puffed air they don't count) and a cookie and chips might not be sturdy enough carbs for you. Lunch meat for sandwiches is also not very satisfying if you're exercising more than you were before too.

Even with all that, I still have days, even a week at a time where I'm hungry all day and can't get enough. Sometimes it's because of stress, or not getting enough sleep, or because I'm building muscle. So good luck, I hope you figure out what works for you.

Just get the whole wheat versions of your pastas and rice and you should get enough fiber then.

I am always hungry!! I will eat regular meals and some times a snack here and there..but I am still hungry, I mean to the point where my stomache is growling..

Breakfast:
Piece of toast, egg, cottage cheese with fruit

Lunch:
Sandwich, handful of chips, yogurt

Snack:
a cookie or cheese cubes or celery with peanut butter

Dinner:
Pasta with chicken, small salad, maybe a dinner roll


I mean what am I doing wrong?? why am I always hungry??

Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

A simple answer is to make sure you're eating 6 "meals" a day, eat more fiber and drink plenty of water. 6 smaller meals rather than 3 larger meals will take care of the hunger. Not only will you not have that hungry feeling during the day, you'll notice that you'll naturally start eating smaller portions for your main 3 meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner). Another key element is for your snacks, instead of eating a cookie, cheese or anything like that, try to eat foods that are high in fiber. The fiber makes you feel more full and will help you make it to your next meal with a smaller portion. Not only that, the fiber is great for your metabolism as well. Since your body has to work harder to digest fiber, your metabolism will be kicked up a notch.

Just for example, this is my M-F routine...I'm almost OCD on how strickly I stick to this regiment.

7:30 - 9:00 Breakfast (oatmeal, eggs, yogurt, bran cereal, etc...)
10:30 - 11:00 Snack (apple, almonds, un-salted peanuts, protein shake, etc...)
1:00 - 1:30 Lunch (balanced lunch with protein & fiber, good source of carbs for the day, etc...)
3:00 - 3:30 Snack (apple, almonds, peanuts, protein shake, etc...)
5:30 - 6:00 Dinner (balanced dinner with protein & fiber)
8:00 - 8:30 Snack (protein shake, apple or small amount of unsweetened peanut butter, etc...)

Drink as much water as you can during the day too. Water (and ice) make you feel more full as well.

Good luck.

Hi...something you might try is to get more protein with a protein bar. Since your not a large meat eater, you might eat peanut butter and nuts, you have to balance out your meals with enough of each carb, fat and protein. For instance, if you don't get enough carb. your body starts breaking down it's reserve.....proteins and carbs go hand in hand, somewhat. Oh and increasing water and fiber will help too. Good Luck!

Well, the standard answers you've heard already: fiber, water and maybe you stomach hasn't adjusted (shrunk) yet. I'll give you a non standard answer: In some people, for mostly unknown reasons, the brain mistranslates nerve impulses. While you'd have to have a really expensive series of tests done for a diagnoses it is known to happen. Part of the time I think I may be in this group. I can put down any amount of food and 5 minutes later feel hungry again. I finally borrowed an unhealthy mantra from one of my skinny friends: "Hunger is fat leaving the body!"