I'm Hungry ALL the Time

Your diary is closed. I find protein in the morning stays with me longer than carbs - there is nothing wrong with eating snacks frequently - depending on the day I will have 4 or 5 snacks. If I am hungry I eat something.

1. Make sure that your calorie goal is actually appropriate for your body and activity level. Way too many people set an aggressive goal and then ignore what their body is trying to tell them.

2. Look for foods that are higher in protein, fat, and fiber. These help keep you feeling fuller and more satisfied for a longer period of time.

3. Drink plenty of water (or fluids of choice).

4. Play around with your meal timings. When you eat won't make a difference to your weight loss. Some people do better with 6 small meals a day and some people prefer 2 large meals. Find what works for your schedule.

5. Give you body some time to adjust. The hormones that control your hunger signals are sent out partially out of habit. As you eat less your body will catch up and stop telling you to be hungry as often. It takes a while, but your body will catch up with your brain if you're consistent.

It looks like you are consistently under your goal, rather than reaching it. Try eating all the food.

You are also eating a lot of fruit and starchy foods: less sugar and more fiber and protein can be very useful in controlling hunger.

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It looks like youre netting 900 cals! on onw day that I saw your diary for) That's low.
I agree to go with higher protein and fiber and eat more on your goal calories.

I would eat a more substantial breakfast with more protein.

1. Insufficient calories.

2. Low on protein.

3. Food is not spread out evenly through the day.

4. Eat more calorie dense foods.

1. Make sure that your calorie goal is actually appropriate for your body and activity level. Way too many people set an aggressive goal and then ignore what their body is trying to tell them.

2. Look for foods that are higher in protein, fat, and fiber. These help keep you feeling fuller and more satisfied for a longer period of time.

3. Drink plenty of water (or fluids of choice).

4. Play around with your meal timings. When you eat won't make a difference to your weight loss. Some people do better with 6 small meals a day and some people prefer 2 large meals. Find what works for your schedule.

5. Give you body some time to adjust. The hormones that control your hunger signals are sent out partially out of habit. As you eat less your body will catch up and stop telling you to be hungry as often. It takes a while, but your body will catch up with your brain if you're consistent.

^^ Very much this.... looking at your diary, you stay way too low on the protien. The other thing that a friend recently pointed out to me.... Maybe too much fruit. It is good for you, but doesn't stick around as long as you may be needing. I took my fruit down and my veggies up, added more protien and am rarely hungry now.

I have to have protein in the morning or I get hungry quickly. Yogurt and hard-boiled eggs are favorites for me. If I eat cereal, I try to eat a high-fiber cereal.

I'm not usually hungry right when I get up, so I have my coffee and then I have my actual breakfast later, around 10 or 10:30, when I start to feel hungry. If I'm hungry when I get up, though, I have something to eat.

This usually helps me get to noon or 1 p.m.ish before I feel hungry for lunch.

I have to have a small snack, and sometimes a few small snacks, in the afternoon to get from lunch to dinner. Sometimes I spread out my lunch, for example, eat a sandwich at noon, some nuts at 3 p.m. and maybe half a protein bar at 5 or 6 p.m. Spreading the food out like that helps me not get hungry.

I agree that your body needs to get adjusted to eating less, so maybe you need to gradually reduce your calories.

Also you need to eat foods that help you feel full longer. For me, almonds, cheese, eggs, a high-protein bar or something like that helps alot.

1. Make sure that your calorie goal is actually appropriate for your body and activity level. Way too many people set an aggressive goal and then ignore what their body is trying to tell them.

2. Look for foods that are higher in protein, fat, and fiber. These help keep you feeling fuller and more satisfied for a longer period of time.

3. Drink plenty of water (or fluids of choice).

4. Play around with your meal timings. When you eat won't make a difference to your weight loss. Some people do better with 6 small meals a day and some people prefer 2 large meals. Find what works for your schedule.

5. Give you body some time to adjust. The hormones that control your hunger signals are sent out partially out of habit. As you eat less your body will catch up and stop telling you to be hungry as often. It takes a while, but your body will catch up with your brain if you're consistent.

^^Perfect!

You are WAY low on protein. Aim for at least 100 grams a day.

ETA: I'm sure you could raise your calories a bit and still lose weight, but that's totally up to you.

I'm trying to eat more protein (cottage cheese, greek yoghurt) but usually only eat meat for dinner because I'm on a bit of a budget.

Does anyone have some cheaper suggestions for protein sources?

I'm trying not to eat too much peanut butter / nuts in general because of the high calorie count.

Cant get much cheaper than eggs.

ETA and canned tuna

I like snacks that take me a while to eat...light string cheese is one. Picking at it makes me slow down. I try to slow down everything I eat and this helps. I drink breakfast shakes, taking them to work and literally taking 1 or 2 sips every few minutes...sometimes it takes me an hour to finish a 10 oz shake.It is normal (and healthy) to have a snack between breakfast and lunch. More small meals during the day generally helps people from over eating and, as a bonus, it keeps your metabolism working faster more of the day, which can mean more weight loss.

I agree with everyone else, you absolutly should be eating a minimum of 1200 calories a day unless you have a doctors order to do less. There is a reason MFP doesn't give anyone less than a 1200 calorie a day diet. If you are skeptical, find out your BMI ( the amount of calories you burn daily just by physically living a breathing even if you stayed in bed all day) using an online calculator. I did this the otherday and I burn 1500 calories a day without doing a thing but breathing. On a weight loss regimine, I am eating 1340 calories a day and more when I excercise. You do your body more harm than good by depriving...your body chooses to destroy muscle vs. fat because muscles burn more calories...your body is trying to survive on a calorie budget, esentially, and cuts out the biggest spenders first to make what you give it last longer. That's just one of the many negatives of extremely low calorie diets, and one of the trickiest ones because you may see the number on the scale drop and think what you are doing is working.

Just taking a quick look at your diet, you may need more protein. I was eating oatmeal in the morning and it wasn't enough. My doctor told me I needed to eat more protein for breakfast. You could try that.

I'm the same way. I typically need a snack in the morning and the afternoon or I'm starving by meal time... and fruit and nuts just don't cut it for me, it's got to be Greek yogurt or a protein bar. I have to eat over 500 calories to tide me over for 5 hours... and at least 20g of protein.

I put some cottage cheese in my porridge and then yoghurt on top. With some berries and a teensy bit of maple syrup it's yummy and a lot more protein than just regular porridge! Keeps me full a lot longer.

My diet is a lot more balanced now and I'm not so hungry. I also make sure I have a morning and afternoon snack. Can't make it through the day without one. Make sure you're eating enough protein and not a lot of simple carbs. Also something might be triggering the hungry. For me I found artificial sweeteners trigger a simple carb craving for me. Once I cut them out my craving for candy, bread, cookies etc. greatly diminished.