What can I do to help myself?

Something with protein? I find a hard boiled egg or 2 helps me in the morning or a Greek 0% fat yogurt with some granola.

Instead of egg drop soup with the dumplings go for something with chicken like a wrap or a salad... something with the protein to keep you full longer. Also, be sure you have snacks at the ready that fall within your calorie limits.

Protein.

Oatmeal, hot tea, protein always helps me. Also, lots of vegetables are very filling for low calories. Throw a little lemon or orange slice in your water.

Plus are you eating enough in general? Are you restricting too much?

Find even 15 minutes to exercise, that always helps curb my cravings and helps me forget about feeling starved.

eat something high in protein. protein keeps you full longer.

Hunger comes and goes in waves, it doesn't just build up. I'd ignore it for 20 minutes.

I had a few days last week where I was just HUNGRY. I felt like I could eat the world. And I ate. Not always the healthiest (chocolate is my downfall). I stayed under everyday except one, but I pretty much ate back all my exercise calories. I was dreading the scale yesterday morning, but Bam I had a 1.5 loss. It kind of told me to listen to my body. obviously it needed more than I was giving it. I have been using MFP since July and except for the very beginning, this was the first time I was like that.

So if you are hungry, eat something, the popcorn chips were carbs, so try some nuts, peanut butter, avocado, eggs. Something healthier, but with protein to it.

My advice is to plan regular snacks in your diet. I rarely feel "famished" but when I do its usually because its been too long since I've eaten or right after a hard workout.

What I usually do is have 2 snacks, one mid-morning like 10:30am and one around 3pm. In the morning I'll have a banana (105 cal), or 1/2cup lowfat cottage cheese with pineapple (170 cal). In the afternoon I usually get a sweet craving so a chocolate peanut butter protein bar (180 cal) or trail mix with some dark chocolate chips (250 cal) is really yummy! You may have to modify the snack based on the calories you have for the day. I also like apple slices dipped in peanut butter (1-2Tbsp) (170-260 cal).

If salty is more your craving, I'd say to try and either pack a serving size of crackers or chips in one of those "snack size" ziploc bags or buy the prepackaged ones. That way when you get a huge craving, you won't be able to eat more than your pre-portioned serving.

The big thing is to plan ahead!! When I get lazy and don't plan my snacks and meals for the day, I always end up making bad choices!!

Increase your fiber intake.

The key things I have found that help me are to make sure I have enough Fiber, and then I focus on protein.

Hi, where is your food diary?!?! I'm assuming you're starving yourself to lose weight?? I would suggest logging in a food diary for 2 weeks then EDUCATED members can help with your goals!! You need to EAT to lose weight! look into eating a LOW glycemic diet!! FOOD DIARY ON MFP PLEASE

I calculated my (net calories) I track my exercises conservatively as I don't have an HRM or FitBit. I also don't eat back to calories I burn (not all of them) maybe a 100 or a little more.

The average is 1471. I'm still 130lbs away from being in any sort of normal range. So.... I think this is okay.

I'm just going to up the protein, up the water and keep exercising as much as I can. I have 2 kids, full time job of overtime every week, and run the house by myself. I think the snow set me off. I wasn't home.. and didn't have access to my pre-planned meal.


THANK YOU ALL for your replies. It is probably normal this hunger... and i'm going to fight through it. Thanks for all the help.

depending on your job your calories might be to low and that's why your hunger I bad. I though my job was only lightly active until I got a body media and found out its between active and very active. I can burn more calories than the active on a busy day at work. I only have around 50 to lose and net around 2000 a day. I consume an average of 2400 or more most of the time. I found the tiing that helps me the most is eating something every 2 to 4 hours even if its just something little. feel free to add me as a friend.

I was super-hungry for almost a week. It was making me miserable and I was managing it badly. My solution was to up my calories closer to maintenance -- I'm at about 200kcals under maintenance right now, versus the 565-calorie deficit I'd been using to lose -- and just go with it. I think it's important that we remember to listen to our bodies (not our every whim, though) while we're on these journeys.