eating WHATEVER I want but not getting full

ok, so I know that as long as you have a calorie deficit, you will lose weight. Here's the problem. I cannot get full on the meals that I really love to eat, so it's a problem eating WHATEVER I want. For instance, this is what I feel like having today.
Breakfast= coffee with cream and sweetnlow, eggs and cheese, grits, and toast
Lunch=Bologna and cheese sandwich with mayo, small bag of doritoes, coke
Dinner=homemade chicken pot pie, rice, sweet tea

I haven't estimated the calories in that yet, but if it's about 1200, I know I can eat it, but I betcha I won't get full and when the late evening comes around, I've be craving junk food like sweets or something. Anyone else have a problem just eating what their body wants them to eat but not feeling full?

You're eating crap. You're not going to get full on empty calories.

Breakfast - No just no.

Redo Breakfast - Coffee with SKIM and honey approx 75 calories. 2 boiled eggs - 140 calories - Med apple - 80 calories - 1 piece of WHOLE GRAIN toast with butter - approx 180 calories = 475 calories

Lunch - NO Bologna and cheese (that's NOT healthy!) no mayo no doritos and no coke. Jebus... wthell are you feeding yourself?

Redo Lunch - Chicken breast on a WHOLE WHEAT/GRAIN kaiser with avocado, romaine lettuce and tomato - 4 oz chick breast approx 180, kaiser approx 200 calories, 1/2 avocado approx 80 calories, romaine and tomato - approx 40 = 500 calories

Dinner - chicken pot pie... now you're really making me shake my head that's EMPTY CALORIES pastry and gravy? No rice unless it's brown rice. Sweet team means SWEET as in sugar or FAKE sugar.

Redo Dinner - Chicken breast again with baked potato and greek yogurt (1/2 cup) baked broccoli - 180 + 130 + 100 + 50 = 460

NOW you have a day full of nutrition... throw in fruit in between as snacks. screw the 1,200 calories a day that won't keep you full and the less you eat the worse it is.

total 1,435 calories (ish) + snacks will bring you to about 1,600 or 1,700 calories.

Remember, stay away from empty calories!

So much wrong. In what world is cheese not healthy? I weep for these foods you say are "empty".

There is a difference between feeling full and feeling not hungry. Eating to the point of feeling full is what got most of us overweight. It takes about 20 minutes for your body to register the signals that you have enough, and in those 20 minutes we keep stuffing ourselves and end up feeling full.

It will take some adjusting. I find that when I eat loads of protein and fat, I feel less hungry then when majority of my day is carbs.

It does boil down to your willpower and determination. Every time you want to do something that you feel may jeopardize you, ask yourself if it is a step towards your goal or away. This is what I do and it helps me battle some cravings. On the other hand I do treat myself a few times a week, and have just finished a huge parma ham pizza so i think 90% dedication and occasional treat was the way to go for me.

Good luck

Try adding either more carbs or more protient.
Carbs = Corn, peas, rice, oatmeal
Protien = 4.0oz of Fish, chicken, turkey etc.

ok, so I know that as long as you have a calorie deficit, you will lose weight. Here's the problem. I cannot get full on the meals that I really love to eat, so it's a problem eating WHATEVER I want. For instance, this is what I feel like having today.
Breakfast= coffee with cream and sweetnlow, eggs and cheese, grits, and toast
Lunch=Bologna and cheese sandwich with mayo, small bag of doritoes, coke
Dinner=homemade chicken pot pie, rice, sweet tea

I haven't estimated the calories in that yet, but if it's about 1200, I know I can eat it, but I betcha I won't get full and when the late evening comes around, I've be craving junk food like sweets or something. Anyone else have a problem just eating what their body wants them to eat but not feeling full?

You're eating crap. You're not going to get full on empty calories.

Breakfast - No just no.

Redo Breakfast - Coffee with SKIM and honey approx 75 calories. 2 boiled eggs - 140 calories - Med apple - 80 calories - 1 piece of WHOLE GRAIN toast with butter - approx 180 calories = 475 calories

Lunch - NO Bologna and cheese (that's NOT healthy!) no mayo no doritos and no coke. Jebus... wthell are you feeding yourself?

Redo Lunch - Chicken breast on a WHOLE WHEAT/GRAIN kaiser with avocado, romaine lettuce and tomato - 4 oz chick breast approx 180, kaiser approx 200 calories, 1/2 avocado approx 80 calories, romaine and tomato - approx 40 = 500 calories

Dinner - chicken pot pie... now you're really making me shake my head that's EMPTY CALORIES pastry and gravy? No rice unless it's brown rice. Sweet team means SWEET as in sugar or FAKE sugar.

Redo Dinner - Chicken breast again with baked potato and greek yogurt (1/2 cup) baked broccoli - 180 + 130 + 100 + 50 = 460

NOW you have a day full of nutrition... throw in fruit in between as snacks. screw the 1,200 calories a day that won't keep you full and the less you eat the worse it is.

total 1,435 calories (ish) + snacks will bring you to about 1,600 or 1,700 calories.

Remember, stay away from empty calories!

Good god...what an awful way to live...

Btw...ALL cheese is processed. Every single kind including cottage cheese.

So did you read my post about BMR and TDEE and see that you can eat up to 1700 and still lose weight, no need to go around hungry all the time?

ok, so I know that as long as you have a calorie deficit, you will lose weight. Here's the problem. I cannot get full on the meals that I really love to eat, so it's a problem eating WHATEVER I want. For instance, this is what I feel like having today.
Breakfast= coffee with cream and sweetnlow, eggs and cheese, grits, and toast
Lunch=Bologna and cheese sandwich with mayo, small bag of doritoes, coke
Dinner=homemade chicken pot pie, rice, sweet tea

I haven't estimated the calories in that yet, but if it's about 1200, I know I can eat it, but I betcha I won't get full and when the late evening comes around, I've be craving junk food like sweets or something. Anyone else have a problem just eating what their body wants them to eat but not feeling full?

sometimes it just takes time for you body to get use to eating less. like i was eating like 3000 calories a day before counting and now i eat 1800 calories a day

at first nothing felt like enough now my stomache can bearly even handle 1800 calories unless i eat food high in calories

so just give it a couple of weeks and your stomache will adjust to the smaller portions and try not to think about food because sometimes the brain can trick you into thinking you are hungry

You have to take the "eat whatever you want" philosophy with a grain of salt. For example, I could eat my daily calorie allowance in potato chips, but I certainly wouldn't be full because I would have no protein, veggies and other vital nutrients. Think of it more as "eat what you want in reasonable portions while remaining in a deficit and meeting your macros." Obviously, you won't have a perfect day every day, but do the best you can. Fiber, protein and other nutrients will keep you full and allow you some wiggle room for reasonable amounts of your "vice" foods.

ok, but will that result in a 2lb a week weight loss? Thanks

No, but 2 pounds a week is not a reasonable healthy goal for you.

You can lose weight eating whatever you want if you keep the calories low. However, the fine print is you might be miserably hungry at the end of the day from eating whatever you want if it doesn't actually meet your body's needs. And eating what you want won't necessarily make you healthy either. An alternative might be 'eat what you want in moderation, and also eat what your body needs'.

Others have already mentioned this, but adding vegetables and protein will really make a difference in how full you feel. You might trade out the grits for something with fiber in it, like oatmeal or an apple. You might trade out that bag of doritos for popcorn if you want something crunchy. You can sprinkle whatever popcorn spice you like on it and you get to crunch on a lot more pieces of popcorn for the same calories as a bag of doritos. Instead of rice with the pot pie, you might have some vegetables instead.

Personally, plain drinking water has never done anything to make me feel fuller or eat less (I just run to the bathroom more, so maybe that counts as exercise?). However, having water based foods do seem to help me feel fuller. By water-based foods, I mean soups and fresh fruits and vegetables. Look up 'Volumetrics', they have some really good ideas for foods you can eat with low calories that help you feel fuller.