Everyones problem: Constantly feeling hungry

Stilllosing26
Stilllosing26 Posts: 256 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
Our main problem when eating at a deficit is that we tend to get hungry easily. Please share some filling, low calorie meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks). Feel free to post pictures, and give tips! I know I am always hungry! So this should help me out a ton! Also, low calorie desserts are welcome as well. I have a sweet tooth towards chocolate, peanut butter, ice cream, cake, and oreos! It's terrible! Post!

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  • afortunatedragon
    afortunatedragon Posts: 329 Member
    When I feel hungry I eat.

    Why do I have to feel constantly hungry?
    If this is so, than there is something going wrong.

    What you write about is graving for certain foods.
    Well, i stopped eating cookies and chocolate several month ago due to lactose intolerance, so it was rather easy.

    When I can't stand the graving for chocolate anymore, I make my own chocolate munch.
    Two very ripe bananas mashed very very much and add 10 to 15 grams of plain chocolate powder (no sugar, just the real chocolate)
    Best thing ever :-)
    To make it more, you can add some plain none fat yoghurt. Soy yoghurt in my case.
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  • MeganAnne89
    MeganAnne89 Posts: 271 Member
    Our main problem when eating at a deficit is that we tend to get hungry easily. Please share some filling, low calorie meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks). Feel free to post pictures, and give tips! I know I am always hungry! So this should help me out a ton! Also, low calorie desserts are welcome as well. I have a sweet tooth towards chocolate, peanut butter, ice cream, cake, and oreos! It's terrible! Post!

    I've found that for me, so long as I have some sort of protein in every meal, I'm pretty much good until the next one. This is what a work day for me generally looks like:


    Breakfast (this is usually around 350 cals or so)

    Half a plain or whole wheat bagel
    A fried egg (that I put on top of the bagel)
    Fruit, weather it be an apple, strawberries, w/e.
    1/2 cup of skim Lactaid


    Lunch (this is also around 350 cals):

    Sandwich (I'll generally use turkey deli, four slices since it's so thin and only 50 cals) and I'll have white cheddar cheese in it. Not too much though.
    Yoptimal lactose free yogurt (about half a cup)

    If I don't have that kind of sandwich and I have something less filling, I'll make sure to have another piece of fruit.


    Dinner:

    To be honest that's pretty much a free for all. I eat w/e's in the house but my go to comfort food is grilled cheese and then chunky chicken noodle soup. Not that I have that every day, I normally don't, but I thought I'd mention it.
    I like to have a lot of chicken and I don't have too much red meat because I have haemochromatosis, so I have to watch how much red meat I eat.
    And I ALWAYS have a salad with my meal (unless I'm eating soup because that's a gross combination)


    Also keep in mind that, while I don't normally track it, I have a lot of water during the day and generally a cup of tea at work.
  • diannethegeek
    diannethegeek Posts: 14,776 Member
    Did you post this twice or am I having deja vu?

    My 5 tips for hunger:

    1. Double-check that your calorie goal is appropriate for your size and activity level. Way too many people are undereating and then wondering why their bodies are trying to tell them something.
    2. Look for foods that are higher in protein, fat, and fiber. These help you feel fuller and more satiated longer.
    3. Drink plenty of water.
    4. Play around with your meal timings. Some people do very well on six small meals a day and others do better on two big meals. It's okay to skip meals, eat snacks, skip snacks, eat late, eat early, or any other combination if it helps you to hit your goals.
    5. Wait it out. Our bodies send out hunger signals partially out of habit. It will relearn when to tell you you're hungry, but you may have to wait a little while for it to catch on.
  • eric_sg61
    eric_sg61 Posts: 2,925 Member
    Eat slower, enjoy it, don't wolf it down in 2 minutes
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