I am still so hungry!!

I'm a little confused, are you saying you've eaten more than 1200 calories per day, or under? You should have at least 1200 calories per day to keep your body moving, sometimes even more depending on your activity level for the day-- like if you have a strenuous job that keeps you moving.

Try and snack on some fruit and veggies through out they day and maybe up your water intake...that may help. Or you can try and eat, then 2 hrs later have a snack after each meal. Maybe that will help out a bit and change your food choices up some so maybe you can stay under goal...and if you go over maybe add a little extra to your cardio. Hope that helps.

I eat an apple with 1 or 2 tbs of peanut butter every day. It is really quite filling! Watch your fat content on the peanut butter though.

u could try a low caloric soup as a filler. u can also try salads w/a little dressin. i prefer balsamic vinagrette b/c i can find a low calorie 1 & it doesn't take much 4 flavor. so for a cup of salad usually 1.2 tablespoons do it & the servin size is 2 tablespoons.

u also may wanna try drinkin a bit more water. i find that when i think i'm hungry i'm actually thirsty. u can also try some crystal lite in ur water if u need flavor. it's not that much calories as other drinks & it satisfies a sweet tooth as well.

i hope this helps :flowerforyou:

I'm struggling with the 1200 a day too. I get up at 4:30 in the morning and work a physical job. The cold weather makes me hungry too. I'm trying to drink lots of hot herbal tea and add extra vegetables and fruit. Whenever possible I exercise so the extra calories are used up. My favorite low calorie food that fills me up when I just can't take the hunger is either a large mug of sugar free hot chocolate or a small bag of fat-free microwave popcorn.

I'm in the same boat as you, actually! I cut back to 1200 calories from a lot more a few days ago. It does get easier after a few days to adjust to eating fewer calories. I'd recommend getting the most out of your calories by eating stuff like carrots, whole wheat bread, oatmeal, chicken, and drinking lots of water or unsweetened tea. The water and tea will help curb your hunger, and you'll get a lot of good nutrition from those other foods. Also remember that if you're using any of those 1200 calories on soda instead of good food, you're hungry for a reason! Cutting out soda and replacing those calories with a healthy snack like carrots has helped me from getting so hungry over these past few days. I've noticed that soup is very low calorie and very filling if you pick the right ones. I have been eating 1/2 a packet of SunBird egg drop soup, and it totals around 80 calories including the egg! With half a sandwich it makes a great meal. I Hope some of this has helped. I promise it gets easier once your stomach gets used to eating a healthier amount of food! Oh, and whatever you do, try not to go UNDER 1200. Aim for 1200 to 1300. Under 1200 can send you into starvation mode and can actually set back your weight loss instead of helping you lose.

You need to eat oats it will keep you full right up to lunch. If you dont like porridge then try oatflakes but not the flavoured ones you can get flavour by adding fresh fruit. Make a big pot of vegetable soup (no potato, sweet potato) have it in the fridge and heat up a cup when you feel extra hungry. At dinner time do not increase your carbs its really important that you dont use carbs to bulk up your meals. Alternatives to rice is faux rice which is grated cauliflower lightly boiled or microwaved. If Im feeling really hungry Ill make a lean meat curry with 2 cups of faux rice this usually does the trick. Make sure you are drinking enough water unquenched thirst will mimic hunger so always try a glass of water before anything else. Dont give up it will get better just try to keep busy Ive made a list of jobs that Ive been meaning to do for ages if I feeling restless and hovering around the kitchen I look at the list and pick one of the jobs to do. Last night I cleaned out 3 drawers and found my cherry pitter !

The first few days are always the hardest. Are you weighing yourself?

If so, are the results encouraging?

Just look at the progress and you'll see it's worth it.

On the other hand, if you are not making progress, you are either cheating, eating junk or have a very slow metabolism and need to decrease the calories or start moving yourself about a bit.

Loads of water and add a squeeze of lemon. If the lemon tastes sweet, you know that the right reactions are starting.

And by the way, it can take a few days for a diet to start to work. The extra fluid that you are taking in can accumulate, buit then it starts to burn off the fat.

Keep at it. You'll love yourself and so will everyone else after a only a couple of weeks. The change will become noticeable.

Really good luck.