So am i going to be hungry for ever?

I quite often make a best guess for food. If I'm not 100% sure I'll make a best guess, then add a bit to be on the safe side. For something like homemade pizza I'd have to weigh all the ingredients as I put them into the meal, so I'd have to count calories in the base, sauce, toppings, etc. And then I'd have to eat the whole pizza myself or it'd screw up the calculations! :P

I only eat about 150 kcal under maintenance, which makes for very slowwww weight loss. I like it that way, because I've got no major health concerns and I'm in no hurry. This way I am not so hungry. But even 150 below maintenance means I am hungry sometimes! It does take some getting used to, but my system is adapting well. I can imagine that even with my tiny deficit I will have to gradually increase when I want to hit maintenance.

ETA: I forgot to say, one day you'll be an ideal weight and then your calorie intake has to go up so you stop losing.

The website has this great bit for recipes - you add in the ingredients and then it tells you how many calories are in it - it's probably my favourite part of the website.

I think you kind of get used to eating less though on days that I go over my calories by a significant amount the next day I'm starving all day again

To an extent you may adapt but also, you get used to feeling hungry and you don't notice it so much. The way I see it is that I know I'm not going to starve to death as I have eaten my towards my calorie goal so I do go to bed hungry quite often knowing that I'll wake up in the morning... or at least not die due to a lack of food overnight. )

I've been doing this for almost a year now and I am still always starving, lol. I miss being able to eat small pizzas and stuff like I used to because that always filled me up. But, after 50lbs down I just keep telling myself that being hungry is normal? I just assume it's always normal for people on diets.

I would also say in regard to filling foods etc. I think most of hunger comes from what your body needs rather than how full your tummy is. If you scoff 20 carrots you will be full but your body will still need other stuff and will want you to go and eat to get them. If you eat a macro balanced diet your tummy wont be full but because your body has what it needs it won't be telling you to take on board more - that's my take anyway

Definitely use the recipe feature for things that you make like the pizza, once a recipe is saved you can use it whenever you need it. Once you're tracking properly you may find that you're not eating as any calories as you think (or it might be more, which would be less good).

Good luck with your weight loss.

First are your sure you're drinking enough? Your body can often mistake thirst for hunger.

Second, some foods are digested faster than others.Might be an idea to look at the gycaemic index of what you're eating, low GI foods are digested slower than high GI ones. Also, high GI ones cause a blood sugar spike which then drops, making you feel hungry again.

Include a bit of healthy fats/oils as they stay in stomach longer. Good quality protein also keeps you fuller longer. Take a look at one of the healthy eating plate/pyramid charts as it's a good indication of how to balance your meals.

In practical terms, I have a much smaller deficit (about 200 cal per day), and I felt hungry for about a week before I adjusted to the new portion sizes. What I found worked for me (and it will be different for you and anyone else), was to have a small breakfast (usually under 200 calories). If I'm hungry before lunch, I can cope until lunchtime. Then I have enough calories for the rest of the day to keep me feeling full.

Protein is very satiating. Fish, chicken, lean meat, eggs go a long way. I find having protein + veg rather than (dense) carb + veg in a meal takes me a lot further. I save a few calories for a mid-afternoon snack when it's needed.

Depending how much you have to lose, you may want to adjust to less than a 1000 cal deficit per day, and if you are finding that an 800 cal deficit is working better for you, stick with that.

In that first week esp. and even after, sometimes when I'm hungry and don't have enough calories left for a snack, I exercise instead of eating. 30 min of exercise takes my mind off of being hungry and bonus is I get to eat more afterwards. I know mathematically that it all comes out in the wash, but physiologically it really worked for me.

What I've also found is that I'm eating at a deficit where I'm just on the cusp of being hungry all the time, but I'm not. So I eat until I am just full and stop there. I'm not doing that on purpose, but that's how it works out at this deficit for me.

When I was losing I was never full, and I was quite hungry when it was time to eat. At first I truly missed that full feeling and thought because I didn't have it I must be hungry. It took some time to realize that there is a difference between not being full and being hungry.

Just wanted to post that my son has selective eating disorder (SED) as well.

he is just a young kid, so no weight type issues here, but I have read of other SED'ers who have lost weight, sucessfully on a small range of choices.

What do you feel safe eating? (out of curiousity, because this disorder is rare, I rarely meet anyone, even online with it)

My son's food list is pretty caloric-dense, but he does have a few items that are lower in calorie for the volume of food.

He can eat popcorn,some cereals, pretzels, peeled apples, skim milk,and jello (sugar free or regular). Those are some lower calorie choices he is able to eat.

His higher calorie foods are- a certain variety of peanut butter, colby jack cheese, nutella, plain hershey chocolate,soft breads, dried cranberries, apple juice, and soft flour tortillas.

Do you have any lower in calorie foods you enjoy eating?

You might try to eat smaller portions but more often.
So instead of two or three very big meals 6 or six small ones.

So i just started trying to eat healthy and use myfitnesspal. Fortunately (and the problem lol) im a big guy i get allowed quiet a lot of calories about 2300 and i exercise a bit so i get those calories as well. So i thought it would be easy, just eat healthier foods and ill be ok.

So far iv been blowing past my goal calories by about 200 a day, which isnt worrying me to much because im trying to go for 1kg per week which is like 1000calories less than what my maintaince weight is so eating just 200 calories more wont hurt my loss so bad.

But since im use to eating so much that i gain weight i guess i must have been on like 4000 per day, im so hungry.

In short iv been trying to eat close to my goal and it seems like im hungry all the time. Is this something iv got to get use too, or will i adapt so im not so hungry even while eating well. Also i know my calorie counting isnt perfect because for example i had some homemade pizza for dinner but i didnt know how to enter it so i just put down dominos pizza slices.

I have the same problem, so I sympathize. I have always struggled with my weight. I can lose it, but keeping it off is always a challenge for me. I think this is part of the reason why. Whenever I switch to healthier eating habits, I always feel like I'm starving. I eat filling food...lean protein like chicken and eggs, veggies, greek yogurt, peanut butter, etc., but they never seem to keep me full for long. Within an hour or so, I am always stomach growling hungry no matter what I eat. I've never been able to figure out why. I always eat more when I eat healthier then when I don't, so you'd think it would be the opposite. Anyway, I don't have much in the way of advice. Just wanted to chime in and say I can sympathize. It's almost something you have to try and dismiss. You know you're eating, so you're not going to go hungry. Sometimes, for me, just doing something that occupies my mind until I can eat again helps.

Drink water, lots of it. Like a previous poster said dehydration can mimic hunger.
Things that fill me up and I'm obese but losing.
Brown rice with a little bit of basil and either olive oil or butter depending on what's on hand.
Turkey meat - fully baked kind that I debone after it's cooked, from my oven, not the slices.
Oatmeal (not instant - though I have instant in a pinch - keep some at work
When I need to crunch something popcorn with 2 TBS of shakey cheese lil butter or olive oil depending on what's on hand so the cheese sticks to it
Vegetables or a salad
1 oz of cheese to stave off the pre dinner must east stomach is hungry now, if I can't whip something up quick enough or 11 almonds and some water.
Teddie or Smuckers Natural PB on celery sticks
An apple or bannanana
1/2 an avacado (can be added to salad)

Preparing a full meal, logging it or doing the recipe and then sitting down and eating it.