Still hungry

My advice is to wait and distract yourself. Yes, it happens to me, too. So I try to eat my meal and then do something that causes me to not think about food for 15-30 minutes. Then I seem to be over it.

Try to eat more veggies throughout the day and I ate like 8 small pretzels the other day and my hunger cravings went away immediately! I heard Dr. Oz say its because we need more fiber in our diets as well. Give it try! (:

Hunger and satiety are different. You can be full to the gills with healthy food and still want a piece of chocolate cake.

You might be more satisfied if you replaced the 200 calories or so of milk with food. You could eat a ton of veggies for 200 calories or a couple eggs and some veggies. Drinking my calories doesn't always leave me satisfied. I need to chew to feel like I actually had enough.

Foods high in protein help you stay fuller longer:
Peanut Butter, hard boiled eggs, fish, chicken, nuts, tofu, tuna, cheese, yogurt, etc.

You know what really helps? Eating super low calorie snacks. When I was first starting to loose weight I had the night time, post workout munchie crazies and what really helped was eating something solid that wouldnt knock me off track. Want something sweet? Eat jello. Craving something salty? Eat kosher dill pickle spears. Need something with mnore crunch? Celery has NEGATIVE calories. Those foods make you FEEL like you're really eating without you having to ADD time to your workout to make up for it.

retainandmantain130 wrote: »

I worked out for 1hour and 26 minutes last night and after I was finished I felt great but then all of sudden I felt sick to my stomach. Is that normal? Did I workout to hard? I burned 550 calories, walking and running on the treadmill.

How hydrated were you? Did you take breaks in between your workout? Are you new to working out? Had you eaten before hand? If you did, was it something heavy? Lots of factors play into that "Imma frow up" feeling people get post workout.... I say dial down the workout just a bit or break more frequently and hydrate more. Avoid eating anything super heavy before working out (as a personal rule, I avoid milk products of any kind before and after my evening workouts) and that helped me with my own upset tummy.

A cup of unsweetened vanilla almond milk is only 30 calories and has fat in it. Probably will make you feel more full. I agree with prior poster, though. I don't like to drink my calories. Not enough bang for the buck.

Veggies like cauliflower, string beans, cabbage are filling to me. I saute in olive oil with fresh minced garlic and have some lean protein for dinner. I just started eating grapefruit again. It's pretty low cal but also has some "girth" to feel like your eating something of substance.

I was home for 2 weeks over the holidays and found I was thinking about food much more than when I am at work. I worried I would feel hungry or need to chew. Ironically, I actually ate way under my calorie goal (not my intention) because I woke up so late everyday.

At work I struggle to eat all my meals and I never manage to do it on time. The reason is that I am busy and distracted. If you are truly hungry, you should eat. If you just are bored and want to chew, have some sugarless gum or a small piece of fruit or just do something to take your mind off of it.

I've lost a good amount of weight and things have gone well so far. My biggest concern / wish is that when I reach my goal and start maintaining I am not fixated on food. Food has been way too important in my life and shouldn't be. I want to eat to live and not the other way around. When I think of my lean friends, that's how they view food. I enjoy good food but there are 1000 other things I also enjoy. Doing those thing while on my journey has really helped me to make this an enjoyable process.

Good luck!!!