OMG SO HUNGRY

yep, it happens, go work it off.

Yep hits me a couple times a month. It doesn't seem to derail me though, even when I go way overboard, lol.

During TOM I up my calories to maintenance. That way I can pretty much let my hormones do what the need to do but know where my upper most limit is.

I totally get like this! I try to plan and prepare by keeping healthy snacks around. I've also done some research on how I can make things I crave healthy so I don't feel like I'm missing out on anything. Also, ensuring I consume enough protein and fiber is essential. And when in doubt... if I want a darn bag of M&Ms, I'm eating it. Because I'd rather work it into my diet since it is something I enjoy than feel so deprived that I binge and then feel miserable and hate myself later.

You might try increasing your protein intake a little and see if you stay full longer. Also, it wouldn't hurt to go over to Scooby's workshop (http://scoobysworkshop.com/accurate-calorie-calculator) and try to figure out if you're eating enough. I'm 5'9" and lose .5lb/week working a desk job and eating 1800 calories.

trianglevision wrote: »

I just can't believe you can lose weight and eat that much that is so crazy! I'm just going to eat more and see what happens I can't take this anymore!!! Aaaah!

She is 5'9" though. Don't know how tall you are. Makes a difference.

Some days are like that. Hungry from the moment I wake, until the minute I go to asleep that night. Nothing seems to fill me up on those days- so I'm trying to remember that fact and just eat enough to quell the hunger signals. I have no idea why this happens-it doesn't seem to follow any pattern. It can happen on days when I'm a sloth or days when I swim like a fish. Luckily it doesn't happen too often.

Hungry is your bodies way of telling you it needs energy. Hunger is not the enemy.

Go check out scooby's calculator as recommended above. I am losing 0.5kg per week as well eating 2300 a day at the moment. I'm 5'8", currently 238lbs. I lift heavy 3 days per week, walk the dog twice a week and do about an hour of cardio. The amount I eat will decrease as I lose a bit more fat, but it is looking like settling at about 1800 - 2000 per day at current activity levels.

You have to nurture your body. Anyone will lose weight by severely cutting calories...but it will be water, fat and muscle mass. If you have been restricting your calories for a long time, as soon as you go back to normal levels of eating - such as yesterdays 1800 - your body will grab and hold to fuel your body while it has the chance.

You can up your calories and still lose. Expect to put on a little bit to start though - you need ot be patient while you gain your bodies trust that you aren't going to starve it again. Then your weight should settle, and if you eat a small deficit, you will start to lose.

Scooby's calculator will give you a calorie amount between your TDEE (total daily energy expenditure) and your BMR....eat below your BMR and you are starving yourself. Eat at your TDEE and you will maintain. Eat in between and you will lose weight slowly while nurturing your body.

quick!!! Get to the store and get foods you can binge on.

When I have strong, hormonal cravings like that I always get on my pinterest and start pinning recipes that look good for later and it will usually either distract me long enough to get over the craving, or give me an idea for something small and healthy that satisfies the craving =]