Not doing good

You need to pre log your items and space out what you are eating so you avoid the 3pm hungry horrors. That's me too. If I don't eat a small snack before I leave work, I'll eat everything when I come in the house that afternoon. So you know your trigger, find a way to work around it.

Plan to allocate some calories at that time for a snack, and plan those snacks. Then, that's what you get. It may not be what you want, or as much as you want, but you won't *need* more, and you'll adjust.

You may be getting tired around 3. Most people have a low in the afternoon, and being tired can trigger hunger, even if we don't need food. So anything that will perk you up, like getting more light, or getting up to go get water and basically get moving for a few minutes, might help.

Try eating small meals all day. Load up on something for lunch with plenty of protein. Drink more water. Chew gum.

I always plan a snack in the late afternoon-and plan for a cup of coffee. The snack is almost ALWAYS really low calorie and fruit/veggie or really high protein: an apple and mini babybel, some cottage cheese and fruit, 12 cocktail shrimp, beef jerky...but never high carb, since that leaves me hungry only a little while later. The caffeine helps too. Good Luck

fallingapart51 wrote: »

Trying to stick to the diet but afternoons around 3 I get the "hungry horrors". I can't find enough to eat. How do I get over this hump?

How many calories are you eating daily? Are you eating enough protein? Protein has a tendency to keep people feeling fuller longer.

cmaksimik wrote: »

Phendimetrazine.

With absolutely no background information you suggest prescription medication? You're joking?

There's nothing wrong with eating every 2-3 hours (like me!) or only eating 3 large meals or 2 or even 1.

It's entirely up to you to determine how often and how much you eat.

I like my 3 meals and my snacks. Breakfast clocks in around 300 cals, lunch 300 also. I usually have some fruit in the morning (~75 cals ish) and a greek yogurt in the afternoon (80-150 cals, depending on which ones I have). Dinner is most of whatever calories I have left over, and hopefully I have room for dessert, too

My calorie goal is 1250 if I sit at my desk all day so I make sure I get up and move around to earn some more calories. If I get my 10k steps in, that's ~400 more calories to play with.

Figure out if you're actually hungry - drink some water first & see if the hungry feeling sticks around after 20 minutes. If yes, snack time! Go for something both yummy and nutritious. High protein and/or fat helps for many people. Others do better with carbs.

~Lyssa

I don't know how flexible your eating schedule is, but what I like to do is have a (larger) snack high in protein around 11am, such as greek yogurt with almonds, honey, and raspberries. Then I am usually hungry for lunch between 12-1pm. I find that the later I eat my lunch, the more satisfied I am with a small snack around 3-4 like veggies/hummus, granola bar, etc. to tide me over before dinner.

Also, having a tea or a coffee in between eating helps me to get to the next eating time.