I'm so hungry!!!!!!!!!

ihatetodietalways wrote: »

galgenstrick wrote: »

ihatetodietalways wrote: »

Join the low carb group. Up your fat. You are young and need it. Carbs you dont need.

What does this have to do with OPs question? She's also getting a healthy level of dietary fat, more fat is not going to do anything for her health just because shes young.

She went to 35g of fats one day. And low after that until yesterday when she couldn't take it any more and she had 95g. Fat is filling. It is not a villain. She needs to make hormones and repair her body. Again, reduce your carbs to 100g, which should all be coming from veggies (I agree). Leave out the fruit for a while, vit. C is in veggies too. And up your protein a bit too. Take it easy on the loss, good things happen slowly.

Not necessarily. I don't limit my carbs. I also typically eat between 80 and 100 grams of fat per day. My fat intake is not an indication of anything other than I tend to eat more because it's satiating for me. Just because she increased her fat does not mean she couldn't take it anymore. Honestly, there is no need to limit carbs. If she chooses to on her own, fine, but it's not necessary for weight loss or to feel satiated.

Further like mentioned here before maybe make your deficit smaller.
When you suffer it is harder to stay on track so why do that to yourself?

I am fine on what i am doing, you not. Chose a way to be happy and satisfied so you dont get so hungry and unhappy.

what davert said.

Pretty much everyone sets themselves up as sedentary when they first start on MFP. Surprisingly... most of the people who do so.... aren't.

On top of that there is a culture that exercise calories are a weird bonus that should never be touched: they are so overblown, etc, etc, etc.

While there is a LITTLE bit of over-estimation on caloric burns (in particular when you see gross as opposed to net calories displayed), for most people, well over 50% of the exercise calories should absolutely be eaten. And if your "caloric burn" comes from running, or walking, or steady state cardio which are quite well researched, almost ALL of your exercise calories should be eaten back. Because MFP has NOT included that exercise burn when you told it you were sedentary. And it has already deducted 750 calories from your food because you've told it you want to lose 1.5lbs a week.

A very quick TDEE calculation says that you should probably be losing between 1.1 and 1.2lbs a week with a 20% TDEE deficit which would put you to EATING between 2106 and 2374 Calories a day. You are eating 1400 to 1600, so... yes, you will be stupidly hungry, losing more muscle mass than you should, and even more importantly, unable to sustain this.

With 70+lbs to go, what do you think is more important: actually getting there, or getting there by next May instead of August or September, or even October if you slow things down more?

So, once you figure out your calories, which are obviously unsustainably low, then yes, you should troubleshoot what you're eating and concentrate on things that fill YOU up and are what I like to call "caloric bargains".

For some people this could be pizza, for other people it is veggies. I personally have a hard time viewing pizza or pasta as a good caloric bargains as I tend to eat a lot of them and they tend to not fill me up. But I am sure that somebody in this world thinks they're great for them!

In any case, I have personally found that eating more meat and veggies/salads/fruits and less high glycemic load carbs I tend to feel full longer. And high protein greek yogurt (with stuff mixed in), that I also like!

Now, don't get me wrong, I eat almost 50% carbs, and I certainly enjoy my fruits and yogurts, so this puppy ain't on a low carb/low sugar diet. And I certainly still eat the occasional slice(s) of bread, or an english muffin, or chocolate covered almonds, or ice cream for that matter. But that's the operative word: occasional, as opposed to with every meal.

Anyway: I think you've had more than enough good advice to get you going

Now let's see the thread degenerate into low carb vs not

smjohnson1315 wrote: »

galgenstrick wrote: »

What are your stats (height, weight, etc)?
do you exercise?
do you eat back your exercise calories?

5'9, 244 eating 1400-1600 daily.
I don't eat back wo calories, mainly because with the arthritis in my knee and chest (yes, I have arthritis in the joint that connects the ribs to the chest and goodness me don't ever get it) I'm only able to burn about 300 calories per gym trip before my knee is twice the size. (Dr is hoping weight loss will help ease this)
I never go below 1200 daily WO/food combined

Try eating back half of your exercise calories. 100-150 more calories of food may make a difference between being hungry and not.
Protein, fats, fiber will help you feel satisfied. Check to see if you are getting enough.
Drink water.
Change your goal to 1 lb a week. You can still lose steadily without being hungry every day.