So hungry all the time lately

Do you have medical problems that require you to be on this diet program?

Maybe it's not hunger. Maybe you just really miss bread?? Just a thought.

What helped me, in addition to the suggestions above such that said accurate logging and water in intake, is fiber.
I added unflavored psyllum power to my meals.

OK: I looked through a couple of your diary entries... and they don't look that bad; in fact I've often made similar choices.

For what it's worth here are a couple of observations from my own experiences:

Swap the cottage cheese for greek yogurt. More protein and less calories for a larger quantity. Kirkland's Signature three pack of plain is not bad. I personally prefer the Oikos 0% 810g, but it runs more expensive.

I don't know how the sugars in the yogurt might affect things for you, depending on your reason for "lowish" carbing.

Nuts and seeds ARE healthy fats and kewl and all that. And I eat pumpkin seeds all the time too for the crunch. They do pack more calories (as does cheese), than say eating fresh fruits. But, again, if you are low carbing fruits and veggies may be an issue for you.

Similarly fish (frozen fish, Superstore if you're in Canada) tends to be low calories for good volume. You can even put some frozen fish fillets and some veggies in one dish and in the nuker and "presto" after a few minutes at 50-60% out comes a ready to eat "meal" (pour some spices, or carefully measured butter, or olive oil, or just lemon/dill/what have you on top to make it edible ;-)

Chicken breasts and pork tenderloin are also high protein/low fat/lower calorie cuts of meat. Pork tenderloin is probably the best "meat" price/calorie/satiety bargain I'm aware off right now.

So basically I would try to increase the volume to make you feel fuller, but I am not sure what limitations you are operating under.

I try to eat lighter meals in the morning, a bit more in the afternoon and a very filling dinner otherwise I am just like you and starving at night!

Odd question, but do you stay up really late and find this is when you are hungry? I often do since I am a night owl and find that if I am hungry at night, and I should have gone to bed already, if I drink a big glass of water and eat two spoons of Greek yogurt for some protein (save some calories for this) and just go to bed it solves my problem.

Also, I second recommendations to make sure you get lots of fiber. When I manage to get my 25-30 grams of fiber in a day I am much fuller. I never felt full using things like fiber you mix in a glass, it needs to come from foods for me to feel full.

Maybe it's not hunger, maybe it's stress or anxiety... Maybe it's loneliness. I'd think about what else is going on in your life and maybe your feeling it as hunger. From my own experience I find this to be true!

It seems like you are eating at about a 40-45% calorie deficit. That's extremely difficult and not necessary if you have 3 months to lose 20lbs.
If you aimed for about 1900 calories (about 30% deficit) you should feel better and be able to stick to it so that you will succeed in reaching your goal.
If you found even 20 minutes to take a walk several days a week, that would really help to use some of the calories back up and get you there even faster. But even without it, if you can stay at a deficit and not be miserable, you will be able to stick to it and more importantly, develop new habits that will follow you into your post surgery life, where your diet will likely be even more specific and require further commitment.
Creating a successful loss over the next 3 months will have more value to you than just the loss itself. It will give you the pride we feel when we accomplish a set goal and give you confidence that you can follow the healthier routine you will be advised after surgery.
I'm assuming going moderately low carb is a new thing for you too. And there are certain "addiction" feelings associated with carbs in general. It will trigger hunger feelings and cravings when we cut it way back. But they will lessen in time. I think if you eat at a smaller calorie deficit that you will find that easier. You can always cut back more later on if you feel up to it. And you will have to do that as you lose weight as you won't need as many calories for maintenance anyway.
I wish you the best of luck on your journey.

MrsLannister wrote: »

I actually don't stay up late, since I have to get up at 4 AM for work. Once challenge I face is that my "lunch" is at 8:30 am and then I don't get off work until 3:30 PM. even snacking on my break, that long stretch has been difficult. Today is different, though. Today is my day off and I ate steadily throughout the day, but was hungry within minutes of eating a fairly large dinner.

I totally understand, I used to work 7-3 and breakfast was at 5:30 since I took the bus to work and it took over an hour to get there. Lunch was usually 11 and dinner time was at 6:00 when my husband got home from his 9-5. I always needed to snack, but some days I was pretty hungry/hangry and waiting that long to eat certainly didn't always result in the best choices.

Have you tried weight watchers bread? I keep mine in the freezer to keep me from being bad and eating a lot of it, and one slice might satisfy the need for bread, but at only 10 carbs per slice a slice with peanutbutter could fit into the number of carbs you have for the day.

You are on a pretty restricted diet and a big drop in calories, but if that is what your surgeon/nutritionist want, stick with it otherwise it could put yourself in a position where they don't want to do the surgery. My best friend had weight loss surgery and her doctor put her on a liquid diet to help her lose weight before hand and she was pretty hungry to start, but she did say it got easier after the first week or two and she has no regrets about the process.

Sugar free Jello helps me tons when I feel hungry. One whole box is just 4 g of protein and is quite a bit if you eat it all in one sitting.

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