Starting to calorie count again and always hungry

me too don't worry

Why are you trying to limit your calories to 1300? Is that the target goal set by MFP's calculators based on your input? Did you enter accurate, honest data?

There is no magic number for intake to create a deficit - the 1200 calorie goal touted by so many plans just makes weight loss much harder for most people.

I started with 85 pounds to lose, and - based on my starting weight and activity input - 1450 calories a day. After a year, and 75 pounds, I'm down to 1200 calories as a baseline (with calories added back for activity), but that's after a year, with incremental drops in calorie goal as I lost weight.

This is probably not great advice but I find it helps me. Drink soda water. Its not full of sugar or aspartame but I find it fills me up when I might otherwise snack (coffee also works but you have to watch sugar and cream).

Keep a pack of 'fruity flavored' sugar free gum with you. When you start to have the cravings to chew or eat - chew on a piece of gum. It helps me get through those hunger pains for a while and then I'm over it!

You could also 'chug' a glass of water. It's pretty incredible what a cup of water will do to help with those pains. And if one glass isn't enough - then chug down a second glass. And I don't mean drink - I mean chug...drink it all down as quickly as you can (without choking). And if two aren't enough - then go for a third...but I'd wait a couple minutes before you take that third glass because it will probably be just enough with two.

Give them a try!

I have exactly the same problem, I find I'm almost always over my calorie goal (1200 for me) and I'm still getting hungry to the point where it physically hurts and the headaches kick in. Sugar free gum helps me a bit. Flavoured ones can be good if you find yourself craving sweet things.

so this is breakfast, lunch, dinner, my evening popcorn/snack and fruit

Every day weighed to the grams!
And i am not hungry hehehe at all this way.

for others that maybe wont work. Find your satisfaction in foods you eat.

but you can also up it a bit..you will lose slower maybe But you will keep it up longer. Hunger will make you fall of the wagon so to say.
The temptations get bigger and bigger

So again personal

I have days that i eat more ( up to maintenance level) Not as cheat days but just because i am out, or need it, or want it.
It doesn't destroy your weight loss journey lol, you just lose a ounce less that week rofl or it slows you down a tiny bit that week.
It is better than getting a graving/bing or totally fall of the wagon

There is no harm in eating more.

And yes i started off with 1200 too because i had too. But the meaning is that you eat totally normal after some time! So going or being hungry is not the way to do it!

Are you hungry because you're bored? When I got back to counting calories, I was hungry all the time just eating 1370. I just assessed my hunger and realized I wasn't really that hungry.

Are you earning extra through exercise? Eat lots of fats an protein for satiety.

As with all the other postings about 'what' you eat being important. I have to be really careful with the amount of fruit I eat. If you are going to eat fruit try looking for something with a lower glycemic load. If you keep your veggies and your proteins up, super sugary fruit can make you feel hungrier sooner.. I love protein, but if I limit my fats too much (eat only chicken etc), then I notice I also stall in weight loss & get hungrier. So, my later meal, I tend to have red meats. For example, I eat eggwhites (1 cup) for breakfast. For lunch if I have a big salad with chicken on it, then for dinner have say more chicken, I find myself starving and craving foods into the evening. If I swap out my dinner with a NY strip Thin cut steak, I am full until bedtime. You have to tweak your program to find what works for you, and something you can stick with long term.

You've had some great advice here.

I've never got the drink more water to feel full thing... But that got put to the test last night. My husband made a stir fry, to which he added an obscene amount of chili!! I only had a small bowl, but I drank a whole litre bottle of water while eating it, and I couldn't finish as I was so stuffed. Not from the food, but all that water. Now it's unheard of for me not to finish my meal and also to feel so stuffed from such a small amount. So in this case drinking all that water definitely did the trick. Lesson for today, add lots of chili to your food

For myself, saving a larger portion of lean protein and increased fiber intake for the end of day (time when I struggle the most with hunger) has helped me stay within my calorie range. Individuals can lose weight doing a variety of different things if they keep it with in the CICO framework. Switch it up a bit, try different things. Skip meals, eat lots of small meals, more water, switch macros up and down, exercise more or at different times etc. all while staying at a deficit. With each new thing rate your hunger, keep what works and ditch the rest.

Drink lots of water. And perhaps choose a less restrictive calorie goal. You don't have to lose it all overnight.