Large appetite? how to cope?

Drink a lot of water, eat more slowly, and eat more volume with fewer calories (raw veggies are excellent fillers)... and suffer through... it will get better as your stomach shrinks. At least it did for me.

What are you eating now?

I actually had to start at "maintenance" level and very gradually cut back on calories. I lost 7 pounds this month at an average of 1950 calories per day. My tracker doesn'T show the weight loss because I had started MFP in January but then gained weight in April, May and June. I am still heavier than I was in January, but by eating at a minimal deficit in July, I was able to stop binging and I've been losing weight at a steady pace, rather than the yo-yo my weight was on earlier in the year.

Tough it out. It gets better! The first few days are the hardest, with the hunger and the stomach grumbling. After a week or two, it goes away for the most part.

Once you're accustomed to eating less, you'll find that you simply cannot eat the amount of food you once did without feeling stuffed beyond belief.

You just have to tough it out while your stomach shrinks. Try to occupy your time for 2-3 days and you'll get past the hardest part.

After that, it's very easy to stay full if you eat healthy foods. You can stuff yourself silly on fruits and veggies for very few calories.

For me eating at regular times
3 times a day and 2 snacking times is doing the job
Sometimes i feel "hungry" but i dont see it as hungry but as having an appetite..specially after my daily swim. So i plan the exercise before any "eating time.

When indeed really having the urge to eat something i wait a bit too, drink something and see if it was thirst or really need some food. Most of the time its gone.

And lets face the fact that we are not really hungry and dying of it. You can wait till it is "time" to eat without harming yourself. There is indeed nothing wrong with waiting a bit till it is dinner time.

The food and feeling full and for how long all depends on what you eat. Some days i eat huge meals because i am more satisfied with the full feeling. Lots of veggies, and drinking do the job for me. Zucchini and celery and lettuce with every dish. Other days i go for the more calorie dense foods. It all depends.
I also noticed that on days that i cant or skipped breakfast i can eat more over the rest of the time of the day. Think of sleeping in, or have something urgent, or some errands to run.
I have than a bigger lunch and or dinner. My snacking is always a bit the same. and i have every evening 80gram of unpopped orvile popcorn...this makes a biggggg bowl. Keeps me happy and snacking for some time For 240 calories!

I am only strict on myself for my 3 meals a day and some snacking in between. And when i am hungry, well so be it. My on fault by eating the wrong food or not enough food. And i wait till it is time to eat.

But it is different for everybody. This is how it works for me, doesn't mean for you. You have to find your way, which will work for you.

When I did weight watchers they gave me a fantastic vegetable soup recipe. It is cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, celery, onions. That is the base ingredients, I always add other stuff like zuchinni, eggplant, turnips, rudabega etc. Not good to use meat stock because it cancels out the Benifits. Vegetables only. Eat as much as you want. I also found out that after a few weeks my stomach shrinks and I'm not as hung

caroadstar wrote: »

When I did weight watchers they gave me a fantastic vegetable soup recipe. It is cabbage, carrots, tomatoes, celery, onions. That is the base ingredients, I always add other stuff like zuchinni, eggplant, turnips, rudabega etc. Not good to use meat stock because it cancels out the Benifits. Vegetables only. Eat as much as you want. I also found out that after a few weeks my stomach shrinks and I'm not as hung

Please dont OP
Keep weighing and logging

I ended up overweight with eating as much as i want!

I agree with rabbit in that if you wait the 30 minutes-you will feel the satiety of your meal!
Also, as a volume eater, I am so much happier if I have one huge meal a day, as well as a couple of eggs and 1 slice of WW toast for breakfast and a small meal for either lunch or dinner, depending on what meal I eat for my large meal (lunch or dinner).
If I eat one huge meal, I'm satisfied both physiologically and psychologically.

RBracken34 wrote: »

Drink a lot of water, eat more slowly, and eat more volume with fewer calories (raw veggies are excellent fillers)... and suffer through... it will get better as your stomach shrinks. At least it did for me.