What do you do when you are hungry enough to eat the house?

trusty48 wrote: »

vivmom2014 wrote: »

Is your calorie goal too aggressive? If you're genuinely hungry at night you might want to adjust your calorie intake. Save some for night snacking. There's always sugar free Jello in a pinch - the fruit flavors are 10 calories and the pudding is 60 calories.

I think my calories are fine- hunger is just a side effect of dieting

Also- I went out to eat with my parents and ate lunch at a greasy spoon diner. I tried to order something small but still ended up eating 2/3 of my calories before 1 pm. That is something I will need to avoid in the future- it's hard to just get oatmeal or something when everyone around you is eating a big meal.

As long as I get exercise calories, I'm not hungry.

On days when I'm going out to eat, I plan to get more exercise.

I like a bedtime snack, and prelog a few hundred calories for that.

It can be really tough trying to sleep when your feeling really hungry, i often give in at this point and eat some low sugar/low fat food (20 grams of healthy high fibre breakfast cereal with skimmed milk typically).

Ideally I time my food so that I'm not completely ravenous at bed time, try to have my last meal at most 3 hours before bed.

As stated by other posters (and myself on similar threads): Tea, Tea, Tea (non-caffeinated fruit or herbal at bedtime obviously)

I plan food to eat before I go to sleep. I'm a night person and am rarely hungry during the day, but am ravenous at night. If I do not eat something before I go to sleep, I am up all night. Sometimes, it's an apple, sometimes the protein bar I have not had a chance to eat all day, sometimes it's a small dish of ice cream, but it works. I have never been sure what the fuss about not eating at night was all about. I have always done it and I am down over 100 pounds. If you are hungry, for goodness sake, eat .... just plan it into your calories accordingly.

DeguelloTex wrote: »

@arditarose How thick is that protein fluff, texture-wise? I've only made it a couple of times and it's been almost like a foam, similar to maybe a light meringue. I don't know whether that's the actual goal, whether I need more (or less) xanthan gum, or whether I'm whipping it for the right amount of time.

Using whey protein and frozen berries gives a heavier/thicker, more mousse-like texture. It doesn't fluff as much but I like it. Depends on the texture you're after!

If I have less than 300 cals left, I have 8oz cauliflower 8oz broccoli with like pasta sauce or another low cal sauce! Soooo filling