Insatiably Hungry

What is going on! I feel like I'm STARVING all the time! I haven't lost or gained any weight. I'm just sitting at the same weight, but I'm more concerned about why I'm eating my TDEE and I feeling like I could eat an entire cow.

I am not preggers.

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  • flippy1234
    flippy1234 Posts: 686 Member
    Are you eating protein at every meal? AND, are you eating slowly so that your brain registers that you are full?
  • austinsneeze
    austinsneeze Posts: 220 Member
    I am, I've had 63 grams of protein already today.
    flippy1234 wrote: »
    Are you eating protein at every meal? AND, are you eating slowly so that your brain registers that you are full?

    I am, I've had 63 grams of protein already today.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Ha! I just said something similar to my co-worker. I have felt the same way for the past few days.
  • tryin2die2self
    tryin2die2self Posts: 207 Member
    When I was eating any old CICO, I was hungry. Especially when I worked out too. I changed my diet, dropped the C.R.A.P. and hunger has not been an issue. C-Carbonated Drink, R-Refined Sugar, A-Artifical Food, P-Processed Foods. All the fake food and empty calories just don't fill you up the same way real food does. Once I made that switch, I was golden.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    When I was eating any old CICO, I was hungry. Especially when I worked out too. I changed my diet, dropped the C.R.A.P. and hunger has not been an issue. C-Carbonated Drink, R-Refined Sugar, A-Artifical Food, P-Processed Foods. All the fake food and empty calories just don't fill you up the same way real food does. Once I made that switch, I was golden.

    I can't speak for the OP, but that isn't the problem for me. 30 minutes ago I ate a 5 oz pork chop, 4 stalks of broccoli roasted w olive oil and a tangerine. My stomach is growling.
  • JodehFoster
    JodehFoster Posts: 419 Member
    PMS is a helluva drug...wait
  • vivmom2014
    vivmom2014 Posts: 1,649 Member
    When I was eating any old CICO, I was hungry. Especially when I worked out too. I changed my diet, dropped the C.R.A.P. and hunger has not been an issue. C-Carbonated Drink, R-Refined Sugar, A-Artifical Food, P-Processed Foods. All the fake food and empty calories just don't fill you up the same way real food does. Once I made that switch, I was golden.

    I don't see that as very realistic. *shrugs*

    OP, maybe it will pass. Try distraction. Get up, go outside, take a walk. Write a letter, do a load of wash.

    If all else fails, eat something that takes a while. Nuts in the shell are good. Don't laugh, but Gobstoppers take a long time to eat (if you let them melt) and 6 of them have 40 calories. :)

  • concordancia
    concordancia Posts: 5,320 Member
    vivmom2014 wrote: »
    When I was eating any old CICO, I was hungry. Especially when I worked out too. I changed my diet, dropped the C.R.A.P. and hunger has not been an issue. C-Carbonated Drink, R-Refined Sugar, A-Artifical Food, P-Processed Foods. All the fake food and empty calories just don't fill you up the same way real food does. Once I made that switch, I was golden.

    I don't see that as very realistic. *shrugs*

    OP, maybe it will pass. Try distraction. Get up, go outside, take a walk. Write a letter, do a load of wash.

    If all else fails, eat something that takes a while. Nuts in the shell are good. Don't laugh, but Gobstoppers take a long time to eat (if you let them melt) and 6 of them have 40 calories. :)

    Fiber is filling, sugar and simple starches converted to sugar are not, so it actually does make some sense. I just don't quite know what "artificial food" is.
  • TopoliT
    TopoliT Posts: 11 Member
    I find I need protein AND whole carbs with a meal to not be too hungry. Brown rice does the trick well.
    Nevertheless I'm also hungry a lot, and have to eat small frequent meals to keep my blood sugar balanced.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    PMS? I'm always hungry 10 days before my period... it lasts for a week (I usually go way over my TDEE that week) then stops on day 2 of my period. Totally sucks, but it's pretty normal.

    I don't have many words of wisdom about it though because my normally filling meals don't work at all on those days, but yeah... try veggies, protein, fat. Avoid sweets on days when you're particularly hungry because they'll use up calories and not fill you up. But eat fruit. It seems to help me a bit.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    When I was eating any old CICO, I was hungry. Especially when I worked out too. I changed my diet, dropped the C.R.A.P. and hunger has not been an issue. C-Carbonated Drink, R-Refined Sugar, A-Artifical Food, P-Processed Foods. All the fake food and empty calories just don't fill you up the same way real food does. Once I made that switch, I was golden.

    I can't speak for the OP, but that isn't the problem for me. 30 minutes ago I ate a 5 oz pork chop, 4 stalks of broccoli roasted w olive oil and a tangerine. My stomach is growling.

    I'd be full for hours if that tangerine were a potato. May have to try it with a tangerine sometime to see how it affects me. Do you have the weight of the broccoli?
  • sunandmoons
    sunandmoons Posts: 415 Member
    Drink water. Sometimes our body cant tell from hunger or thirst. Drink a liter of water and decide if your still hungry. I used to get hungry but not anymore. It took a while to get used to eating 1450 calories a day.
  • kshama2001
    kshama2001 Posts: 28,052 Member
    edited October 2015
    I am, I've had 63 grams of protein already today.
    flippy1234 wrote: »
    Are you eating protein at every meal? AND, are you eating slowly so that your brain registers that you are full?

    I am, I've had 63 grams of protein already today.

    Yes, but that was in relation to 145 grams of carbs. So your macros for today so far are 55% carbs, 22 % fat, and 24% protein. (Does not equal 100% due to rounding.) Try eating more fat and protein and less carbs and see if you find that more filling.

    Also, any day I'd start with Lucky Charms I'd be white-knuckling it through the rest of the day due to the sugar hit it would give me with that high carbs to that low protein and fat.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    I eat very high volume meals: vegetable noodle or vegetable rice, stuffed vegetables (tomato, eggplant, peppers, spaghetti squash, zucchini, etc), stir fry, soup, stew, chili all with puréed or finely chopped veggies. I also add vegetables 50/50 in anything with ground meat (nuggets, sausage patties, burgers, meatballs, meatloaf, casserole type things).

    A super high volume day would be eggs and/or egg whites with an ish-load of vegetables, a chili or soup with a lot of added veggies, then a stuffed veggie dish (like http://www.slenderkitchen.com/recipe/cheesy-enchilada-turkey-stuffed-peppers).
  • Bukawww
    Bukawww Posts: 159 Member
    Ovulation AND a few days leading up to my period can suck my butt while dieting (aka trying to keep a respectful deficit). I can eat 800 calories and be ravenously hungry 15 minutes later. Distraction, exercise, iced tea, and pickles help lol.

    I get angry just thinking about it - it is inevitable. it is actually how I know with 100% accuracy to the DAY that I am ovulating. Every time it happens, I go through the frustration only to remind myself to look at my calendar...and go 'duh'.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »

    Also, any day I'd start with Lucky Charms I'd be white-knuckling it through the rest of the day due to the sugar hit it would give me with that high carbs to that low protein and fat.

    Me too but looking at her diary for the last couple days it seems it's not a new thing, so I don't think the Lucky Charms are to blame there. If it's PMS... *shrug* I can eat 2000 calories of lean protein and veggies when I have PMS and still be hungry. It's a losing battle. Could explain why she hasn't lost too... water retention.

    But anyway, I guess I could be wrong.
  • debsdoingthis
    debsdoingthis Posts: 454 Member
    I'm having one of those days today. Not pms, that's long gone. I did however sleep like crap last night. So now I'm a tired and hangry "B".
  • lschifko314
    lschifko314 Posts: 25 Member
    PMS is a helluva drug...wait

    Omg this craked me up! Its so true!
  • CrazyMermaid1
    CrazyMermaid1 Posts: 356 Member
    I only stop eating because it's socially unacceptable to continue sometimes. Nonfat Greek yogurt helps keep me full
  • austinsneeze
    austinsneeze Posts: 220 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    I am, I've had 63 grams of protein already today.
    flippy1234 wrote: »
    Are you eating protein at every meal? AND, are you eating slowly so that your brain registers that you are full?

    I am, I've had 63 grams of protein already today.

    Yes, but that was in relation to 145 grams of carbs. So your macros for today so far are 55% carbs, 22 % fat, and 24% protein. (Does not equal 100% due to rounding.) Try eating more fat and protein and less carbs and see if you find that more filling.

    Also, any day I'd start with Lucky Charms I'd be white-knuckling it through the rest of the day due to the sugar hit it would give me with that high carbs to that low protein and fat.

    Haha. Fair enough.

    Also, it was my period. Figured it out. Now I'm not hungry at all. Perks of being a chick.
  • wasp700
    wasp700 Posts: 8 Member
    i a big Guy, 106 kilo now 102! .i work 12 hour shifts and and often feel the same. For a speedy fix Get Some mama brand noodles(green curry flavour are good and tom yom soup flavour) hand full of mixed veg/mushrooms. pour half pint of boilng waer in bowl. wait for noodles to soften a little. crack a raw egg in the middle. micro wave for 3 mins and that does me for 6 hours, 350 calories in total i belive.Just an idea mate :)
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  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    I'm like that all the time. I don't do the whole "eat what you want in moderation thing". I have cutting/low calorie foods in my diet because I like to EAT A LOT. Volumetrics works for me. But yeah, there are days when I struggle still. Even in maintenance.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    kshama2001 wrote: »
    I am, I've had 63 grams of protein already today.
    flippy1234 wrote: »
    Are you eating protein at every meal? AND, are you eating slowly so that your brain registers that you are full?

    I am, I've had 63 grams of protein already today.

    Yes, but that was in relation to 145 grams of carbs. So your macros for today so far are 55% carbs, 22 % fat, and 24% protein. (Does not equal 100% due to rounding.) Try eating more fat and protein and less carbs and see if you find that more filling.

    Also, any day I'd start with Lucky Charms I'd be white-knuckling it through the rest of the day due to the sugar hit it would give me with that high carbs to that low protein and fat.

    Haha. Fair enough.

    Also, it was my period. Figured it out. Now I'm not hungry at all. Perks of being a chick.

    Told you. Happens to me every single month, lol.