What do you do to battle random hunger?

I'll eat a few dried apricots or a forty calorie mini box of raisins.

People frequently find that they lose a lot of weight in the first month or so, very quickly, and then the loss calms down and slows to a more steady and healthy rate. If you are in the obese BMI or higher, expect to loose quickly initially, then slow down. If you were already fairly small, with less than about 50lbs to lose, it might be a different situation, but this is common if you have 50+ to lose.

I battle random hunger with distraction about 90% of the time, and about 10% of the time with pure white-knuckle effort. Those times are rare that I have to actually willfully power through it. I keep a list of stuff I enjoy doing that eats my brain. You know, the activities that really zonk you out and make you lose track of time. Play a video game, re-read my favorite chapters in books, re-watch my favorite scenes from movies I love (Avengers Assemble!!!). Especially fun is throwing on a couple of youtube Epic Fail videos. There's something cathartic about watching skateboarders wipe out to good music and canned laughter, what can I say?

That's all at home stuff that you couldn't get away with at work. For work, I sip, very very slowly, and repeatedly reheat the same cup of coffee all day. I make it a little too strong and a little not-sweet-enough so I don't chug it, but it's a welcome burst of flavor that distracts my taste-buds from whatever I'm craving at any given moment. That's the same method I used to quit smoking.

End of the day though, make sure what you're doing is avoiding CRAVINGS. You don't want to ignore your body's perfectly normal hunger ques. In fact, it's important you learn everything about those ques to help you keep the weight off later. Too often people gain weight because they eat when they AREN'T really hungry, and eventually you lose the ability to tell the difference between hunger and sadness, or hunger and boredom. Don't deny your body the fuel it requires WHEN it requires it. Make every effort to ask yourself "Am I really hungry? Or is this boredom? Or is this a specific flavor craving I'm having".

I walk out the door and go for a walk, run, bike, whatever. get going.

i would be worried about that rapid of weight loss.

really worried, actually.

are you WEIGHING your food on a scale? ALL OF IT?

anyways....

hot tea if i dont have calories to spare. or today i had a big spoonful of peanut butter still within my calories though lol

For me it's hot green tea. It works majority of the time, the other small percentage of time it's just willpower or staying active until meal time.

I read a tip on this site once that every time you get hungry, drink 8 ounces of water and see if youre still hungry. It REALLY helps me, especially at my desk job where its so easy to mindlessly eat.

zupperman87 wrote: »

Ok so to start out, I really put my diet into effect as of 12/26; the day after Christmas. So within the last 25 days I have already lost 21.8lbs as of today. Now by no means do I starve myself. I follow my allotted calorie consumption along with multi vitamins everyday. I my macros around 90% of the time. But sometimes I get hungry. To explain a little bit I started at 260lbs with a goal weight of 180. Now I'm not looking to shed the weight in super fast mode, however it has she fed easily. I use an exercise bike for 45 minutes a day. (5 minute warmup, 10 minute medium pace(medium resistance), 2 minutes vigorous(increase with resistance), 10minute medium, 2 minute vigorous, 10 minute medium, 1 minute vigorous, 5 minute cool down). Also the calories the app says is 1680. With the exercise I put in, I only eat half of the calories back)

But my question, when you're hungry what do you do to control it? Sometimes I feel when I drink 2 cups of water that the hunger goes away. Is my body still confusing hunger and thirst? Any input would be great.

Do you track sugar? You can try this: for three days, reduce your sugar intake to 15g or less. Exclude fruit and fructose from your diet for those days. Fructose stimulates your appetite.

Pee walk of desperation is At least 100 steps for me

This seems to be my biggest battle... trying to stay under my calorie limit. I feel like I'm always hungry. I know how to portion control, I know how to count my calories and macros, my nutrients. I've been at this for a couple of years now and successfully lost weight, but I still want to lose more.

Lots of people have told me that I'm not eating enough, but I sort of quit counting everything for about 3 months and just tried eating however much I felt like I needed of good, whole foods. I stayed within the same 2-3 lbs during that time, and did not lose more weight. I wasn't as hungry, which was nice, but I also wasn't reaching my goal. I workout 5-6 days a week with a combination of strength training and cardio. I do a boot camp style workout and it is never the same. I'm SO lost as to what to do next.

Every time I eat, I'm only taking away the hunger, I never ever feel full (which I know is not necessarily a bad thing). I can eat something loaded with fiber and be hungry again within an hour. When I see people around me continuing to lose weight and being completely satisfied with 1,200-1,500 calories per day I start to wonder what the heck is wrong with me and my appetite.