I always wake up starving?

noowaseem13579
noowaseem13579 Posts: 59 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I am always hungry - every two hours. I'm sedentary but I exercise lightly a few times a week.

Sometimes I would wake up at 4 to 7 am and can't go back to sleep until I eat something.
I feel like I eat enough during the day, get enough protein, but why am I always starving?

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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    edited February 2017
    noowaseem13579 wrote: »
    I am always hungry - every two hours. I'm sedentary but I exercise lightly a few times a week.

    Sometimes I would wake up at 4 to 7 am and can't go back to sleep until I eat something.
    I feel like I eat enough during the day, get enough protein, but why am I always starving?

    I found that instead of eating small meals that i just ate a ton in 3 sittings, it has mainly stopped my cravings. I also eat 1g of protein per lb of weight, aim for 30g of fiber and have played around with fats and carbs. For me, carbs (especially starches), help keep me full.

    How many calories? protein? and fiber are you eating?

    Eta, i still wake up hungry and i am up at 5am.
  • Rebecca0224
    Rebecca0224 Posts: 810 Member
    If I don't eat a snack before bed I wake up very hungry and my blood sugar drops. Maybe try a pre bed snack.
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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    How much weight are you losing? What ate your stats? How many grams of protein and fiber.
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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    Well 1200 might be a bit light for calories for someone young and tall. Do you exercise or are you active? Also, 60g of protein is not a lot. I would personally put you at 120g of protein. You can also increase fiber another 10g and incorporate more volume foods; egg whites, greek yogurt, low sugar fruit, low sugar veggies. You can also try increasing fats and decreasing carbs to see if that has an effect.
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    If you are 5'9" and 110 pounds, you are underweight. You are hungry because you are not eating enough.
  • DietPrada
    DietPrada Posts: 1,171 Member
    Did I read that right? You're 5'9" and 110lb? You're 50kg? I'm 5'10" and I would be a skeleton at 60kg let alone 50. Why are you restricting calories at all? I'm really worried for you. If you're hungry, eat.
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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    edited February 2017
    I missed 110 lbs. I thought you said 170. Yea that is really underweight. And most women I know are maintaining at 1800 to 2600 calories. Youare starving because you arent feeding your body.
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  • DietPrada
    DietPrada Posts: 1,171 Member
    edited February 2017
    No, someone your age, and 5'9" - lightly active would still be losing weight at 1700 cals, if you had any to lose.
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  • psuLemon
    psuLemon Posts: 38,432 MFP Moderator
    noowaseem13579 wrote: »
    Would I gain at 1700 calories for someone my stats?

    Highly doubt it. Why not increase your calories by 100 calorie per week until you hit that number. You might add a lb or two but that is due to increases in glycogen and food waste.
  • fitmom4lifemfp
    fitmom4lifemfp Posts: 1,572 Member
    You ARE still growing. Your body needs more fuel for just that, than someone even just a few years older.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    5'3", 150 and I maintain on approx. 1900 a day, workday is mostly sitting, 2-3hr commute and working out 4-5 times a week - for a baseline

    https://mytdee.com/#gender=female&yr=18&cm=175.3&kg=49.9&bfp=&goal=maintain&formula=standard&units=imperial&exercise=lightly

    while I know TDEE is calculators are debated for accuracy on this forum - this is what I got with your stats and being lightly active - a TDEE of approx. 1800 cal a day - which means you could eat that much and maintain your current weight assuming you keep the same/similar level of activity

  • Fitgirllife72
    Fitgirllife72 Posts: 500 Member
    You are starving in the mornings because your body is literally starving. You are significantly underweight. A person who is 5'9" should weigh a minimum of 125 to be in the "normal" range by BMI. Please seek help. It is highly unhealthy for you to be maintaining such a low weight.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    Like everyone else said, you are starving your body and it is screaming out for you to feed it!!

    I'm 5"8 and the absolute lowest i'll go is 143lbs, anything under that and i start to look emaciated and not well at all...
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