omg! I'm starving lol

I think you might feel more motivated as you begin to meet some goals rather it be clothing size or scale weight.

Depending on what you set your target weight loss at, be it 2 pound per week or 1, you can set it a bit lower to get more calories. Half a pound less per week will give you 250 more calories. Or eat what you are given, but add in exercise and eat most of those calories back.

Coping with hunger is hard for me too, but over time, I've learned little tricks to make my calories go further and keep me from feeling too hungry. I'll sometimes sip a hot cup of chicken or beef broth for 60 calories, and drink a large glass of tea or other zero calorie beverage with it, and that usually will fill me until time for my regular snack or meal. Sugar free jello cups for 10 calories help a little, so do the frozen ice pops for about the same.

A slice of cheese is 70 calories and is a good filler too. Sugar free pickles have "0" calories and I'll usually pop a couple of those with my slice of cheese and slam down a diet root beer. Boom! Hunger gone for a while. Lol. Light popcorn is another good one for slamming down the diet root beer with, haha! I'm sure someone out there is making the Dana Carvey Church Lady face at that - but if it works, it works, and I'm down over 109 lbs, so it works! Ha! :-)

Also, play around with the timing of your meals - I can cope with hunger much easier in the morning, so I drink coffee and water all morning and don't begin eating until late morning, around 11:00. I will then have a snack like a yogurt, a protein shake, or cottage cheese, then a full lunch around 1:00. A full dinner in the evening, and I save 200 calories for a snack before bed. If I follow this routine, I know I can cope with the hunger, and I have my little "tricks" described above if I do start to feel too hungry.

Another thing too - as I was adjusting to my lower intake, I increased my exercise very slowly. I can remember years ago, hitting the exercise too hard all at once before my body got used to the reduced caloric intake, and that was a mistake. Easing into it was a far better route to take and allowed my body time to adjust to all the changes, I think, which means less hunger and discomfort overall.

Assuming you're just adjusting to the new calorie level, take comfort in the knowledge that it will get better. You'll need to fuss a bit with your macros to see what satisfies you more, whether smaller more frequent meals work better or if you're happier eating fewer but larger meals. I'm the latter. In fact, I usually save about half my calories for dinner.

I was starving at 1650 calories when I first started tracking again about a month ago. Now I'm fine eating a range of 1400-1600 most days. I was low yesterday. Software upgrade kept me at work til 8 and I dislike eating heavy meals late at night so I just had a calorie dense pb&j sandwich. But I can tell today is going to be a hungry day because of it and I'll eat at the top of my goal, maybe a little over. It all balances out.

Fiber and protein help me feel full. But my target intake is 2110, so I'm sure it's more of a struggle for you. For me, hunger increases with boredom as well, so I try to keep my mind occupied.

size102b wrote: »

Protein ..... Eat more & less carbs

Unless of course OP finds carbohydrates satiating.

Lmao I feel this so much. I ate breakfast at six and pushed my lunch as late into the day as possible so I wouldn't be as likely to snack between lunch and dinner and I feel horrific!!! Just waiting for it to get easier.

debtay123 wrote: »

Low calorie high volume veggies- and do not drink your calories- you will get the hang of it and you will start losing-

Nope - doesn't do much for me.

We're all different - protein, fiber, and fat are filling. BUT, it's different combinations for different people.

OP - you will have to experiment a little with macros & meal timing.