Always hungry

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  • Jolenepiche
    Jolenepiche Posts: 33 Member
    toxikon wrote: »
    This is my fave TDEE calculator, it seems to be the most in-depth: http://www.sailrabbit.com/bmr/

    I plugged in your stats and your sedentery TDEE looks to be about 1800 calories. So on a day where you sit at a desk all day and don't do anything aside from some light walking, that's how much your body burns. If you wanted to lose a pound a week, you'd subtract 500 calories, so you'd eat around 1300 net calories.

    So, there are 2 ways to calculate your calorie goals with exercise.

    1. Use your sedentary TDEE, then input exercise manually into MFP to determine how many calories to eat back. So set your calorie goal to 1300, but if you burn 300 calories through exercise, you can eat 1600 calories total (or 1300 net).

    2. You can fiddle with your TDEE calculator to change it from Sedentary to your preferred Activity Level. You sound quite active, so I would choose: "Moderately Active, Physical Work, Exercise, or Sports 4 to 5 Days a Week, Construction Laborer (1.55)". That bumps your TDEE up to 2300. So to lose a pound a week, subtract 500 again, and you'll get 1800 calories.

    So choose whatever method works best for you. Eat net 1300 calories, inputting your exercise as you go. Or eat 1800 total calories and don't bother inputting any exercise.

    Hope that helps.

    Thank you so much!
  • ksz1104
    ksz1104 Posts: 260 Member
    yeah working out like that and only 1200 calories a day, I'm not surprised you are hangry!
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    annieberical wrote: »
    Honestly, all these folks who are lifting big and eating 1900 cal a day and say they're losing weight, and to eat more--you've got more muscle mass and therefore require more calories. Your resting metabolism requires a ton of calories. Not so for the original poster.

    I am at 150lbs...and maintain on 2400 calories with my regular exercise...which is lifting for 15-20mins a day, 3 runs a week and 4 walks...

    I don't have a whole lot more muscle than the average female who is 44...so yah no.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    Jolenepiche wrote: »
    SezxyStef wrote: »
    sure do if I am not eating enough food.

    Just because you are trying to lose weight doesn't mean hunger has to be an ever present thing.

    couple questions...

    weekly weight loss goal?
    total weight loss goal?

    Well, if I lost 1-2 pounds a week I would be satisfied. In total I want to lose 30 pounds.

    Yah if you set MFP to 1lb a week and eat that number and then eat back 1/2 exercise calories you will find you aren't as hungry if at all.

    Also make sure you are getting in enough protein (at least hit MFP goal) to help keep you feeling fuller longer and enough fat to get that nice ah feeling of satisfaction.

    Even when I was losing 1lb a week I got to eat about 1600 calories a day...and I don't remember feeling hungry except at meal time.
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    I don't understand why people would rather be hungry than lose at a slower rate. Baffles me.
  • SezxyStef
    SezxyStef Posts: 15,267 Member
    edited May 2017
    Francl27 wrote: »
    I don't understand why people would rather be hungry than lose at a slower rate. Baffles me.

    self punishment for gaining weight maybe?

    ETA: actually it probably has more to do with lack of knowledge because a lot of women and now men feel that the 1200 is a magic number because that's what is out there. As well I imagine people have an inner dialogue that goes something like this...

    "well I ate when I wasn't hungry to gain weight so I have to be hungry to lose"...
  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    I don't understand why people would rather be hungry than lose at a slower rate. Baffles me.

    If you don't have much weight to lose, the window between "losing weight" and "maintaining/gaining" is pretty tight. I'm a healthy BMI but I'd like to lose 20-30lbs. My TDEE is only 1700, so I need to be pretty diligent about staying under that value and sometimes hunger is unavoidable.
  • Jolenepiche
    Jolenepiche Posts: 33 Member
    Francl27 wrote: »
    I don't understand why people would rather be hungry than lose at a slower rate. Baffles me.


    That's mot my plan ! I want to lose but i'm not down with being hungry all the time. I'm going to up my calories:)
  • cmriverside
    cmriverside Posts: 34,458 Member
    edited May 2017
    Yay. Now - when you do so, you will *maybe* show a slight gain on the scale (1-3 pounds) - Hold your course! It will drop off in a week. It's just your body replenishing depleted glycogen storage. Not fat. It will let go of it. Hold steady.

    How much are you going to raise your calories?
  • Francl27
    Francl27 Posts: 26,371 Member
    toxikon wrote: »
    Francl27 wrote: »
    I don't understand why people would rather be hungry than lose at a slower rate. Baffles me.

    If you don't have much weight to lose, the window between "losing weight" and "maintaining/gaining" is pretty tight. I'm a healthy BMI but I'd like to lose 20-30lbs. My TDEE is only 1700, so I need to be pretty diligent about staying under that value and sometimes hunger is unavoidable.

    I hear you on that. I'd rather stay active than starve myself though!
  • Jolenepiche
    Jolenepiche Posts: 33 Member
    cmriverside wrote: »
    Yay. Now - when you do so, you will *maybe* show a slight gain on the scale (1-3 pounds) - Hold your course! It will drop off in a week. It's just your body replenishing depleted glycogen storage. Not fat. It will let go of it. Hold steady.

    How much are you going to raise your calories?

    I'm going to eat an extra 500 a day. On days where I have my boxing training i can eat more because I spend a lot of calories at the gym. It will work out. Being hungry sometimes is ok but all day is just not ok with me.


  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    if you have a standard/consistent workout plan - you might look at using a TDEE recommendation, rather than MFP (since it factors in workout calories)
  • jbirdgreen
    jbirdgreen Posts: 569 Member
    edited May 2017
    I've had trouble with the same thing and I have similar goals as you. Thank you for asking this question. I am enjoying reading all of these responses.

    What I have to add is the types of food you are eating definitely makes a difference. I have a hard time eating in my calories when I eat crap. Like I usually would eat something like a slice of cheese pizza for more than 500 calories and be starving by 3:00 p.m., but today for lunch I had a salad (with fruit and nuts and dressing), two medium-ish blocks of baked tofu, and 12 crackers for less than 500 cals. I have not been hungry or craving a snack since I ate it, and it's after 3. I probably won't be hungry again until about 4:30. So eat a balanced diet.

    And veggies are your best friend. You can eat a lot of them for less cals and it will calm the beast until you can fall asleep/refocus your hunger.

    I also eat my exercise calories back. I have always done so, and when I log consistently, I lose weight. You sound like you work out a lot. When I was doing two-a-day workouts and going to they gym 6/7 days a week, I would definitely listen to my hunger on those double-duty days. Eat healthy, but listen to your body and eat those exercise cals!
  • mlinci
    mlinci Posts: 402 Member
    Hi! We started at almost identical stats - I'm also 5'5, and I started my weight loss journey at 185 lbs at the age of 40, a year and a half ago. I am currently maintaining at 138-139 lbs, at about 2,000 calories a day.
    I walk at least 10,000 steps a day, but do no other exercise.
    I lost about 1 lb per week for the first couple of months eating about 1,600 calories a day, then kept losing slowly for another year or so, about 1/2 lb per week, until I got to my desired weight. I wouldn't last a day eating as low as 1,200 calories. But I have been quite meticulous about my logging.
    Good luck in your journey!
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
    If you're hungry eat. I would be sure to make good food choices if it's later in the evening though. It's also a good thing to feel a little hungry between meals and when going to bed or so I've been told in the past. Not so hungry you can't stand it or if it keeps you from sleeping at night, but a little hungry in between meals.
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    OP it took me nearly 2 years to lose 30lbs. Granted i took maintenance breaks here and there for a couple months at a time, and had times where my logging wasn't spot on, but i got there in the end!

    I did get impatient and decided to drop down to 1200 calories... This lasted for a whole 3 miserable days, there is no way i could eat such low calories on a long term basis, as i would inevitably binge and wipe out out any deficit i had in the first place.
  • Jolenepiche
    Jolenepiche Posts: 33 Member
    Christine_72 wrote: »
    OP it took me nearly 2 years to lose 30lbs. Granted i took maintenance breaks here and there for a couple months at a time, and had times where my logging wasn't spot on, but i got there in the end!

    I did get impatient and decided to drop down to 1200 calories... This lasted for a whole 3 miserable days, there is no way i could eat such low calories on a long term basis, as i would inevitably binge and wipe out out any deficit i had in the first place.

    I feel you! You guys should know I ate 1600 calories today and I feel great. I worked out then trained and i am so happy i upped my calorie intake .

    The plan is to lose the weight and I am in no real hurry to lose it. Like I said 1-2 pounds a week and if it's 0.5 then so be it. Slow and steady wins the race, or something along those lines!

    Good job on losing the weight!!
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