Hungrier as you get thinner?

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  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Yea as I get leaner and closer to goal on a cut my hunger levels get higher. Diet breaks are a good idea especially if you have been in a deficit for a while and starting to feel burnt out. I think typical diet breaks last two weeks.
  • RedheadedPrincess14
    RedheadedPrincess14 Posts: 415 Member
    sardelsa wrote: »
    Yea as I get leaner and closer to goal on a cut my hunger levels get higher. Diet breaks are a good idea especially if you have been in a deficit for a while and starting to feel burnt out. I think typical diet breaks last two weeks.
    Okay thank you! So should I up by the full 450 deficit I'm in or just do 300? I don't want to gain
  • thatdesertgirl777
    thatdesertgirl777 Posts: 269 Member
    Luna3386 wrote: »
    Seems to me you are at a fine weight, maybe your body is ready to eat maintenance.

    Exactly this.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    I'm 102.4 down, 10 to go, and still haven't experienced the ravenous hunger of the so close.
  • RedheadedPrincess14
    RedheadedPrincess14 Posts: 415 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    I'm 102.4 down, 10 to go, and still haven't experienced the ravenous hunger of the so close.
    Lol lucky you
  • maisiba
    maisiba Posts: 66 Member
    I also experience the being hungrier the leaner you get. Similar to you I had no problem sticking to my calories for the first 12-13 months until recently. I noticed a change once I got into the healthy BMI range.

    I've started to experiment with my macros and increasing my fat percentage seemed to have helped a bit; esp making sure all my meals have some fat. I eat reasonably high protein (which usually keeps you full) but I noticed for me personally if I don't combine it with enough fat, it's less effective. And the other thing I do is eat more volume food to compensate a bit (lots of big salads in the evening).

    It's still more difficult sticking to my normal goal than it used to be but increasing my daily target isn't really an option since the 1200 cal I get creates already less than a 500 cal deficit (because of age, height & activity level). It's still doable but harder.
  • bbell1985
    bbell1985 Posts: 4,571 Member
    Diet break. Your leptin levels are low probably. I'd incorporate a re-feed day when you get back in it as well.
  • mk2fit
    mk2fit Posts: 730 Member
    edited June 2017
    So, blah blah blah. The more you work out, the more you want to eat. If you eat 1200 calories and burn another 500, do you eat them? Likewise if you eat 2000 and burn 1000, same thing? I have lost a lot of weight and have learned that the more I exercise, the more I want to eat. Its all relative...
    PS I lost over 70# and have kept them off for a couple of years. I am 58 yrs. old. And I weigh 116#
  • jenilla1
    jenilla1 Posts: 11,118 Member
    It might be because you are already at an ideal weight for your height and your body is ready for maintenance?
  • Rammer123
    Rammer123 Posts: 679 Member
    If you're not working out anymore and still eating the same amount of calories you were eating before and your weightloss has really slowed, you're probably already eating pretty much at maintenance.

    I would just keep it the same and track you progress to maintain.
  • gmstevens37
    gmstevens37 Posts: 30 Member
    I have just had a few days like that. But it seems this week, I have been starving. I have been eating the same thing for breakfast and lunch pretty much since March, and its usually been enough food. but now after lunch I am still hungry.
    I have lost 14 lb. 20 more to go. Maybe. I am gauging it as I go. Once I like the way I look I will stop losing. My goal is to get to 140 but we'll see.
    I also think the weight you are at is a good weight for you. I am 5'8 1/2 and for me 130-160 is considered a healthy weight.
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