Hunger pangs

Maybe find some foods that are more filling and satisfying to you. Yogurt makes me so hungry. I had to stop having it for a snack.

Bring salad and raw veggies.

OP, how big is your daily deficit (after exercise) and how much do you have to lose?

Protein is crazy filling:)

PaulaTinker wrote: »

I tried a couple of your tips today. I put all my change into my piggy bank at home so I didn't have change for the vending machine. I took baby carrots to snack on in lieu of yogurt. All in all, I did a little better today. I am going to pick up some nuts on my next grocery run and give them a shot too.

Ahoy, by daily deficit, I assume you mean how many calories I have left at the end of the day. I looked and it is usually between 450-600. I have about 85 pounds to lose.

Thanks to everyone that took the time to respond.

Do you mean you have 450-600 calories left over from the target MFP gave you? How many actual calories are you eating? Just curious, because it sounds like you might be undereating which would explain the hunger.

EloquentSelfLoathing wrote: »

Try black coffee - it suppresses appetite. Water also works if you drink enough.

All I drink is black coffee and, for me, it doesn't really supress anything - in fact sometimes it makes me want to snack on something.

@OP - There are hunger pangs and there are cravings; they are 2 different 'fish'. Cravings (which it sounds to me like what you are having) can be staved off by suggestions already given, hunger pangs are much more evident and tend to mean you are eating far too little (I speak from experience, though maybe I define hunger pangs differently since, at one point, I was barely eating enough to survive - where I would get pangs so intense I would feel nauseated (usually from smelling food) [long story, not an ED just hard times]) and tend to make you feel weak/out of sorts (again, that is my experience - maybe I have a different definition of what hunger pangs are).

janejellyroll wrote: »

PaulaTinker wrote: »

My goal calories are 2180 and I have been eating between 1600-2000, couple days a bit less.

You're hungry because you are eating so far under your goal. Your goal already puts you at a deficit (if you told MFP you want to lose weight). You can eat your goal calories, it will make this process a lot easier.

I agree with this, and would add that you may want to keep healthy alternatives available when the cravings come on... for me it was carrot sticks and dip, raisins, and almonds.

I've set my MFP to 1200 a day and I usually eat just over 1000 calories which I've been doing for over a week now, and lost 2 lbs.

I jog each morning too so it frees up a few hundred extra calories according to the MFP which I don't use anyway (I don't eat more food I mean).

If you eat foods that contain fibre and protein they will fill you up more.
I do get a little hungry towards the evening, but I have enough calories left over to snack on some almonds or a piece of fruit and that is satisfying enough.

I don't have breakfast, just fresh pineapple juice to start my day, then I'll have a high fibre dinner and high protein tea.

Perhaps the reason you are hungry is because you are eating "empty" calories (calories derived from food containing little or no nutrients). Try changing your diet and see if that helps.

I've tried 1000 calorie diet before, but it wasn't enough to sustain me and like a lady said above you get weak, lethargic and nauseated, those extra 200 calories to play with seem to be fine so far and I'm not feeling much "hunger pangs".

If I've worked out for longer I get hungrier, I burnt over 1000 calories one day last week and I did need the extra fuel and went over the 1200 to 1500, but the MFP gave me extra calories to use anyway, so I didn't feel like I failed my total intake for that day - I haven't gone over 1200 since then and average around 1100 calories each day depending on my meals.

trixsey1 wrote: »

I've set my MFP to 1200 a day and I usually eat just over 1000 calories which I've been doing for over a week now, and lost 2 lbs.

I jog each morning too so it frees up a few hundred extra calories according to the MFP which I don't use anyway (I don't eat more food I mean).

If you eat foods that contain fibre and protein they will fill you up more.
I do get a little hungry towards the evening, but I have enough calories left over to snack on some almonds or a piece of fruit and that is satisfying enough.

I don't have breakfast, just fresh pineapple juice to start my day, then I'll have a high fibre dinner and high protein tea.

Perhaps the reason you are hungry is because you are eating "empty" calories (calories derived from food containing little or no nutrients). Try changing your diet and see if that helps.

I've tried 1000 calorie diet before, but it wasn't enough to sustain me and like a lady said above you get weak, lethargic and nauseated, those extra 200 calories to play with seem to be fine so far and I'm not feeling much "hunger pangs".

If I've worked out for longer I get hungrier, I burnt over 1000 calories one day last week and I did need the extra fuel and went over the 1200 to 1500, but the MFP gave me extra calories to use anyway, so I didn't feel like I failed my total intake for that day - I haven't gone over 1200 since then and average around 1100 calories each day depending on my meals.

Ugh, this is horrible advice. Lean muscle loss.....no thanks.

MFP is designed for you to eat exercise calories back (you earned them). By increasing the deficit (through exercise) you very likely increase your lean muscle loss. Many more people would rather lower their body fat %, than just lower the number on the scale.