Exercise cals / hanger slowly driving me insane

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  • phlegmfatale1
    phlegmfatale1 Posts: 24 Member
    edited August 2017
    Thanks everyone so much! I do think I'm a volume eater, I am going to try to up my fruits and veg from 5 a day to more like 10 as a goal. I am also going to change my eating times. I find I'm less hungry in the morning and the hanger comes in the late afternoon especially between lunch and dinner. So today I had a couple eggs and fruit for breakfast and was fine until lunch (instead of a bigger breakfast) and I am saving my calories for an afternoon snack if I need it after my workout and dinner. Going to download Plant Nanny later to track my water intake. The protein thing can be hard because I try to stick to a vegetarian diet (I know that people say it's not hard, but I really do struggle with it, since every protein source is like 8 grams vs. the ~30 that is in chicken) but I can definitely improve there. Thanks again for your time!!
  • rheddmobile
    rheddmobile Posts: 6,840 Member
    If you eat dairy, cottage cheese and Greek yogurt are good protein sources!
  • DX2JX2
    DX2JX2 Posts: 1,921 Member
    phlegmfatale1 wrote: »
    Thanks everyone so much! I do think I'm a volume eater, I am going to try to up my fruits and veg from 5 a day to more like 10 as a goal. I am also going to change my eating times. I find I'm less hungry in the morning and the hanger comes in the late afternoon especially between lunch and dinner. So today I had a couple eggs and fruit for breakfast and was fine until lunch (instead of a bigger breakfast) and I am saving my calories for an afternoon snack if I need it after my workout and dinner. Going to download Plant Nanny later to track my water intake. The protein thing can be hard because I try to stick to a vegetarian diet (I know that people say it's not hard, but I really do struggle with it, since every protein source is like 8 grams vs. the ~30 that is in chicken) but I can definitely improve there. Thanks again for your time!!

    Just be careful of the calories in fruit and sugar-rich veggies. Despite what one of the major weight loss chains would like you to believe, they are not calorie free. For lack of exact measurements, I usually log about 100 calories for a medium sized fruit, sometimes more since grocery stores tend to sell really large fruits.
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