Hunger Suppression

LOL Green tea has caffeine in it. Chamomile tea has a sedative effect. Or try just drinking more water.

Look up Konjac Root, sold as pill form as PGX. Take with LOTS of water so you don’t create a fiber plug.

I find high-fiber eating really does help me feel fuller longer. Some of the most filling foods are supposed to be oranges, oatmeal, and tomato soup, for whatever it's worth.

One thing, if you decide to increase your fiber intake, DEFINITELY increase your water, and don't do it all at once.

I am a fellow coffee lover! To cut down on my caffeine I make decaf sometimes in the afternoon in the same brand as my morning caffeinated coffee. I can't taste much of a difference but I don't feel guilty about it and I get to sleep!

Sometimes evening eating is boredom. You can pick different activities that have elements of self care. Like a hike. Reading a book.

greenlizard72 wrote: »

I also did a little research and apparently . . .foods high in fiber help satiate hunger. Can anyone . . .suggest other foods/drinks that really satiate hunger? I'm not looking for medication or supplements.

Protein helps satiate hunger. I often have a hard boiled egg or a couple ounces of lunch meat in the evening if my hunger acts up. This usually knocks down my night time hunger.

I stop taking caffeine around 2pm or it will keep me up. I deal with hunger by practicing IF. I don't eat breakfast, eat a light lunch around 1pm, then save the majority of my calories for dinner around 6pm. I feel full and satisfied all evening and at bedtime. You could always try it!

kommodevaran wrote: »

Don't try to suppress hunger. Make sure you're not undereating (you should never aim for a weekly loss of more than 1% of your body weight). Then balance your diet so that you get in sufficient nutrition - there are certain "universal" minimum ranges for fat, protein, vitamins, minerals. Your "personal" need for certain nutrients may be higher, this is something you have to figure out by trial and error. Then there is learning to differentiate between cravings and hunger, between real hunger and boredom eating; you have to tolerate some discomfort, but not deliberately hurt yourself.

Interesting ... I'm often sitting in the hunger pangs, stomach growling/light headed, shaky, loss of focus area.

I can eat ... and within 2 hours, I'm there.

If I eat something like honey on bread, or oatmeal, I'll be there within an hour.

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Regarding tea ... I drink a rooibos variety most evenings. I find it is sweet enough to satisfy any sweet cravings I might have.

Sometimes I mix it up and have lemon-ginger. This is good if my stomach is feeling a little upset.

And then I drink a variety of chamomile just before bed.

greenlizard72 wrote: »

Graelwyn75 wrote: »

Get an interest in teas... there are so many amazing varieties out there that are caffeine free, you can even get a tea that is chocolate flavoured.

Is there one that tastes like coffee? I will check out teas. We have a nice tea thingy with a basket strainer for the leaves I think. Somewhere...

I switched from coffee to tea to lower, but not eliminate, caffeine. In the morning, I drink English Breakfast Tea. It is about as coffee like as any tea I have tried. But it still contains caffeine - about 40% of what coffee has. So no headache from dropping caffeine because I didn't. Then I switch over to green tea, which has less caffeine, or herbals. I do not like decaffeinated black/green tea mostly because I like less processing.

As far as hunger goes, I am a believer in getting used to not eating much. The first couple of weeks can be rough, but you get used to it, or at least I do. I eat Greek yogurt made from whole milk for breakfast and I use 2 tbs of pumpkin butter or apricot preserves to flavor a cup of it. That's 300 calories of deliciousness. Sure, I could eat twice as much fat free artificially flavored/sweetened yogurt and still have less calories. No thank you. I don't eat mammal meat, so I eat a lot of poultry and seafood which are low calorie, so I don't eat only small amounts of high calorie foods. i also eat a lot of vegetables, but I don't stuff myself with anything.

jgnatca wrote: »

@Machka9 if you are getting the light headed feeling you might be hypoglycemic. If so, you might need to eat like a diabetic to have continued, sustained energy. I find any food that has all the macros is the best and preventing this. This includes nuts, hiker's mix, Edamame, cheese and crackers, or half an energy bar. In desperation I've bought Muscle Milk from a convenience store and that worked, too.

If you want to know if you are hypoglycemic, test your blood two hours after eating. Maybe a friendly diabetic will lend you her meter.

Yes, I am hypoglycemic ... I've been hypoglycemic since I was 17 and they ran me through a glucose tolerance test.

That's why I eat about once an hour, and also steer clear of certain foods which seem to make matters worse.


I also have to watch my coffee intake. I drink only black coffee (fairly strong), but after about the third cup, I start feeling light headed and shaky too. So I try to keep it down to 1-3 cups a day.

You can get caffeine free green tea. I use a lot of different type of Tea's from Organic India - Tulsi Tea's. Like you I used to drink huge amounts of coffee but I have been weaning myself off over the last few years and I am not totally satisfied with 2 cups a day.

During Summer (I am in California) I am happy to drink Lemon Water or similar during the day but during the colder times of the day or months, I need something warm and something with a bit of taste. They have two versions of the Tulsi holy Basil tea, one with and one without caffeine. It is the first green tea, that I actually like the taste off. Other versions that I like are Lemon-Ginger, Licorice, Raspberry-Peach and Sleep, which really does help me to chill out at night and get a good night sleep.

It took me years to find replacements that work for me. These do.

There is a caffeine-free drink that has a pleasant coffee-like taste. It's made from chicory root. I had it in the Czech Republic and have been meaning to look for it in US. I've only found it online mixed with coffee.
If anyone else has had this and knows a brand name or where to get it, please advise.