Hungry even though I eat healthy?

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  • MissyCHF
    MissyCHF Posts: 337 Member
    I'm sure that if you eat more fat you will feel more sated.

    However if you have an over active Thyroid you need medical help.

    Good luck to you. :)
  • squatsnotsquat
    squatsnotsquat Posts: 29 Member
    brendanwhite84 wrote: »
    This might help:

    http://nutritiondata.self.com/topics/fullness-factor

    Researching foods that have improved satiation values is probably what you want to do.

    Thanks, I had totally forgotten about this, going to try it.
  • combsshan
    combsshan Posts: 47 Member
    edited November 2017
    I agree with many of the others that say "eat more healthy carbs" I can't live on just meat, fat, veg and fruit. If I don't have some grains or potatoes I feel hungry all the time. You may need more for than the 100g you speak of. For me the healthy carbs are as, if not more, important than the protein and fat. They are what make me feel satisfied. If I don't eat enough carbs I get cranky, headachy and HUNGRY. It also seems to me that you are at a healthy weight. The belly bulge could be bloating from all the veggies you're eating or if you are hitting close to the 40 mark, it just happens. I had a perfectly flat stomach, even after childbirth, till I hit my 40's.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited November 2017
    squatsnotsquat wrote: »
    Aaron_K123 wrote: »
    Eating healthy is eating foods that provide you with a reasonable macro split balanced between carbs, protein and fat while getting adequate nutrition. Eating healthy is not eating only meat and salad and ignoring it when your body is screaming at you.

    As I mentioned before, I am not eating low carb. I'm eating upwards of 100 g/day generally, which for a girl who does not work out, is more of a moderate range. However, reducing my carbs from basically anything to that level helped me greatly four years ago-- I was having the same issue, and it at least let me go more than 1 hour without getting hungry again.

    Okay you eat 2500 calories a day. You eat 100g of carbs a day. 100g of carbs is 400 calories. A typical macro split for most people has somewhere between 40%-60% of their calories coming from carbs. You have 400/2500 = 16% of your calories coming from carbs. That is not only a low carb diet that is an extremely low carb diet approaching ketotic.

    http://macronutrientcalculator.com/

    On top of that you notice that if you eat "junk" food you feel better, junk food typically being high in carbs.

    I'm just saying you might want to bring that carb percentage up a bit, you can take it or leave it.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    squatsnotsquat wrote: »
    thank you everyone for the suggestions!! To clear up about the meat: I am talking about 1-2 pounds uncooked. 1 pound of uncooked hamburger is only four patties I think-- not that hard to eat. I generally eat about 4-5 large chicken tenderloins or fish fillets (unbreaded) and 1-2 hamburger patties. It's entirely possible that I'm calculating wrong, given that I don't have a food scale. I would also like to edit the 3 pounds-- I accidentally recorded my usual dinner for that day rather than the lower amount I ate, with about 1 pound at breakfast, so that would come out to around 1 lb (uncooked) chicken breast at breakfast and two chicken tenderloins plus one hamburger patty at dinner. I'm very sorry for any confusion that caused-- it was confusing me as well.

    However, that does not mean my eating habits are "normal." People definitely notice I eat a lot of food. I eat most of my day's food in one sitting-- it's not like I'm doing IF, but it's just what I prefer.

    Also, I aim for about 100g carbs or less per day. However, I usually end up in the 130-160 range. While this may be at the lower end for a serious bodybuilder or the average American, for an inactive girl this more like moderate carb. I have a pretty even macro split. I do include plenty of fat-- about 40ish% of my calories are from fat.

    that is still in the higher end of low carb/lower end of moderate carb

    for reference i eat 320-420g of carbs a day with 2600-2900 cal as my basis (female; 5'3"; 154lbs)

  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited November 2017
    deannalfisher wrote: »
    squatsnotsquat wrote: »
    thank you everyone for the suggestions!! To clear up about the meat: I am talking about 1-2 pounds uncooked. 1 pound of uncooked hamburger is only four patties I think-- not that hard to eat. I generally eat about 4-5 large chicken tenderloins or fish fillets (unbreaded) and 1-2 hamburger patties. It's entirely possible that I'm calculating wrong, given that I don't have a food scale. I would also like to edit the 3 pounds-- I accidentally recorded my usual dinner for that day rather than the lower amount I ate, with about 1 pound at breakfast, so that would come out to around 1 lb (uncooked) chicken breast at breakfast and two chicken tenderloins plus one hamburger patty at dinner. I'm very sorry for any confusion that caused-- it was confusing me as well.

    However, that does not mean my eating habits are "normal." People definitely notice I eat a lot of food. I eat most of my day's food in one sitting-- it's not like I'm doing IF, but it's just what I prefer.

    Also, I aim for about 100g carbs or less per day. However, I usually end up in the 130-160 range. While this may be at the lower end for a serious bodybuilder or the average American, for an inactive girl this more like moderate carb. I have a pretty even macro split. I do include plenty of fat-- about 40ish% of my calories are from fat.

    that is still in the higher end of low carb/lower end of moderate carb

    for reference i eat 320-420g of carbs a day with 2600-2900 cal as my basis (female; 5'3"; 154lbs)

    160g carb is 640 calories out of 2500 is 25% which is still on the very low end of carb. A diet with a moderate amount of carbs and 2500 total calories would have something like 300+ grams of carbs, like your diet. Typically speaking if you are very active you are going to benefit from having more carbs as it is a primary energy source. Going low carb plus high activity is a recipe for hunger/dizziness/lethargy.

    OP i'd urge you to just try for a couple weeks replacing some of that meat and salad with a bowl of pasta keeping your calories the same but doubling your carbs and just see how you feel.
  • deannalfisher
    deannalfisher Posts: 5,600 Member
    Aaron_K123 wrote: »
    deannalfisher wrote: »
    squatsnotsquat wrote: »
    thank you everyone for the suggestions!! To clear up about the meat: I am talking about 1-2 pounds uncooked. 1 pound of uncooked hamburger is only four patties I think-- not that hard to eat. I generally eat about 4-5 large chicken tenderloins or fish fillets (unbreaded) and 1-2 hamburger patties. It's entirely possible that I'm calculating wrong, given that I don't have a food scale. I would also like to edit the 3 pounds-- I accidentally recorded my usual dinner for that day rather than the lower amount I ate, with about 1 pound at breakfast, so that would come out to around 1 lb (uncooked) chicken breast at breakfast and two chicken tenderloins plus one hamburger patty at dinner. I'm very sorry for any confusion that caused-- it was confusing me as well.

    However, that does not mean my eating habits are "normal." People definitely notice I eat a lot of food. I eat most of my day's food in one sitting-- it's not like I'm doing IF, but it's just what I prefer.

    Also, I aim for about 100g carbs or less per day. However, I usually end up in the 130-160 range. While this may be at the lower end for a serious bodybuilder or the average American, for an inactive girl this more like moderate carb. I have a pretty even macro split. I do include plenty of fat-- about 40ish% of my calories are from fat.

    that is still in the higher end of low carb/lower end of moderate carb

    for reference i eat 320-420g of carbs a day with 2600-2900 cal as my basis (female; 5'3"; 154lbs)

    160g carb is 640 calories out of 2500 is 25% which is still on the very low end of carb. A diet with a moderate amount of carbs and 2500 total calories would have something like 300+ grams of carbs, like your diet. Typically speaking if you are very active you are going to benefit from having more carbs as it is a primary energy source. Going low carb plus high activity is a recipe for hunger/dizziness/lethargy.

    OP i'd urge you to just try for a couple weeks replacing some of that meat and salad with a bowl of pasta keeping your calories the same but doubling your carbs and just see how you feel.

    yeah - i can't math :) I just remember what some of the other low-carb-ers say about levels - personally, gimme gimme carbs, all day!
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