Cutting back on eating

Try drinking more water generally and especially a big glass before meals to fill you up more. That helps me.

What are you eating now for a goal?

Is your goal realistic? Is your deficit realistic?

What are your height/weight stats?

cailandail1996 wrote: »

I’m not sure. I’m not that knowledgeable in eating healthier and losing weight. I’ve failed plenty before. I’m 5’4 and 230lb

I'd suggest you left MFP guide you through your goals. Then report back here with your goal weight, daily allowance of calories, general idea of your physical activity, general idea of what foods you like to eat and are eating, and what you LIKE to eat.

We can help come up with filling meals, and anti-hunger tactics.

Be prepared for hard truths. Sometimes the truth sounds mean and we take it too personally. Add in a special dose of sarcasm to all replies since this is the internet.

On my fourth day of MFP I ate like double my calorie allotment (assigned by MFP; at the time was 5'3" and 190 pounds) and thought I was a hopeless case but it DID get easier. Point being that even if you are eating like crazy now the one thing NOT to do is give up. No matter how many calories you eat just keep logging them. It'll be frustrating but at the very least you'll start to be able to detect patterns in terms of which foods are giving you the least bang for the buck; that is, foods that have a lot of calories but don't keep you feeling full long. I suggest you do that then make small adjustments from there in a 'choose this calorific thing you already eat and like over that calorific thing you already eat and like but makes you feel hungry an hour later' way. Strategise as you go and think in terms of evolutionary changes to your eating habits rather than revolutionary ones (you'll rebel against yourself at some point).

Others have given good suggestions above so yeah, give them a shot and just take on board whichever ones seem to work. Drinking more water is a good one and has the added benefit of making my skin look nicer (if you look at my profile you'll see crappy looking skin happened to be one of the things that drove me here, but that doesn't mean it has to be a consideration for you; some people have chosen Diet Coke as their hunger distracting liquid of choice).

Choosing more protein-heavy meals tends to also help, if its within your financial budget, for two reasons: 1) most (but not all) of us tend to find protein makes us feel full for longer; 2) as you start to lose weight eating more protein is actually important to help prevent loss of muscle rather than fat.

Eating more fibre helps because it digests slowly, so choose, say, an orange over orange juice for a small change. Fibre also expands and pushes gloggy stuff through your intestines as it works its way through your system (in theory this can also be a short-term weight loss benefit, as you'll see when you have the poop of your life), Since I'm advocating for incremental changes, if switching over to a huge pile of veggies sounds unappealing at the moment there are any number of fibre supplements you could take in the short run. I don't personally do the following anymore but at one point I was drinking a glass of fruity-flavoured sugar-free Metamucil (in water) each evening, and it not only helped me, er, stay regular, but because of its expandability it curbed my tendency toward late-night snacking.

Give it time and keep strategising and making micro-adjustments as you go.