HUNGER!!

Francl27 · April 2018

glacierlilly1 wrote: »

That hunger feeling is just a hormone. You can just ignore it, distract yourself, and it WILL go away.

After how long exactly? I mean, it's been 3 years here.

About carbs, I have to be really careful not to use up more than 400-500 calories on the non filling kind a day (which for me includes bread, baked goods, pasta). It's not that it 'makes me crave carbs or makes me hungry', like people say (I don't believe it one bit either), but that it's just calories that are not as filling, so obviously I'm hungrier after eating them that if I had eggs, bacon, and potatoes, for example.

It's definitely a hormonal issue though (way worse before my period).

ITUSGirl51 · April 2018

I’m thinking over exercising can make me unbearably hungry. I do moderate exercise with weight training for about an hour a day and haven’t taken a break in about two weeks. I eat all my exercise calories back (based on my Apple Watch exercise calories).

I was so hungry last week I was in tears a few times, so afraid my body just wants me fat and is going to force me to overeat. I only had a 300-400 calorie deficit, so I shouldn’t be that hungry!

Exhausted and starving I forced myself to take a break from exercise Friday and the hunger was still there, but not as intense. I decided to take off yesterday too and the desperate hunger is gone. I had no extra exercise calories to eat on those break days and I was okay.

A new lesson learned for maintenance is that if my hunger gets too bad, take time off from exercise and it will be better.

psychod787 · April 2018

ITUSGirl51 wrote: »

I’m thinking over exercising can make me unbearably hungry. I do moderate exercise with weight training for about an hour a day and haven’t taken a break in about two weeks. I eat all my exercise calories back (based on my Apple Watch exercise calories).

I was so hungry last week I was in tears a few times, so afraid my body just wants me fat and is going to force me to overeat. I only had a 300-400 calorie deficit, so I shouldn’t be that hungry!

Exhausted and starving I forced myself to take a break from exercise Friday and the hunger was still there, but not as intense. I decided to take off yesterday too and the desperate hunger is gone. I had no extra exercise calories to eat on those break days and I was okay.

A new lesson learned for maintenance is that if my hunger gets too bad, take time off from exercise and it will be better.

that's different for me. heavy weight training blunts my hunger for hours.

briscogun · April 2018

flitabout38 wrote: »

Definitely add more fat and be care of the carbs. Leptin issues are real.

When I switched to maintenance (the last time) I just switched out my low-cal, fat free, or "diet" versions of foods for their full-fat counterparts to add more calories in without having to change up the foods I ate. Made it easier and kept me (sort of) on track.

HUNGER!!

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