Always hungry

I thought your post was this one. Maybe something has already been mentioned here that might help you:

https://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10778281/always-hungry/p1

Are you "hungry" or "thirsty"? First I make myself a good cuppa and wait a few minutes - usually my body just needs some liquid.

lillyy23 wrote: »

lemongirlbc wrote: »

How many calories a day are you eating? You may be in a more aggressive deficit than is necessary. There's no need to rush, and you may find slower weight loss is more sustainable, as you can actually, you know, live your life while losing weight. As for "forcing a joint injury to lose weight" - that sounds pretty unwise. You don't need to exercise to lose weight, you need a calorie deficit which can be achieved through diet alone. If you end up injuring yourself further, will you think it was worth the extra 150 or whatever calories you burned? Or will you get upset, discouraged, and more likely to give up and revert to old eating habits? Give your injury time to heal, get medical advice if necessary, and go easy on yourself. It's a marathon, not a sprint etc etc.

Thanks for being so nice I know it’s silly force it , but some people my family don’t understand they just tell me that everyone has pain and some people have to go to work with pain etc you know ? Makes me feel bad . Like I don’t have energy or motivation to do something?
As for the injury it has been a long time already I just been pretty sedentary and before I was really sad because like I couldn’t do anything about this. I’m gonna try reading some info on here I’m just stuck on getting started like there’s so many calculators online and it’s confusing

There are a ton of calculators and info online, and a lot of it is BS. I would suggest for the month of January, you stick to MFP particularly with the pinned links that have been vetted by experienced people. Set a reasonable deficit (as was pointed out, "you can actually live your life" while eating in a deficit). There's no reason really to be in tooooooooo big a hurry to the point that you barely hang on for a week and then eat everything in sight.

In terms of hunger, there's a difference between "I could eat something now" and "I would gladly eat my arm plus a can of creamed spinach immediately." When I first started my "I'm serious" weight loss journey, the first few months were about making peace with feeling like I wasn't "full" and distinguishing that from the hunger related to "I really need to refuel my body." (For the record, canned creamed spinach is revolting to me and so I knew I was legitimately HUNGRY when even that sounded somewhat palatable.)

It's easy to injure oneself coming from a sedentary existence to vigorous (for you) exercise. So if you've injured yourself, take care of that bit and then reflect on what you think caused it. For me, I realized I needed decent footwear and I needed to walk slowly before I could walk faster, use machines with weights I could lift for 12-15 repetitions before I could move to free weights & weight progression, and to remember that my structural over-flexibility made overhead lifting tricky on my shoulders without attending first to strengthening those tiny ligaments in the joint (using the dreaded "barbie weight" with some exercises recommended by physiotherapists). Don't get goaded into doing too much too soon.

You can totally do this.

lots of helpful advice above - i strongly agree with neuge - sometimes we're actually a bit dehydrated and its mistaken for hunger. *stay hydrated* is cliche but its a solid rule. for some people (myself included), keeping a water bottle nearby with some fresh citrus squeezed in makes drinking water more appetizing and feels more like a treat. good luck.

OpinionatedCyborg wrote: »

Cut out all sugar. You're body is addicted to it.

How have you drawn that conclusion from the information presented?

lillyy23 wrote: »

This is so hard I’m always starving , and even when I eat pretty healthy at night I always wanna eat something. What should I do because I’m 5’2 and I really wanna lose weight it’s creeping back after Christmas I don’t understand this calorie thing , also I have an injury should I just force my joint injury to lose a few lbs? And then take another break

Firstly, the calorie thing:
It's really quite simple. A calorie is a unit of energy. Your body uses a number of calories per day and you eat a number of calories per day. If you eat more calories than you use your body stores those extra calories as fat, if you eat fewer calories than your body uses it will start to draw on those fat reserves to make up the difference. There's nothing magic about it. It's just pure maths. If it helps, think of it as money. You have your expenditures (food, travel, etc) and you have your income. If you earn more money than you spend put that extra into a savings account. Over time if you consistently earn more than you spend your savings account will grow. Conversely if you start earning less money but your expenditures don't change you won't be earning enough to maintain them and you'll have to start to draw money from your savings account to cover the difference. Money = calories, Saving account = fat.

About being hungry all the time:
Feeling satisfied can be achieved a number of different ways. Some people are satiated by protein, fats or fibre. So experiment with different foods and see if you might fall into one of those categories. Others, (myself included) are volume eaters where it doesn't matter what food we eat we just need to eat in large volumes. This can be achieve by eating large quantities of low calorie density foods or by eating few very large meals each day.

The other thing to consider is, are you eating foods you really enjoy?
Now I don't mean foods you think you should eat because they're "healthy" or foods that are 'OK' or that you 'kinda like' or that you 'don't mind'. I mean foods you genuinely enjoy and want to eat? Satisfaction can come from enjoyment of food. For example if I feel like chocolate, often an 80cal fun size bar will do the trick. If I tried to satisfy that with, say an orange (also 80cal) I'd finish that orange off and be on the prowl for more food. Make sure your satisfying your tongue as well as your belly

Finally the injury thing. That's something you'll need to speak with a doctor about to determine if you're safe to exercise. But, if you're told to rest then understand that you by no means need to exercise to lose weight. MFP is designed that the calorie target you're given doesn't include calories burned via workouts. So if you're not working out you can still stick to the target MFP has given you and still achieve fat loss.

G'luck