Ten Days in and I'm Very Hungry

For me, by:

* not trying to lose weight too fast (like no more than 0.5%-1% of current weight per week, preferably toward the lower end of that)
* eating back my exercise calories, or at least a fair fraction of them, unless the amount is truly trivial
* figuring what foods, nutrients, or eating timing helped me best manage my appetite - by experimenting and noticing the results (I think the right formula is different for everyone).

It's kind of normal to be hungry sometimes in the first couple of weeks. That's partly because habit has an influence on appetite, and we're trying to change habits; and partly because we're still working on dialing in some of the above.

We need to eat fewer calories than before in order to lose weight (whether we do that by counting those calories or not). But we also need to find a routine we personally can live with reasonably happily for long enough to actually lose a meaningful total amount.

It's a bit of a balancing act, but you can figure it out!

P.S. If it's a rare extra-hungry day, just eat a bit more. If you estimate how many calories you could eat and maintain your current weight, that's a useful number to know. If you have an unusual hungry day, you can eat anywhere below that estimate, and expect to either lose weight, or at least not regain any. If eating a bit more occasionally helps you stay the course, that can be worth it.

Best wishes!