Always hungry

Try to save more of your calories for the night time :]
Try snacking on celery and frozen cranberries. Instant appetite killer for me

Perhaps 1200 is too few calories.

Eat more protein and get your EFA's, vitamins, minerals and at least 8 cups of water. Your body is looking for nutrients.

hi,

what is efa's?

Essential Fatty Acids - Omega 3 and 6

Flaxseed oil (flaxseed oil has the highest linolenic content of any food), flaxseeds, flaxseed meal, hempseed oil, hempseeds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, Brazil nuts, sesame seeds, avocados, some dark leafy green vegetables (kale, spinach, purslane, mustard greens, collards, etc.), wheat germ oil, salmon, mackerel, sardines, anchovies, albacore tuna, and others.

what carmencar said ^^

I looked at your diary, as I am on 1200 calories and never particularly/uncontrollably hungry.

are you trying to do a meal replacement type diet? Flag the diet drink and eat real food. You aren't eating breakfast! eat a good breakfast with wholegrain cereal and protein, try something like an egg on toast . Eat more wholegrains and cut the junk, you are eating a lot of empty calories which raise your blood sugar level quickly but then you get a corresponding drop which causes you to be hungry.
1200 calories isn't a lot, so you need to be very careful with your choices and make sure you eat good healthy whole foods. You will lose weight more quickly and feel better as well. So a small handful of lean protein, a small handful of wholegrain carbs such as wholegrain pasta or brown rice, or sweet potato, and as much as you like green vegesi. Normally that will keep you in the calorie range but give you a good satisfying meal.
feel free to look at my diary, its pretty simple and I never have a problem . oh, tip, boil up a whole heap of brown rice and keep it in the fridge in a plastic container, then you have the basis for a healthy lunch or dinner without having to wait for it to cook.
Jamie Eason has good tips, I've just tried her carrot protein bars, and turkey muffins, they are really easy to make and satisfying, and you can cook them in the weekend and have some convenient food avail all week.

I am willing to bet you are suffering from multiple vitamin / nutrient deficiencies.

Looking at the last week or so of your diary, almost all of your most highly calorific items are junk:

chocolate truffles
taco shells
cookies
chocolate milk
crisco cooking oil
pizza
fritos
spinach dip
cheese roll (whatever that is)
tortilla chips
potato chips

and . . . weight loss shakes.

You need a diet overhaul or your body is going to keep demanding more food because it is not getting the nutrition it needs.

I can't type any more right now because I'm running short on time. Be back later.

Are you eating every two hours? If you are then your appetite should be controlled, also keep drinking that water between meals and snacks it will help curb the appetitie. Also make sure your eating within an hour of waking up. Also change your eating habits trade the frito's for whole wheat pita bread with hummus, cereal bars, granola bars, and remove all the junk food from your home and stock it with fresh and healthy foods. As Rilke states your food choices are not the right ones, they serve no value or have the ingredients to keep you feeling full and also get off the shakes they will do more harm then good.

Hi,

I'm set on 1230, so not much more than you, and I find I'm rarely unbearably hungry. The key for me is eating protein with every meal, and basing most of the rest of my foods around wholegrains, fruits, vegetables, nuts etc. The protein keeps you feeling fuller longer, and the rest balances out your nutritional needs. I'm a bit of a sugar freak, so I usually have something sweet in my day, but as long as I keep it reasonable, and factor in some kind of exercise - usually walking - I almost always come in within my net goal. It doesn't have to be 'all or nothing', but you do need to make the sweet things and processed foods a minor part of an overall healthy diet.

I notice others saying that you're skipping breakfast and using diet shakes as meal replacements. Neither of these things will be helping with the hunger you're experiencing - try evening out your intake through the day, and you'll almost certainly feel less hungry. The other thing I find helps is drinking carbonated water (no flavours added, just plain). For me, it fills up some of the 'empty' space and makes me feel fuller.

Good luck!

I am willing to bet you are suffering from multiple vitamin / nutrient deficiencies.

Looking at the last week or so of your diary, almost all of your most highly calorific items are junk:

chocolate truffles
taco shells
cookies
chocolate milk
crisco cooking oil
pizza
fritos
spinach dip
cheese roll (whatever that is)
tortilla chips
potato chips

and . . . weight loss shakes.

You need a diet overhaul or your body is going to keep demanding more food because it is not getting the nutrition it needs.

I can't type any more right now because I'm running short on time. Be back later.

This. Please. Please. Please. If you eat high carb, high sugar foods, you will feel hungry sooner. You may not "like" it, but your body will thank you for eating veggies and fruit and lean meats and natural, non processed foods that are LOADED with sodium. I've said this to you before, and I'll say it again: what you are eating is not healthy. You may stay under your calorie goals *most* of the time, but it isn't giving your body what it needs to stay healthy.

when you do get hungry, and i know this is going to sound weird but, try just drinking water. The brain allot of the time gets confused as to what messages the body is sending it. the message in this case is thirst. the brain does not always recognize thirst as thirst but as hunger instead, and it mostly happens later in the day if i recall correctly. that's why, at night when you get the munchies...you go get some popcorn...or chips... or if your being a good boy or girl some carrot sticks or something... and after you eat what would normally satisfy you you find your still hungry. its because you actually were never hungry...you were thirsty. DRINK WATER. forget all those teas and ciders and all especially pop. those will actually dehydrate you more (thusly trick your mind into thinking it is even hungrier). personally i think 1200 cals is to low to diet on. i don't think you are getting enough calories. i've always heard to try to stay to 1500 as a minimum, but i don't know your BMR and history and such. But i would try replacing the late night "hunger" with drinking a couple glasses of water.

don't know if that will help or not but that's what i've heard and what has worked for me

For the record I concur with what has been said. For the most part, try to cut the simple carbs and make better choices. Keep your fiber intake up and eat lower glycemic index foods. Lower carb, higher (healthy) fats and protein will probably make you feel more satisfied.

However, If it takes a little junk treat every day to stay on your diet, so be it. To this day I still eat a bag of microwave popcorn almost every evening. It's the "healthiest junk food" I try to eat on a regular basis.