Advice Please, I'm starved!

I feel the same way.. I was on that HCG very low cal diet .. It was the worst everI changed to this today my friend on here said if I drink more water I'll feel more full..We will see. If you find anything else that helps. Let me know!

My problem is more like the opposite, I struggle to eat enough calories without constantly feeling too full but I think your body gets used to it all - both ways. Do you eat big meals, but less often, or smaller meals but more often? If you don't do the latter I'd try that. Also eat slowly, and always at a table. Don't do it in a hurry while running around doing something else sort of thing. Also drink lots and lots of water through out the day.

i eat fruit and drink water in between meals this seems to help me im on my 6th day and the starving pains have gone i listen to my body if im hungry i eat and count it. I dont let my body get really hungry otherwise the body will go into stavation mode and store fat. but stick with it, it will get better. Good luck

Why is your goal 1,200 calories?

I am not an expert, can only go from what I've learned. I think you need to maybe increase your protein. I can tell you from my own experience that it works for me. When I lower the carb intake, the protein fills me up and keeps me satisfied longer. Then your body will look to the stored fat to burn for energy. If you eat more carbs vs. protein, you actually inhibit your body's ability to burn fat. You want your body to burn stored fat as fuel. The few carbs that you eat on your diet should come from unprocessed whole-grain sources. You can find more info. on this by looking at the New Atkins diet plan. Also, you might try and just walk for now as a source of exercise. If you belong to a gym, just do light cardio for awhile. Baby steps are important as I have learned it does take time for your body to adjust to things. I am going to focus on more advanced cardio and strength training later. It all makes sense to me and has helped me lose nearly 100 lbs. this year. But that is just my opinion. I hope I have helped. Good luck and welcome to MFP.

I was really hungry for the first week or two as well. I don't know whether my body has adjusted more to the diet, or whether I have made the adjustments needed to not be as hungry, but I'm doing better now. I still have some points now when I am starving, but it isn't constant. Eat small snacks/mini meals more often. I now often break a meal into a meal now and a snack later. Include higher-protein foods throughout the day. Find low-calorie higher-volume foods that you enjoy (celery, cucumber, berries, grapefruit, oranges, etc.) and add them to your meals/snacks to bulk them up and make them more satisfying. Eat something small when you are starving and there isn't a meal coming in the next hour.

Pam

That is what the calorie tracker set it as on here. Is that too low?

Find a few online BMR calculators for a second opinion. My guess is you would need 1,400-1,800.
You shouldn't have to suffer.

If you set your goal at losing 2 pounds a week, try changing it to 1 pound. I know it's tempting to be as aggressive as possible, but you'll probably be better off losing it a little slower, and it's a lot easier to stick to if you're getting more calories. I'd be starving on 1500 calories too. :flowerforyou:

Right you've opened your diary - well done!

1. You're not eating your exercise calories. This is a huge debate on here, but if you're hungry, I'd eat them!
2. One day you were well under the 1200 calories. This really is a minimum, and I'm not surprised you were hungry on only 700 cals.

But your diary looks pretty good, nicely balanced, good variety. Try for a bit more protein - cheese and nuts for snacks, say.

I definitly agree!