I am starving! I this normal?

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  • bonniejc4
    bonniejc4 Posts: 12 Member
    You might try reducing your carb intake a bit and increasing your protein and fiber intake. Fiber does a terrific job of satisfying hunger. Many good veggies are high in fiber, including broccoli, squash, zucchini. You could even add a couple tbl spoons of flax seed to your daily diet. Ensure that your getting enough good fats. A combination of this will curb your appetite very well.

    It's a process. A fine tuning to find what works for you. I've done weight watchers in the past and I was always starving too. I prefer low carbing for a lot of reasons, but probably the biggest bonus is when your in ketosis, your appetite is very suppressed. Choose what works best for you.

    Good luck.
  • jenifer7teen
    jenifer7teen Posts: 205 Member
    food choice is crucial to feeling satisfied.... but another thing i have noticed that is enormously helpful is VERY rarely eating more than 200 calories in a one hour window. it allows me to have a steady stream of calories so i dont ever get really hungry or really full. i've also noticed over the holidays (before i started dieting) i felt REALLY hungry a lot even though i was eating MUCH more. My stomach would even growl the next day if i'd eaten a big meal the night before. Now that i'm eating 1/3 the amount i havent had my stomach growl in 2 weeks... no big meals stretching out my stomach. that's just my theory though.
  • therealangd
    therealangd Posts: 1,861 Member
    I find that if I've done a hard workout I'm starving either later on in the day or the next day. I do have to eat if that's the case and most times I end up over my calorie limit. I just try to make good choices.
  • aippolito1
    aippolito1 Posts: 4,894 Member
    Yeah, in the beginning, you'll be hungry because your body is used to eating so many more calories. Your body will adapt, though. Just try to eat a lot of veggies so you can eat more of them, also lots of protein.
  • bonniejc4
    bonniejc4 Posts: 12 Member
    I struggle with this too, especially right before bedtime. Sometimes I let veggies be "freebies" and don't add them to the calorie count.
  • cajan10
    cajan10 Posts: 2 Member
    I was really hungry by 4 pm on the 3rd day & had few calories left
    Most days I have gone a little over the allowance & weight seems to be dropping quickly
    My body is also behaving as if its on a liver detox
    I think its hard to work out calorie useage from exercise, so if I am really hungry I am having something extra (healthy)
    after all, surely we want to be able to learn to stop eating when our body has had enough,
    but I don't think being hungry for long is helpful
  • adamsidea
    adamsidea Posts: 15 Member
    Alot of people say it isn't true. One thing I have found that really helps especially at night for me because I have always been a night snacker is water. I will drink a fairly large glass of water. It kind of tricks my body into thinking I did eat something.
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Ok. So i did include my hour or so of daily gym time in the previous calculation. SO i have gone back and removed it and come up with this number 2611. Therefore my daily cal intake should be 1611 + eating back the 400-500 cals I burn on my workout days. Am i finally on the right track? lol....sorry for being such a pain.

    You nailed it.

    Now once a month, you get your stats to compute your body fat %, and head back to the calculator, and see if any big changes to make in the MFP goals.
    And record those stats as other measurements so you can track your real progress, real size, BF%, and weight.

    You may be very relieved that after a couple weeks of the scale not seeming to move much, you confirm sizes are smaller and BF% is down.

    Then you can start tackling some different training options. Though it sounds like you have that trainer with a whip already!
  • heybales
    heybales Posts: 18,842 Member
    Now once a month, you get your stats to compute your body fat %, and head back to the calculator, and see if any big changes to make in the MFP goals.
    And record those stats as other measurements so you can track your real progress, real size, BF%, and weight.

    I realized I never gave a nice site to compute your own BF%, in case you don't have another means.

    This is nice, because with so many measurements you can also track on MFP, you can really see progress.

    http://www.fat2fitradio.com/tools/cbbf/
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