I miss being full

Really? I have been eating really healthy "clean" foods lately but tonight i ate something that would not qualify as "clean" eating and i did not feel good afterwards. You could literally hear my stomach trying to digest the food and i had a bloated feeling and a slight stomach ache. I could really feel the difference from what i have been eating.

I didn't realize how good i have been feeling since eating more natural foods until tonight.

It is definitely a lifestyle change. The problem is (and yes, I do know where you are coming from) Gorging yourself till you hit that "I'm ready to pop" feeling is NOT healthy. That's the problem with society today and what is causing our obesity epidemic. Too many people eating the wrong way. My parents have also done this-both obese (father was morbidly obese)-he ended up getting GB and Thank God, can no longer do that to himself or he'll puke, and my mother is working out and calorie counting.

The key to staying full longer is to make sure you are getting in your 8 glasses of water a day, filling up on your recommended daily protein (that keeps you feeling full) and food with fiber because it will expand in your stomach also making you feel full.

Remember: Eat to live, and don't live to eat.

Good luck in your weight loss journey! :flowerforyou:

I know what you mean...I always used to like to feel full before bed, which of course is the worst for you, but I swear I could fall to sleep easier. One thing that has helped sometimes...there is a cereal that is puffed brown rice, like really puffy. I forget what it's called. Like the old sugar smacks without the sugar. There is usually a generic store brand that comes in a bag, for about $1.50. Anyhow, it is filled with lots of air and has barely any calories, plus it's whole grain. You can have a pretty big bowl of this with skim milk, or even light chocolate soy milk for added flavor, and it fills you up pretty good for not too many calories. I had success with this in diets past. I might have to head to the store for some myself this weekend.

I hear you. Off the wagon. Not counting. It's fun. It's whatever you want to do.

But for me, that isn't working. I need to count so that I'm held accountable. If I want to eat a pizza, so be it. But plan for it and work it off and drink your water and eat light the rest of the day. It's not about no. It's about how much and how often.

I'm working my butt off trying too so these words are for me to live by as much as the advice I give.

Laura

I can relate - especially with that nice full feeling after 1 slice too many of pizza. I buy by the slice now just to treat myself.

But you are right. I have been at it for three weeks, usually come close to my calorie goal but I never feel full during the day and I usually go to bed feeling hungry. I think I am going to have to save a couple hundred calories for some type of snack a little before I go to bed.