why am I always hungry??

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  • jecka31
    jecka31 Posts: 284
    I have to agree with what has already been said: Are you eating your goal? If you are under, your body thinks its starving. As stated before, bulking out your meals with fruits and veggies high in fiber will help. Our bodies don't digest fiber (bacteria in our intestines do it for us) so it makes you feel fuller longer.
  • sandy2006
    sandy2006 Posts: 483 Member
    You're eating a lot of carbs. I'd up the protein and fat and cut down on the bread/pasta/cookies/chips/etc.
    YES this! More protein and veggies less empty carbs
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    I am always hungry!! I will eat regular meals and some times a snack here and there..but I am still hungry, I mean to the point where my stomache is growling..
    Breakfast:
    Piece of toast, egg, cottage cheese with fruit
    Lunch:
    Sandwich, handful of chips, yogurt
    Snack:
    a cookie or cheese cubes or celery with peanut butter
    Dinner:
    Pasta with chicken, small salad, maybe a dinner roll
    I mean what am I doing wrong?? why am I always hungry??
    Can anyone shed some light on this for me?

    Cut down on all the starchy carbs. I'd be starving too if I ate that much pasta, chips, cookies, toast, etc. Substitute more protein and veggies for those items.
  • CoraGregoryCPA
    CoraGregoryCPA Posts: 1,087 Member
    WATER!!!!!!!!
  • Nomomush
    Nomomush Posts: 582 Member
    take a look at the glycemic index for the food you are eating. Lots of times, the foods you are eating are the culprit for feeling hungry sooner and such a ravenous rate.
  • crazygirl78
    crazygirl78 Posts: 15
    If you are eating the right amount of calories, then maybe you are thinking about food way too much. A new hobby could take your mind off it.
  • rsparks38
    rsparks38 Posts: 51
    I would get your blood sugar checked. I am hardly a poster child for those sorts of problems, yet I have them. I was overweight, but not obese, I am pear shaped, not apple shaped and there is no history of these problems in my family. I found out I am insulin resistant (or was). Also, if I drink diet soda I am hungry within 30 minutes (stomach growling hunger) because even though it has 0 calories it messes with my blood sugar.
  • aimeeang
    aimeeang Posts: 8 Member
    i have the exact same problem.

    i already increased my caloric goal from 1200 to 1390 (weight loss goal of half pound a week)

    eating oatmeal every morning with raisins and almond nuts (i put splenda on it, which i'm trying to cut down on, coz brown sugar is 190 calories a packet)

    i eat white rice every lunchtime (1 cup) and will order brown rice when i have the option. with chicken or fish meat. with roasted vegetables

    at dinnertime, i eat instant noodles mixed with iceberg lettuce. or rice with chicken again.

    i snack a lot - oranges, bear paws, cookies, kaiser rolls (my workplace has a lot of this free food, it is driving me nuts).

    i'm exercising a lot to catch up on the calories and i lose at least 350 a day (which means i'm eating 1700 cals at least) - biking to work, jillian michaels six pack abs, tabata training, jogging, parkour...

    good luck to us. i think the suggestion to drink water, eat veggies and protein is a good one. i am trying to drink more milk, eggs now too
  • aimeeang
    aimeeang Posts: 8 Member
    correction: brown sugar is 11 calories, artificial sweetener is 0...sorry about that
  • JennieAL
    JennieAL Posts: 1,726 Member
    Have you used a calculator to figure up how many calories you need for maintenance? And then subtract about 500 for a deficit?

    Try to hit your macros... Protein, Fat... then Carbs. And use whole grain stuff for carbs, that might help. I know that when I mindfully concentrate on hitting my Protein first, then usually all else falls into place.
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