Always Hungry!!!

If you're always hungry, you need to eat more! Even when trying to lose weight, you need to eat enough to fuel your body properly. If you just upped your calories, it should help a lot. Give it a couple of weeks and see!

Make sure you get plenty of protein and fiber. These will fill you up for a longer amount of time. Keep drinking water too. Sometimes hunger is actually thirst. If you're hungry, have a cup of water. Give it a few minutes, and if you're still hungry, EAT!
Try to avoid processed foods, even things like lean cuisine, because all the preservatives and additives they put in these foods to keep them "fresh" makes your body work harder to clean them out.

Keep up with the exercise (that may make you gain some water weight at first, so drink more water to flush it out), and you'll see results soon! I lost 4 inches in my first 10 days of 30DS! (Haven't gotten through the second 10 yet, level 2 sucks.)

I didn't look too intensely, but I would skip the Jimmy Dean crap and eat something just...better. Oatmeal with some nut butter in it maybe. It may not sound exciting, but I bet it will keep you feeling fuller for longer.

Way too much processed food and sugar.

Less processed food. More vegetables. More lean protein.

I agree. Trade out the carbs for better carbs. Brown rice, wheat toast, oatmeal, veggies like carrots and broccoli. Carrots and celery really fill me up and you can eat them plain or with lots of different dips like greek yogurt, peanut butter, low cal ranch, etc...

I would throw some fresh fruit in there like apples or grapefruits the help to keep me full and some whole grains It looks like you may need to drink more water too .
Also try some egg whites for breakfast or egg beaters (that is what I eat ) on an arnolds whole grain roll withsome turkey bacon

EAT YOUR EXERCISE CALORIE BACK!!!!!!!! I truly understand that it goes against logic and that you want the weight OFF (the sooner the better). If you're hesitant, experiment with eating those calories that you're leaving on the table by eating more heavy in protein than carbs. If you're still hesitant, make a concerted effort to start by eating half of your calories back.

Sorry to holler, but the solution is at the bottom of your diary...

If she is following fat2fit you don't eat back the exercise calories,it's already added in.

Try eating filling foods: Eggs, rice, lean healthy protein, apples, nuts.

This is what my day looks like:

Breakfast: One egg, 1/2 English muffin, 1 cup of coffee, 2 cups of water.

Snack (2 to 3 hours later) Fruit, usually half a banana, 2 cups of water.

Lunch (about 2 hours later) 1/2 cup brown rice and 2 to 4 ounces of baked chicken (flavored a different way and cooked once each week for the whole week), 2 cups of water.

Snack (about 2 hours later) 1/4 cup yogurt and if I'm hungry I'll add in 1/2 cup granola or 1/4 cup trail mix or more fruit or celery and humus, 2 cups of water.

Dinner (2 to 4 hours later) It varies, but we usually cook something from our Eat Clean Cook book, 2 cups of water.

Snack (about 2 hours later) 3 to 4 cups of Popcorn, fruit, a desert from our Eat Clean Cook book, 1/4 cup trail mix, etc., 2 more cups of water or a cup of hot green tea if I don't want more water.

I take supplemental fiber too and they may contribute to my feeling full. I'm sure the water helps too, but I am never hungry except when it is time to eat again, which feels like it is pretty much all of the time. It is a repetitive, easy, and filling diet.

I would cut out all the calories you are drinking.. Cokes, and juices Eat more veggies and fresh food. Cut out as much processed foods as you can.

I noticed that you eat a lot of prepared foods (Jimmy Dean, Stouffer's,etc) these are usually higher in calories and sodium than foods that you might make yourself. And you eat a lot of cheese, I never find that filling and it's a lot of calories.

My suggestion is to cook more. Lean meats, chicken, fish, etc. and keep them simple. Add a whole grain pasta or rice or skip the starches once in a while and serve 2 or more vegetables with your meals. Stir-fried meat and veggies are super simple and quick and usually low in fat (depends on how you cook them). Plus, you can always cook enough to stretch into 2 meals so you only have to cook every other day, or take leftovers for lunch.

Also, it looks like you need to increase your fiber. Fiber really helps you stay fuller longer. I'd skip the cheese snack and have a bowl of cereal instead, more fiber, same calories.

You might want to make the changes a little at a time so it's not so overwhelming. Also, if you have a craving for something sweet or salty, it's ok to indulge once in a while, just keep it within the calories you alot yourself for snacks and you'll never feel deprived. Hopefully you wont feel hungry either.

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Eat To Live 6 week plan. It keeps me satiated all day long with no cravings! :-)
=> 453 grams raw non-starchy veggies (1 lb.)
=> 453 grams cooked non-starchy veggies (1 lb.)
=> 4 fruit
=> 1 cup beans
=< 1 cup starches
= 1 oz. nuts/seeds
= 1 T flaxseed

Hi Kirsty
Your article its basically the same as what I'm eating also.
I take bowel-biotic's to keeps everything moving thru and it also keeps me full and 2 captuals of spirulana every day. ;-)

You are not eating enough low-calorie fruits and vegetables and too many high-calorie, dense, processed foods, which fill up your calorie goals but not your stomach.