Hungrey newbie!!!!

Iknow you have probably heard this a million times. Drink lots of water!!! :drinker: :drinker: :drinker: Every 2 hours i take down a bottle of water, it curbs my appettite a bit. Dont look at my recent meals because I took a break, but previous to that i take down about 14 cups of water and eat as healthy as i wanted. It helps.

If you want meat, then eat meat. Nobody said you have to be a vegetarian to join MFP. However:

1) How many calories are you consuming daily?
2) Are you drinking eight glasses of water or more a day?
3) Are you eating enough fruits and veggies for adequate fiber?
4) Are you exercising, and if so are you eating your exercise calories back?

Also, if you open your food diary, I am sure there are several knowledgeable people here who can give good suggestions about any adjustments you might want to make.

Are you hitting your calorie target? open your diary, let's have a look.
Usually protein and fiber tend to be most filling, so make sure you're getting plenty.
Plan ahead to create a menu that you can live with, and puts food in your mouth at the times you want it the most.

play around with the calories v weight loss I found that by aiming to lose 1.5lb a week it made quite a diffance to my allowance and I'm never hungry

It was the same for me when I first started. I was starving, all the time! I think it was just because my body was used to eating so much more at each meal. It gets better fairly quickly. Your body will adjust to your lower intake. What worked for me was a lot of small, low calorie snacks every couple hours to take the edge off; yogurt, cottage cheese, fiber bar etc.. Good Luck! It really has been worth it.

Make sure you are drinking lots of water - like a gallon a day. Stay away from caffeine as it's an appetite stimulant.

Try switching to turkey! Lean ground turkey instead of ground beef, sliced turkey breast instead of roast beef or ham, turkey bacon instead of regular bacon (it also comes in a lower-sodium version). Less calories and less fat, but fill you up the same as the other meats Fish is also good - I eat albacore tuna with black pepper - it tastes really good, great protein, and it makes me drink a lot of water while I eat it

I've heard people say to drink 2 glasses or a bottle of water right before you eat, and that'll help fill you up.

There's also the smaller plate trick. Use a 10" plate instead of a 12" plate when you switch to smaller portions, and your brain will think you have lots of food. Even if you know it's happening, the trick still works.

Also, if you start eating 4-6 smaller meals throughout the day instead of three large ones, you'll find that your stomach gets used to it, and you get fuller quicker - so it takes a lot less to fill you up. I know what you mean though, before I stated counting calories I could eat the big ol' 12 oz steak with the potatoes and veggies and rolls and dessert on top of that. But now that I'm used to eating this way, I can just eat a little food at once and be full

Good luck!

I was like that most of the time at the beginning of my journey (started 80 days ago) and don't give up and try not to give in to every single craving. Like others have mentioned here, are you drinking lots of water? That can make a whole lot of difference in your appetite or sometimes we confuse thirst with hunger. What does your food diary look like? Are you cooking at home? I don't think eating out is very sustainable in terms of calorie intake as restaurant dishes, even the ones they have in their healthy menu can have a lot of calories and that limits what you can eat for the rest of the day.

My recommendation for anyone trying to lose weight is to plan meals ahead, this makes it so much easier because when you get home from work you're not like "what should I cook" Ugh! I don't have this, I don't have that, Oh I am not going to cook then." Also try to include protein in most of your meals. This keeps me very full throughout the day. Here, I'll leave a list of what I've been doing that has now become a second nature for me.

1. Plan your weekly meals - By this, I mean your dinners or main day dish. I plan 4 servings of dinner, 2 for dinner for the hubby and I and 2 for next day's luch for the hubby and I. I don't plan Saturdays because those are the only days I allow myself to eat out, or maybe I'll make just make a sandwich and anything that keeps me out of the kitchen : )

2. Every meal has to include protein, so my meals revolve around diches I can make with skinless chicken breast, fish fillet, chicken skinless drumsticks, lean pork tenderloin, ground turkey, shrimp, texturized soy protein, extra clean beef for stew, and tuna.

3. In my fridge and pantry I always keep: almond milk (I switched to this because it has less calories that skim milk and I use it in my coffee and oatmeal mixed with water), oatmeal, eggs, the veggies I need for my dinners, fruit for snacking, yogurts for snacking, cheese strings for snacking, turkey ham for sandwiches in case I can't cook, and the list goes on but these are the essential things I need to sustain healthy and fulfiling eating for my life-style.

4. Breakfast consists of something like: coffee sweetened with stevia and creamed with 1/4 of a cup almond milk (20 calories), 2 egg whites cooked with pam (40 calories - there goes my protein), a light muffin (100 calories), an oatmeal (130 calories). That is only 280 and a lot of goodies, so when lunch comes around I am not that hungry because I already packed everything mentioned above.

5. To calculate the calories in my dinner dishes, I create a recipe on the MFP recipe option for 4 servings. Most of my dinners stay around 300-450 per serving....AMAZING.

With this plan, I am no longer hungry between foods. What I continue to crave though is milk chocolate but only buy a bar if i happen to go to the store, meh.