Hunger pains!!! What can I do?

Water, Water, Water. It totally makes you feel full and keeps you ok between meals! (and i NEVER drank water before I started)

Really, I think the answer is that you need to eat the calories that MFP recommends. I have a long history of going on drastic diets, then suffering from hunger pains and weakness. Of course, then I'd stop dieting and start gaining weight again. This time around, I'm eating just enough so that I don't feel very hungry, and it's working. I'm losing weight very slowly, but it's staying off and I haven't gone back to my old ways. I eat about 250 calories for breakfast, 450 for lunch, 500-600 for dinner, and maybe 100 for a small snack or two. At first, I was a little bit hungry, but I got used to it. You can do it...just count those calories!!!

Drink a huge glass of water! It helps.

Make your diary public so we can better comment on it :flowerforyou:

Chances are you're not eating enough - many people start MFP on too few calories. Set yourself to lose 1lb a week and eat back a good proportion of your exercise calories.

If you're still hungry look at changing what you eat to more satisfying foods (a bit more protein, for instance) of if you "run out" of calories do a bit more exercise to eat more.

A bit of it is getting used to it, unfortunately. Before I joined MFP I worked out I was easily eating and drinking 3,000 calories a day. Although my starting MFP recommendation of 1,640 calories was quite modest, it was a lot less food for me!

Drink hot blackcurrent squash!

Hi all,

I've only just joined on here. And i'm wondering if anyone has any advice about how to get rid of the nasty hunger pains I seem to be getting. I'm trying my best to stay motivated, but every time I feel like i'm getting somewhere I start getting really bad pains again.

I'm trying to lose the baby belly and improve my confidence, but feel like i'm failing. I'm also unsure on what I should and shouldn't be eating.....So far today I've had a bowl of porridge for breakfast and a bowl of bran flakes with sultanas for lunch.

Really appreciate any advice.

I like your screen name. \m/ \m/

Before we give you any advice, make your diary public. Doesn't sound like you had enough protein so far, and that will make you hungry. You need to eat a piece of cheese or meat with most cereals because they don't have enough protein. Those are good foods but perhaps not enough as some others have said.

That's just one of the super features of myfitnesspal that wasn't available with the old diets.
-We can share our food intake and get advice
-We can fine tune our intake in advance before we overeat
-We can be reminded to exercise more if we go over
-We can scan our food labels which is half the work

I love myfitnesspal.

water doesnt seem to help the pains for me either.... so Im trying hot home made vegetable broth....the warmth seems to calm me, fill my tummy and the flavor is nice, and tricks me into thinking im eating....

sorry but i can't help but laugh at your bowl of porridge, i didn't know anyone other than the three little bears actually ate that!:laugh:
As far as eating i am no expert however, after many years of trial and error i have discovered it is best not to go on a crash diet and deprive yourself. It makes for a slower progression of results however, a easier maintainable weightloss program to just eat smaller portions and add in some healthier choices. I try to incorporate more fruits and veggies, like one always hears they should do (and snacking on one of these helps with those hunger pains). I also like to keep a crunchy gronola bar on hand if i'm hungry and need a quick snack on the go. I do however, get a desire to eat ice cream and so i have some but just one scoop as opposed to 2 or 3. Addtionally, i have found Edy's makes an awesome sugar free vanilla churned ice cream that is only 100 calories per 1/2 cup. I think the biggest key to weightloss is exercise exercise exercise and eating the suggested amount of calories for your body/age. Lastly, keep those indulgent drinks limited to one or two days a week and only a couple of glasses/bottles. Cheers!:drinker:

If you're having hunger pains, it probably means you're hungry and your body needs some food! Try dividing up your calories to make sure you're eating a little more frequently. Also, if you're nursing, you need to calculate that into calories burned. I'm not sure how, but someone on here will. Make sure you're netting at least 1200 calories a day.

You need to eat little and often so it doesn't build up to pain. I eat the recommended cals and eat my exercise cals back and can honestly say I don't feel hungry very often. I've also just given up eating bread completely as it seemed to be taking up far too many of my cals and it was my 'go to' snack that I would eat without thinking. Now if I want a snack I have to think about what to have and often the time it takes makes me realise I'm not actually hungry!

I also like the user name....just saw Black Sabbath at Download a couple of weeks ago \m/

If you have hunger pains EAT. Geesh....don't let yourself go hungry.

Eat! You need to listen to your body, just make wise choices. Eat a small 1oz. wedge of cheese, a whole grain slice of bread, carrots, broccoli, or other raw veggie with a sprinkle of sea salt, choose one and see if it helps. You may need to up your protein, try a boiled egg.

i would say you should eat food with more substance and you wont be hungry. 2 servings of egg beaters and 4 slices of turkey bacon is under 300 calories and will keep you feeling full plus give you nutrients.