NEVER full

i do low carb, and i rarely have an appetite. i eat a salad with some protein, and i'm full for the day.

Protein Fluff.


That'll fill you up.

Try upping your fat - I know it may sound counter-intuitive because of the 9 calories per gram, but fat and protein are much more filling than carbs (they trigger an appetite suppressant hormone in your body).

Add some coconut oil or olive oil to your foods. Have some higher fat greek yogurt.

Also, as Taso pointed out sarcastically, eat more!

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Upon closer look at your diary, you really aren't eating enough - assuming you're tracking all your food.

You shouldn't be under 1000 calories/day regularly and you should be aiming for 1200 every day. If at 1200 calories, you're still always hungry, then start taking some of this advice.

Over the past 5 days, these are how many calories you left "remaining"

872
415
1191
281
321

I have a novel idea for you - how about eating up to your target? Then maybe you won't be hungry.

But...but...that makes sense and then what would she have to post about???

Maybe I'm missing something? You (OP) said you had eaten enough that you should feel full but didn't, correct? I'm not sure that eating more or different things will make any difference. It's possible, but it's also possible that your body simply isn't telling you that it's full even when it is. Prader-Willi syndrome can cause this, though it's usually diagnosed as a child But there may be lesser problems with the hypothalamus that could cause this. It can also be a sign of an eating disorder, but since you recognize and control it, that also seems unlikely.

If you don't mind feeling a little bit nauseous, try eating a large apple on its own. I tend to feel slightly ill for the next couple of hours which makes me lose my appetite, lol.

I never full either. I'm not a vegitarian. My dr. Put me on a medication called symlin. She said cells in your stomach are suppose to tell your stomach your full, but sometimes it doesn't work. I used the medication for a couple of weeks and it helped. The medication was so expensive I had to discontinue its use. I spoke with my weight dr.who prescribed an appetite suppresant.

If you never completely log all your food, how do you know where you are at end of the day?

Help me understand why on earth your goal is to lose 15 pounds if you already have a low-normal BMI?

I'm not saying at a low BMI you ought not keep an eye on your food or ought not exercise. That would be a silly thing to say. BUT, at a low BMI, seems to me weight loss is not a goal that promotes health. Perhaps fat loss, lean muscle gain, perhaps fitness goals measured by accomplishments, like a faster mile in running, swimming, biking, cross country skiing, or whatever or strength gains (which don't necessarily mean weight gains and DON"T mean buliking up if you're a woman).

If you have a low BMI, you eat 1000 calories, and you're hungry, everything is working just fine. You are hungry because you should eat more. So. Eat more. Find out your BMR (calories burned in a coma) and find your TDEE (what you burn in activities plus your BMR). Don't eat less than your BMR. Eat a reasonable (~20% less than your TDEE but still above your BMR) deficit if you want to lose weight, but again, weight loss is not necessarily a great idea. Fat loss and muscle building maybe.

Please respect your body and listen to the signals it gives you. It does so much for you and can do so much more. Please listen to it and feed it.

Raw almonds fill me up big time. It's amazing. Just a good handful and I feel full for hours.

Sorry I was confused. Which produces the appetite supersant hormone? Fat or protein or carbs.