Ok so today is one of those days. For lunch I had a large lettuce salad with 2 cups mixed spinach, cukes, celery, green pepper, raw red onion etc on it. IP Chicken soup. Water and more water. It's 1:30 and I'm already hungry again. I have emergency RTD with me but sometimes I feel like drinking half of one of those when I am hungry (and after I've tried drinking water and more water or it's going to be 6 + hours between meals) is what's putting my weight loss on the skids. (meaning no weight loss).
No answers back from my coach. As usual.
Fantasizing about lunch tomorrow where I plan on mixing IP chicken soup with a lot less water, add half to my Sunbeam non stick quesadilla maker, top that with my veggies and pour the rest of the batter over it. Cook till done. I'll report back if that works.... I got the idea the other night when I walked past a store display with the mini doughnut maker.
Last edited by Great Dane; 10-18-2012 at 04:33 PM.
Ok so today is one of those days. For lunch I had a large lettuce salad with 2 cups mixed spinach, cukes, celery, green pepper, raw red onion etc on it. IP Chicken soup. Water and more water. It's 1:30 and I'm already hungry again. I have emergency RTD with me but sometimes I feel like drinking half of one of those when I am hungry (and after I've tried drinking water and more water or it's going to be 6 + hours between meals) is what's putting my weight loss on the skids. (meaning no weight loss).
No answers back from my coach. As usual.
Fantasizing about lunch tomorrow where I plan on mixing IP chicken soup with a lot less water, add half to my Sunbeam non stick quesadilla maker, top that with my veggies and pour the rest of the batter over it. Cook till done. I'll report back if that works.... I got the idea the other night when I walked past a store display with the mini doughnut maker.
Remember you can have unlimited lettuce.
When I would get like this I would have a chai tea with cinnamon and a little vanilla rtd in it to get me through. Warm liquids help fill you up ....
Stop thinking about the donut maker ... that might help too
I've been drinking my usual hot coffee, that's why there's even more water and more water!! Oh and I've added the eating of lettuce salads a few weeks ago to see if that moves the scale.
I've been drinking my usual hot coffee, that's why there's even more water and more water!! Oh and I've added the eating of lettuce salads a few weeks ago to see if that moves the scale.
I'd go something decaf ... or lower caf like teas. Throwing in a little of the RTD gives it a sweetness that helps too and cinnamon helps your metabolism and lessens your appetite.
You can move your protein (or even just 1/2 of it) to lunch time as John suggests. You can also move your PM IP snack to after lunch which is what many people do as that time is too long to go between meals. I always did that.
Play around a little with when you eat your foods. The only rule on timing is to not wait too long between meals and snacks, otherwise you can rearrange the portions any way you want.
I'm starving all the time - I've just resigned myself to it. I was thinking today that 2 IP packets and 2 cups of veggies seems like nothing when you think of it - that's supposed to do me fro 7:00 am - 3:30 pm (when I have my snack) but it NEVER does. Some days I have to take a nap because I'm so weak and tired and hungry.
My coach told me that if I was really hungry to have a hard boiled egg. I've always done that, and/or used a couple of oz of my protein at lunch, which my coach also said is just fine. I agree with Angie, your coach shouldn't be telling you what NOT to do unless they are offering you equally valid options to help you through your hunger!
Consider moving some of your evening protein to lunch. Chicken on that salad would go a long way to filling you up and warding off hunger.
I agree or have an extra packet if you need to. I use RTD's for snacks when I really need something quick. I also have some powdered whey from GNC. I use only one scoop not the three it calls for. Listen to your body. Also being a little hungry is one thing that I have gotten used to but it sounds like you're way beyond that.
What do you have for breakfast? I have egg whites when I wake up, then I have my RTD in coffee around 11 am- that way I can push off lunch until 1:30 or 2 and I'm not hungry all day long.
I'd try moving things around to see what works for you.
My coach said being hungry was just my imagination. That if I am doing my packets and eating when and what I should be eating, I am full and don't need any more. But funny that this would post today because for lunch I had my 1/2 protein and my veggies and was still hungry so I had a restricted. My coach would say bad girl because that means no afternoon snack.
My coach said being hungry was just my imagination. That if I am doing my packets and eating when and what I should be eating, I am full and don't need any more. But funny that this would post today because for lunch I had my 1/2 protein and my veggies and was still hungry so I had a restricted. My coach would say bad girl because that means no afternoon snack.
That's one of the stupidest things I've ever heard of a coach saying.
I'm 100% OP and I get hungry during the day. I know when my stomache starts grumbling it isn't my imagination.
Ate lunch at 12:30, starving by 1:30
