Well so far today I have had:

10:45am Breakfast: Special K & Milk (1%)
12:15pm Lunch: 1 small whole wheat pita with - lettuce, mustard, fat free mayo, fat free swiss cheese slice, sliced fat free deli style turkey
About 1/4 cup fat free vanilla yogurt
1:45pm Snack: cheddar cheese string
2:30 Snack: 1 egg scrambled, tiny bit of ketchup
4 Dare chocolate simple pleasures cookies (35 calories in 4)

Calories - 751.1
Protein - 54.1 28% of calories
Fat - 16.2 g 19% of calories
Carbs - 99.6 52% of calories
Fiber 2.9
Sodium - 2, 529.6

Supper is usually chicken and some type of whole wheat pasta. I know I need to add more fruits and veggies, Im working on it, its hard.

I can usually go long amounts of time without feeling physically hungry, but after I ate breakfast I felt hungry again shortly after, same with lunch....what is going on here? My mom said it is b/c Im eating too many carbs and not enough protein but I havnt really changed the amount of carbs/protein that I eat, I've just been trying to eat less junk food and make healthier choices...

I LOVE my carbs, and I don't want to give them up, I don't know what else I could do for protein, I don't eat beef or pork, and I very very rarely eat fish. I don't want to do low carb either, although I know I could lose weight on it, I dont want to do it b/c I wouldnt be able to handle it and I know it isn't healthy.

I'm so frustrated b/c I try really hard to change my eating but I just always seem to be doing something wrong and I don't see many results, or I get results for a little then it just stops and stays or I gain it back....please help!!

I don't think you're eating "too many carbs." I don't eat any less than you seem to be eating and I lose weight just fine and feel satisfied. This doesn't mean that adding some protein to your breakfast wouldn't help. Actually, I'd take a hard look at your cereal choice. Regular Special K is fairly refined; it's mediocre on protein content and ABYSSMAL in fiber content. There are lots of other tasty whole grain cold breakfast cereals that are low in sugar, have more fiber, and in many cases more protein, than SK. All of these factors will help you feel satisfied longer. And, you could always add some protein to breakfast. For example, some cottage cheese and fruit would serve the double whammy of helping you get more protein and some of that fruit. Or you could have an egg, some other sort of low-fat cheese, etc.

The other thing I notice is that your lunch has almost no fat. I would trade that fat-free mayo for some reduced-fat or regular. Fat is a necessary nutrient, and is necessary for proper vitamin absorption. Eating a little fat with vegetables drastically increases the amount of nutrition your body can actually extract from those vegetables. Speaking of which, lettuce offers almost no nutrition. Eat some baby carrots on the side, trade that lettuce for some fresh spinach leaves and tomato slices. Etc. The extra food will have little calorie impact and significantly increase the amount of fiber and nutrition you get, and again help you feel satisfied longer. Eat some dried fruit with that cheese snack -- more fruit, more fiber, more nutrition.

Finally, one thing to know is that if you were not used to eating breakfast and eating meals spaced throughout the day, it CAN actually make you hungrier. Your body is like a furnace -- if there is no readily available fuel, it just smolders. Add more fuel, and it blazes up. If you feed your metabolism regularly, it will run at high speed. If you don't feed it, it ratchets down to conserve energy. It will adjust sooner or later and you won't feel so hungry, but in the meantime you may go through a period of being hungrier throughout the day than you're used to. Just hang in, get more of that fiber and a little more protein in, and you'll be fine.

I also love carbs...can't live w/o them! I am more careful about picking my carb foods now, and I eat less of them. I look for the nutrition labels and pick breads with 4 or more grams of fibre per serving, whole wheat pasta, bran cereals, All-Bran bars, higher fibre rice, etc. I found that as my body adjusted to the amount of food I was eating, after about 2 weeks the major hunger pangs that I used to get subsided, and the carbs nicely fit into my diet.

Thanks for the tips, the trouble is that I'm a very picky eater, I don't like cottage cheese, spinach or tomatos lol Plus we don't have alot of fruits and veggies regularly around the house to choose from, my stepdad usually does the groceries and only buys what he wants, if either my mom or me ask him to buy something for us he gets pissed off (so glad we only have to put up with him until the 16th!!! Then NO MORE lol) Even after that though there might be more but not a whole lot b/c for the first little while it will be hard for my mom on her own...money wise...for a while. This is just so frustrating, I try to eat healthier and I find out I'm doing it wrong and I'm not getting results!!!!!!

You're not doing it "wrong," you just need refinements.

The thing is, if there is a will there is a way. If you are a picky eater to the point that you leave yourself with few options for eating enough healthy food to stay satisfied to a reasonable degree, then you have to start thinking of what you can do to change that.

To a large degree tastes are learned. If you have a positive attitude about learning to like some new healthy foods, chances are eventually you will learn to tolerate, or even enjoy them. The examples I gave are just examples, I wasn't trying to plan a specific menu for you.

Yes, you have some road blocks, we all do, whether they are personal preferences, ingrained ways of thinking, financial issues, other people, whatever. In each case, if you just say, "Well, can't do that ..." then yes, you're stuck. You have to start doing some creative thinking. This doesn't just mean solving practical problems ("How can we get more healthy foods available in the house?) but also thinking about our own internal roadblocks -- What are you willing to trade for more satisfaction from your food and better nutrition? If you are unwilling to try to unlearn some of your "picky eating" tastes, then you can either continue to do without, or you can just eat things that don't necessarily appeal to you.

There is ALWAYS a choice, there is always a solution. You just sometimes have to look for it in non-obvious places, and sometimes be willing to make changes in outlook or do difficult things to make it happen.

Other protein ideas: tofu, tempeh, veg. burger, soy cheese, canned beans, lentils, hummus. If you don't eat much beans, it might take your body a little while to adjust. They are high fiber and a good veg. source of iron.

Best wishes.

Ditto not doing anything wrong, and also on the fat intake. It's very weird, but if you add a little more fat to your diet, it can made the weight loss easier. The French have a saying "give your body more fat so your body doesn't have to store it". Can you eat nuts, peanut butter (in moderation), cottage cheese can be mixed with things you do like to make it more palatable but still give you the protein. There are so many things you can do with products like tofu.

What about fruit?? You don't mention any in your daily plan. I often have chooped strawberries mixed with cottage cheese. Or banana smoothies with yoghurt and protein powder.

Good luck with it, don't stress too much, it sounds like you are on the right track.