[MrsD2008]

Hello all! I have come and gone here since starting WW several years ago. I had some health issues that actually forced me to stop WW, but now I'm back. I'm at my highest weight ever and I want it gone. Anyway, I get 38 points a day, I'm eating all those points plus some weeklies and I'm waking up in the early morning (3am-4:30am) extremely hungry. Sometimes I give in and have an apple, but it usually doesn't satisfy and I'm awake until 6:30am when I deem it appropriate to actually make breakfast. I'm working the plan just as I used to, but something's not working this time around! I can post a couple sample menus if that helps. Any advice?

[SoMuchFattitude]

Good morning! I remember you MrsD!!!

I also get 38 points a day and rarely feel hungry. I'd love to see a sample menu or two. Maybe I can help!

[MrsD2008]

See, I never used to get hungry on WW, I always found it satisfying! I was reading that your body sometimes sends hunger signals when it's really just thirsty and I've been dehydrated for a couple days, so I wonder if that's my problem.

I posted yesterday's menu on the daily menu thread. Here are a couple more.

Sat. Feb 7th
Breakfast:
Homemade Breakfast Sandwich (1 scrambled egg, 1 piece FF Cheese, 2 slices ham, whole grain light English muffin): 7PP
4oz Trop 50 orange Juice: 1PP

Snack:
1/2 C fresh strawberry halves: 0PP
3 Tbsp FF Coolwhip: 1PP

Lunch:
Subway Flatbread, turkey and black forest ham, spinach, tomatoes, banana peppers, olives, green peppers and onions, 1Tbsp Sweet Onion dressing: 10PP

Snack(s):
Nectarine: 0PP

Kalamata Olives: 2PP
RF Cheese Stick: 2PP

Single Serving Cup Natural PB: 7PP
Celery: 0PP

Dinner:
Taco salad (2 hard taco shells, 1/2 C turkey taco meat, shredded lettuce, diced tomatoes, RF shredded Mexican cheese blend, salsa): 8PP

Dessert:
FF Choc. pudding cup: 3PP
2 Tbsp FF Coolwhip: 1pp

Points Allowed: 38/Points Used: 38+4 weeklies=42PP

Sunday Feb 8th

Breakfast
2 pieces whole wheat, light toast (Sara Lee): 2PP
Land O'Lakes Light Butter w/ Canola Oil, 1 Tbsp: 1PP
2 Eggs over easy: 4PP
Trop50, 8oz: 2PP

Snack
nectarine: 0PP
1/2 C. LF (2%) cottage cheese: 2PP

Lunch
Tuna To go Cup: 2PP
Light Mayo: 1PP
FF Cheese: 1PP
2 slices whole wheat bread: 2PP
1 Cup chicken broth: 0PP

Snacks
celery: 0PP
hummus: 4PP

0% Chobani Greek Yogurt 3PP

Dinner
Homemade Wonton Soup (broccoli, pea pods, mushrooms, water chestnuts, roasted pork, 5 vegetable wontons, chicken bone broth): 10PP

Dessert:
Skinny Cow Ice Cream Sandwich: 4PP

Points Allowed: 38/Points Used: 38



I just restarted last Friday. Maybe my body needs more time to adjust?

[SoMuchFattitude]

Yes, it is true that your body mistakes thirst for hunger. I *try* to have a glass of water or hot tea or something when I feel hungry but know I've eaten good quality food within the last 3 hours. Then I know it's fake hunger.

You're making pretty good choices. I've started plugging all my food into My Fitness Pal, as well as my WW app because I feel like it's given me a better sense of my macro-nutrients. I've learned that the higher my carb/sugar load the hungrier I am all day. Also, if I don't eat enough fat (especially at breakfast) I'm hungry all day. If I eat a fattier breakfast with lower carbs I don't feel the need to snack all day either. So, with that being said, I would personally probably skip the juice and use either real cheese or RF (just not FF) at breakfast.

This is my 38pp day for today and this is on the high end of carbs for me, but I knew it would be today. The husband wanted hotdogs and fries for dinner and lunch was from a special event over the weekend.

I've included the macro-nutrients so you can see the breakdown.

Breakfast: coffee w/ REAL cream (3pp), 3 "egg muffins" (7pp)
egg muffins: 12 eggs, 12tbsp egg whites, 8oz turkey sausage, 6 slice bacon, mushrooms, tomatoes, spinach and 2/3c RF cheddar baked in muffin tins. Makes 18 muffins @ 2pp a muffin
10pp - 375kcal/4 carbs/26g fat/29g protein/1g fiber/1g sugar

Lunch: Homemade Arroz Con Pollo (10pp)
10pp - 448kcal/65 carbs/ 11g fat/ 46g protein/3g fiber/ 7g sugar

Snack: Noosa Yogurt (4pp) and plum (0pp)
4pp - 86kcal / 27g carb/ 6g fat/ 8g protein/ 2g fiber/ 25g sugar

Dinner: 2 Hebrew National 97% FF hot dogs (2pp), 2 Healthy Life Lite Hot Dog Buns (2pp), oven baked fries (4pp), 1tsp evoo (1pp)
9pp - 458kcal/ 79g carbs/ 8g fat / 25g protein/ 12g fiber/ 8g sugar

PP Total: 35/38
Macro Total: 1467kcal / 175carbs / 51g fat / 108g protein/ 18g fiber/ 41g sugar

This is probably WAY more info than you wanted.

[SoMuchFattitude]

Well - scratch ALL of that according to your chat post since you have to do low fat and carbs.

I'd start pounding the water and playing with complex carbs. Try adding in some fruit. Like apples and RF peanut butter instead of pudding and cool whip, something to that nature.

[MrsD2008]

I am having a hard time "counting carbs" AND tracking points. I do MFP on my phone, but I really only enter the food, I don't check nutrients. I try to skip the juice some days (like today) but most days I like a little to take my pills with. I have a hard time swallowing them with water or hot tea. The hunger I felt this morning when I woke up at 4:30 went away for the most past when I had a bottle of water. I just finished breakfast, so I should be all set until noon time.

[SoMuchFattitude]

I don't actually check them before I enter them. Sorry if that's confusing. I don't count carbs per say, I'm just very aware of what I'm eating.

So maybe it's just thirst after all! That'd be exciting!

[MrsD2008]

I've had 5 bottles of water (about 84 oz) of water so far today and I haven't felt that hungry! The surgeon told me fatty foods would bother my gallbladder, but natural, full fat PB doesn't, niether does one or two cheese sticks a day (I much prefer the full fat cheese over RF), so I'm going to stick with those. I entered my plan for food into MFP and I have 185 g carbs, 58 g fat and 103 g protein. I need more protein and a little less carbs. I'll be working on that.