I have days when I can't get the hunger to go away no matter what. Usually I find these associated with my TOM coming in a few days, sometimes even a week before.
I have found during those times, by much trial and error and by much advice from all the great chicks here, what seems to be helping is to not eat a full meal. Try to eat the same amounts of food I normally would, but spread it out over the day into lots of snacks.
Grazing all day long helps to temper the hunger. I can say that it doesn't go away completely but it makes it tolerable.
This seems to happen to me for 2-4 days each month.
You'll find your groove. Hang in there!
Great advice from all the ladies!
Karla
thanks for the ideas. I had TOM last week. I ate tonight at about 530-6. I'm hungry now. I have a little salad leftover. Maybe ill munchsome of that... Thanks again!!
A lot of your veggies seem to be salads. If these salads are mostly lettuce, especially if it's iceberg, they can be improved. Try to make at least 50% of the volume of your salad raw veggies or chilled cooked veggies. Add olives, a little cheese or a few nuts. Go for lettuces that are dark green and red. Add raw spinach. Try some raw veggies with your morning string cheese snack. You can add a side vegetable to a meal along with your salad.
Also, if you've been on SB a couple of weeks, it's time to move into Phase 2. You could add in a serving of whole grains or a piece of fruit for a week and see how you do.
OK - I just ran your day's food into FitDay. It's not going to be exact, because I don't know what veggies you had, how large your salads were, etc., but you may be hungry because you aren't eating enough calories. I got 934 calories. You shouldn't let your calories go below 1200 and depending on your current weight may want to be at a higher level. So you're hungry because you're aren't eating enough. It broke down to 35% fat (15% Saturated), 24% carbs, and 42% protein. Based on that, I'd recommend more complex carbs - veggies, whole grains, & beans. You may want to double check the numbers & percentages by entering a couple days of your actuals as you'll have the correct measurements.
I checked it out there, I do get enough calories. I think I just needed to add a little bit more bulk to my snacks. My meals are enough, I generally do spinach and arugala mix only for salads, along with some cabbage and then lots of veggies. I gave myself a larger protein portion for lunch, which helped. For snack in between lunch and dinner I had a hard boiled egg. That kept me good. And then I didn't ditch the pudding, but I had it with a glass of milk.
I just restarted P1 on Monday. There had been a week break from the first try...LOL...
Why is pudding not allowed? Its SF, the only thing added is milk...which is allowed. What's wrong with it? I'd like to know so that I can take it out. I don't want to be wrecking the diet without knowing it...LOL. let me know, thanks!
I think the biggest mistake I see people do is not eat enough lean protein. Remember this is one food group you can have unlimited amounts. Is this a girl thing? I am a woman but I have always gravitated towards guy type foods. One of the main reasons why I decided to go with SBD is he listed sirloin steak. My alltime favorite food. I have always said that if I were on a desserted island as long as I could have steak and fruit, I would survive. Of course, where I would get a good steak is a mystery but hey it is a fantasy, right?
This is what I do and it works every time when I am hungry: I have a small glass of V-8 along with a stick of reduced fat string cheese. That is 100 calories. Beats out those 100 calories cookies or cracker snacks every time!
Lean protein is the key to making this diet work, IMO. Forget the "fluff". I abandoned the puddings and "fluff" stuff months ago. I didn't eat pudding or Jello before I began this diet so why pick it up? I want food that I can chew and you just can't chew pudding.
I don't know why everyone is so "reluctant" (afraid?) to eat more lean protein. I feel like I am the only one who is eating that way. And, someone (who was so wise I feel) on this website shared a couple of months ago about having trouble losing weight so she went to a nutritionist (or some "expert") about her metabolism. She was told to increase her protein. I think she gave a formula for how much protein to have per body weight. God bless that woman who shared that. I want you to know I read your post. I copied it, did some checking on my own and uped my protein after that.
Guess what? I am losing a steady 1-2 lbs a week. My hair is finally coming in thicker and my skin looks so much better.
Eat lean protein. Eat your veggies. Cut back on fruits and grains. Avoid white sugar or flour. Ditch the hidden and added sugars. That's all you need to do. IMO
Thanks.. I think I eat enough protein though.. I've been adding cheese and dairy to my snacks and veggies and that seems to be helping. Not only to increase my protein in take but to reduce my hunger. I haven't weighed myself for the week yet, but I can tell that I've lost at least a few pounds... I weigh in once a week, on Mondays (terrible if I've had a bad weekend...) I was thinking about switching to Fridays (after a good weekday week and before the weekend can ruin me...)
Imo
