I'm actually ravenous right now and I had some cottage cheese with sprouts at 3pm and a bowl of strawberries, mandarin and kiwi with yoghurt at 6pm. At lunch I had a hard boiled egg spinach salad with tons of veg. I really just am hungry all the time.
I also find that sometimes when I think I am hungry , I am really thirsty or bored. Boredom will bring me to the refrigerator or find me ransacking the cupboard . It helps to find something else to do at these times. call a friend , take a walk, log on 3FC and read the forums. Distraction will keep my mind off food and I will be OK untio the next meal.
I've been eating super, super clean for a month (very little processed food, no fast food, no sugar), and now I find that I'm just not anywhere *near* as hungry as I used to be.
I'm also reading the Complete Beck Diet book, and it talks about recognizing that 1) hunger is not an emergency (you can wait), 2) stop eating when you're full, and 3) that you will almost always feel full about 20 minutes after eating something, and 4) learning to recognize true hunger instead of just a craving.
Last night I was eating my very healthy dinner, I realized I was full, and I put the rest in a container for today's lunch. This morning at 10 a.m. I was hungry, meant to grab some carrots and grapes and forgot, and then 20 minutes later I realized I wasn't hungry any more.
But I've always kinda wondered if someone who weighs 130 pounds literally is not as hungry as someone who weighs 230 pounds as someone who weighs 330 pounds, etc.
Last edited by Athenawithheart; 04-03-2009 at 03:44 PM.
For me it depends a lot on what I eat, veggies tend not to stick with me very long and I get hungry again more quickly.
The thing I really hate is going to bed and already having some hunger, I have woken up in the middle of the night several times because I was so hungry.
I find it helps a lot to not be done eating too quickly. The most obvious thing is, of course, to eat slower. It really helps a lot. Also, I try to have a small something about 1/2 hr before a meal, and that helps me register fullness sooner.
I am not a happy camper unless I feel fairly full. I don't necessarily eat less food though. I eat at least 4 1/2 cups of veggies a day on South Beach and I usually eat every 3 hours. Sometimes the amount of food on my plate is bigger than my husband's. But it's all the filling, high satiety type foods like whole grains, veggies, beans and monounsaturated fats. It's all about the quality of the food vs. the quantity that can make you feel fuller.
You can always go kiss someone with a cold. I've been down with a bad headcold for two days and simply cannot force myself to eat. I figure there is a silver lining in every cloud, right? LOL
For the full feeling I love smashed cauliflower loaded with salt and pepper and five calorie margarine. I also love anything warm--I make coffee in the afternoons and drink way too much of it usually but it really takes the edge off that hunger feeling. If I snack on baby carrots it helps as well.
You may want to up your super lean proteins for a while. I like egg whites (4-5) topped with salsa. Fish is great--same for chicken breast. Also, from the very, very beginning of my weightloss journey I made sure I was eating healthy fats just as I do now. Avacado (1/5 of one), 1 ounce of high quality dark chocolates, 10-15 raw almonds, or 1-2 TBS. of peanut butter worked into your calorie allotment a couple of times a day will work wonders if you stay after it. The healthy fats (aside from the nutritional benefits) are satiating and will stave off that hunger you are feeling if you keep them in your body at all times.
Last edited by Thighs Be Gone; 04-04-2009 at 12:57 AM.
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"But I've always kinda wondered if someone who weighs 130 pounds literally is not as hungry as someone who weighs 230 pounds as someone who weighs 330 pounds, etc."
I found that, on the contrary, now that I'm not carrying extra weight I feel hunger more acutely than when I was fat and ate for other reasons. As though my body is saying "hey, I've got nothing extra to burn, so feed me!"
