I am finally buckling down with my dedication to WW and working the plan the way it was meant to be.
However, there are days where I'm extremely hungry, and almost like nothing will satisfy me. I try to eat with in my points range but it's not even close. I usually don't like to use the extra 35 pts because I tend to use them simply because they're there, not because I need them.
Core isn't really a possibility for me because I am not good at knowin when I'm satisfied until I've eaten loads.
I also considered maybe having a snack around w/ both carbs and protein: carbs to fil me up now, protein to sustain the satisfaction.
The first two weeks I lost 8 lbs, which mainly was water weight... as I got better with the water, even though i stayed w/ in my range, I gained 3 lbs ( including over thanksgiving, so it's not too bad)..
What do all you successful ww chicks do when you get super hungry? I know we all have days like that. It's not all the time,, but it's there..
any suggestions or advice would be crazy appreciated.
To be honest, when I get super hungry, I use my flex points! After all, WW gave them to us for a reason, and the target points they give us are the minimum point requirements.
Also, keep some extra veggies around - I find that if my stomach feels like the bottomless pit, and I'm really not hungry, a half a cup of raw, fresh green beans can do wonders to make me feel full.
I'll reconsider my position on the 35 flex points...I'm doing winning points from way back in the day, giving me a max of 25 pts a day... the vegetable thing is also a good suggestion. now if I could just find convenient vegetables I actually like ( besides carrots and corn ).
I believe that with Flex I get 22 pts a day and then the 35 flex points. If I spread the FP's around it's about 27 pts a day...
Admittedly Im a little frustrated, I see people shooting for and acheiving 130 lbs at my height when I can't break past 150. I want all the cards in my favor. Perhaps I'll go to a meeting to check out Momentum, I'm interested to see how it differs from flex.
Whenever I'm having a ravenous day (and oh how frustrating they are!) I try to eat as much fiber as possible, and follow fiber-filled snacks with lots of water. Fiber is so filling! My go to hungry-day snacks are Kashi GoLean Crunch cereal, lentil soup, yogurt with wheat germ (lots of protein too!), or an entire box of frozen peas.
The new Momentum plan will help you immensely. There is no more Core or Flex plan, there are Filling Foods that keep you feeling full without going over your points.
I was also interested that WW states not using the WPA is actually the better way to go.
When I did Winning Points before, I used the soup as my hunger cure. The liquid fills you up. Outside of WW, I had read in a magazine how an apple with a tbsp of peanut butter was a good hunger cure. I tried it and it was very satisfying.
I eat lots and lots of vegetables in a day. I usually have tomatos, cucumbers, peppers and green beans at work for whenever I get hungry. They fill me up, and they're mostly 0 points.
I use all of my Flex points every week - but I have it planned out. So today I have 24 points, then tomorrow I have 30, etc. It varies from day to day and if I have a "hungry day" I just move around my plan for the rest of the week.
I will hard boil a dozen eggs at once. I keep them on hand and eat one (toss the yolk) and it's a good zero point healthy item that really curbs hunger. I'll eat one with breakfast or an hour after a meal, just to make the fullness last longer.
I still get crazy hungry sometimes too, like last night.....I ate all my points for the day (which i try to do by 7pm), but then I just felt so hungry!Normally I just eat my points and feel satisfied and happy about staying on point for the day and eating before at least 8pm, but last night after eating all my points i had some chocolate (ugh, about 5 hershey kisses, who's counting!) and two huge greasy pieces of pizza!(delicious by the way and actually worth it!). But today is a new day! Ill just count that crap into my weekly allowance and move on!
have you tried counting the calories you are consuming over a couple of days? I found on WW that there were simply not enough calories in the points I was eating to be sustainable, so maybe double check that way.
Thanks! Especially for the hard boiled egg idea. I don't like the yolk... I am trying to get better w/ vegetables. I do not like anything beyond carrots or celery raw, but I can eat some others steamed or grilled...
I once made a salad with brocolli, cauliflower, carrots,cucumbers, tomatoes, cheese, grilled chicken and a few croutons on it. I was so hungry when I sat down to eat it, thinking that my advanced hunger would make me eat it all. I ate it...after I took off the tomatoes,broc,cauliflower, cucumbers..
I used to have the veg palate of a 5 year old. I'm progressing into a 7 y/o.
ravenous with ww: how to quell the savage beast.
