Starving

[Sunny1]

I just started my whole 30 and an hour or two after each meal I'm starving again!!!! What to do??,,

[kirkor]

Eat larger portions and drink more water.

Can you post some example meals?

[ladyshanny]

Oh, that's not good. Can you please post a few days of food (include portion sizes as they relate to your own hand size, please), fluids, exercise, stress, sleep etc.

Whole30 is not a restrictive "diet", we definitely want you to eat. Let's take a look and see if anything stands out.

[Sunny1]

Yes. I eat a palm size of protein each meal I then fill the rest of my plate with veggies and a fat. I also add fruit with my lunch and dinner.

M1: 2 eggs 1 cup spinach and a few olives

M2: ground turkey pattie, 1 cup bok choy 1/2 cup rutabaga 4 strawberries and a few pecans

M3: 1 palm size stuffed bell pepper (stuffed with ground beef and tomato paste) 1 cup bok choy and 1 kiwi

I do drink water through out the day

Thanks

[ladyshanny]

Hi, I think I understand why you're hungry! You need to eat more of everything.

Eggs, as a singular protein are as many as you can hold in your hand. For even tiny women, that's at least 3. Add at least one egg to that breakfast. Veggies are recommended to be 1-3 cups, you can always add more, your breakfast is pretty small. Also note that a lot of times if people are eating too small of a breakfast, it sets them up for hunger later in the day.

Go ahead and increase the size of your meals and see if you can get them to the place where they keep you for 4-5 hours.

[SpinSpin]

Besides upping your veg -- I eat between 9 and 12 cups of veg a day-- I would increase your fats. You can have up to 2 handfuls of olives at a meal, a full fist of nuts (don't depend on that too often though) Add more olives, avocado, homemade mayo in salad dressings and dips, olive oil on your salads as well. Scramble or fry your eggs in ghee. You need the fat to stay feeling satisfied after meals--whole 30 is not a low fat way of eating, not at all!