That "Am I Hungry" Feeling?

[lwatkins04]

I am on my day 1 of whole 30. Mid morning, I felt hungry. At least I think I was hungry. My stomach wasnt growling, but I didnt feel as full as I normally feel. I dont even know if I was hungry. I decided I will add more veggies to tomorrows breakfast to see if that helps. But here I am again, one hour after lunch, and I have that same feeling. Theres no way I should be hungry. I had a nice amount of protein, veggies, nuts, and a banana. 

 

Anyone else have these feelings? I cant tell if Im hungry or not. Its strange. 

 

Here is what I have eaten:

 

Meal 1: Three egg veggie scramble, 2 slices of bacon, 1/2 avocado and a cup of melon.

Meal 2. Chicken salad over lettuce greens, sliced cucumbers, cashews/coconut, and a banana. 

 

I feel like Im hitting all my points with the guidelines. Maybe its just because its day 1 and its new? I dont know. Just thought it was weird because I cant tell if Im actually hungry or not! 

[MeadowLily]

Mr. Watkins....you could definitely eat more protein at breakfast.   You can think of those 2 slices of bacon as your fat source rather than a protein.  Bacon has more fat than protein.  You could easily eat  5 eggs and be right in the pocket.   Cashews, coconut and a banana do little for the blood sugar stability.   Eat more protein and fat at every single meal.  You also need some cooked vegetables for all 3 meals.   Salads and raw vege won't tide you over like 3 cups of cooked vege at every meal.   I eat 9 cups of cooked vege aday.  I use my fruit like a condiment and don't think of it like a dessert.   I neva eva snack on nuts or dried fruits..Trail Mix.  I use them for cooking purposes only or once again as a small condiment thrown over the top of meals.  Nuts are not to be used as the primary source of Fats.  

 

Mr. Watkins, you're hungry.  Cravings are artificial hunger.  When you're really hungry, it comes roaring back and will not go away after 5 minutes like a craving will.  More protein and fat for supper.

 

Ms. Watkins....oopsies.  Three to four eggs then.   Four is good. 

[lwatkins04]

Thank you. Its Ms. Watkins by the way lol. 

 

I thought cashews and coconut (nuts) were considered fat? 

[lwatkins04]

Thank you. Strange, I thought fat sources came from cooking fat, avocado, nuts etc. I will have to re-read the guidelines set out. 

[ladyshanny]

Hmmm...you might not be eating enough, actually.  How many veggies were in your scramble? 1-3 cups worth?  How much lettuce did you have? With leafy greens you generally need a wheelbarrow full of them in order to be completely full, they compress down to nearly nothing when you chew them.

 

I would probably try eating more veggies before adding the fruits to each meal.  Try cooked veggies either in addition to your salad or in place of it and see how you go.

 

Have you seen the meal template (linked below)? 

[ladyshanny]

Thank you. Its Ms. Watkins by the way lol. 

 

I thought cashews and coconut (nuts) were considered fat? 

Nuts are a fat source but they are not an optimal one.  They are unbalanced in their fatty acid profile, they can be hard to put down once you start (food without brakes), they can keep your sugar dragon (if you have one) alive, especially the sweeter nuts like cashews and they are digestively difficult for a lot of people.

 

Better sources are your animal fats (tallow, lard, ghee), olives, avocado, olive oil etc.

[dawner]

This brings me to a question that maybe you can answer, when you say 1-3 Cups of cooked vegetables, what veggies are you cooking?  I need some ideas, that amount of veggies is tough to get down.  Just some ideas if you don't mind  Do you count sweet potatoes as veggies or no?  Thanks!

[MeadowLily]

 

Go to the store and load up every vegetable under the sun.

 Throw all of it on a baking sheet and roast in the oven.   The sky is not the limit.  You can go well beyond the sky.

 

 Use bacon fat, coconut oil, macadamia nut oil,  olive oil or ghee/olive oil combo to roast your vege.

 Learn to love vegetables.  

  You can package up your leftovers in individual zip lock bags for the entire day if you're working. 

 

[MeadowLily]

[lwatkins04]

Thank you ladyshanny. That is very helpful. I have seen the meal template, when they say 'fill the rest of your plate with vegetables' I took that as how ever much you want. Looks like I really need to step up my veggies. Lettuce at lunch was only a cup, there were cucumbers and celery as well. 

 

I use cooking fat, and i like avocado but I was wanting to do some variety so I didnt get sick of the same thing. I planned on using the nuts as a fat source a couple times a week. I figured that wasnt too much. 

[dawner]

THANK YOU!!!  I'm going to get on it!

[LisaPT]

I love the idea of buy them all and roast em!!!

[ladyshanny]

I love the idea of buy them all and roast em!!!

I do roasted veggies at our house all the time too.  The one thing I would recommend is that if you want a really good caramelized exterior, don't put too many "wet" veggies in with them (eg, mushrooms, zucchini, tomatoes) because they can end up steaming instead of roasting.  I do a single layer with all solid veggies and one "wet" one and it turns out great!