still hungry

[jj527]

I am still always feeling hungry all the time. I'm eating the suggested amounts.

[ladyshanny]

Can you post some detail about your specifics? What are you eating (include portions as they relate to your palm/thumb), how much water, what exercise, what stress, time of month, pregnant/nursing, sleep etc.

 

What sort of background of nutrition did you come from? A fairly healthy intake or lots of processed, reduced calorie, fat free etc?

[eboyle86]

I can tell you that I'm hungry all the time   I think for me it's more mental as I've been overweight and an over-eater/grazer my entire life. I lost 60 pounds by calorie counting to within 1200 a day but switched to Whole30 as a means of eating enough food without calorie counting and not gaining weight (I've actually slowly lost weight during the almost year I've been eating Whole30/Paleo. I've gone from 250 in March 2010, to 225 May 2013 and 142 June 2015). BUT, I'm still always hungry. As soon as I finish breakfast I think about when and what I'm going to eat for lunch. As soon as I finish lunch, I think about dinner. And as soon as I eat dinner I think about what I have in my cupboards that I could possible tack onto my meal to tell myself it was part of dinner....It's very much a mental battle for me trying to combat my old eating habits and telling myself that I just ate and don't need to eat again. I'm usually pretty good between M1 and 2 and 2 and 3 but after dinner, man does my stomach act like it's dying and has to be fed. I do my best to ignore it and not give in but I would be lying if I said I stick to only three meals EVERY day.

 

That being said, seeing an example of your daily food would be great. I know from experience, that I don't really eat enough fat to keep myself from feeling hungry and that's a lingering side effect of the calorie counting

[ultrarunnergirl]

I found during my first Whole30 I had to eat more than I thought seemed reasonable at each meal -- and I've always been a big portion eater. The Meal Template (see link in my signature) is a minimum recommendation. If you can't go 4 hours after a meal before you get hungry again, eat more. Don't skimp on your fat!

[annc3333]

I'm experiencing the same thing.  Hunger especially at night and after eating a significant amount of food.  My stomach hurts from it, especially by the time I go to bed and then I have trouble sleeping.   Last night I ate at least a palm or two of ground beef, a large portion of cabbage and onion stir fry with a few tablespoons of homemade pesto (no cheese) for the fat.  I ate around six and it was very filling but by ten I was starving and had trouble getting to sleep because of it.  I know there are not rules against eating more than three times a day but I would like to keep it to three because I think it will enhance the chances of me losing some weight which is my priority right now.  

 

Historically eating carbs before I go to bed helps my sleep a lot.

 

Like eboyle86 I've also lost a significant amount of weight in the past (75 pounds), although in the last 1.5 years I've regained 12 pounds of it.  I have seen this pattern many times from others who have lost a lot of weight, always feeling hungry.  It seems we might just be left with a lifetime side effect of messed up hunger/satiety hormones.   Or maybe we are still doing something wrong--eat more, eat less, eat this, eat that…I keep trying to figure it out but nothing miraculous yet, just a lot of work and focus.  

[ultrarunnergirl]

annc,

  cabbage and onion are delicious but if your stomach hurts you might want to experiment with different veggies -- both of those can cause trouble for some. I would eat a starchy veg like butternut squash, beets or sweet potato to hold you longer.