Strong (Wo)man and strong appetite

[Addierose2603]

First, I want to apologize in advance for my horrible spelling. For some reason spell-check isn't working on my phone.

I have been crossfitting since August but only seriously since January. I also started doing Paleo in January. Since then I have been 100% paleo 80% of the time. Recently I have decided to do a Strongman competition. I won't compete till next year but I have started training now. That being said... I am trying to get down to the light-weight division of 140#. I'm weighing in now at 157#-160# depending on the day.

My main problem is... I'm ALWAYS hungry. I snack all day at work (all paleo friendly snacks. I make my own kale chips, jerky, and a lot of hard boiled eggs, etc). But nothing will keep my hunger at bay for very long. And the more training I do the hungrier I get. I don't have time at my job to sit and eat meals so snacking is almost the only way I get to eat. And there are only so many Tupperware containers I can fit into my mini-frig at work. All I drink is water. Can't remember the last time I had anything else.

Any tips would be great. So in short I have a year to lose 20# and still eat...

[kb0426]

My suggestion is that you jump in with both feet and try a whole30! See what impact this will have on your body.

Just looking at your snacking, you likely are not eating enough healthy fats, which would keep your hunger at bay.

[notacommittee]

snack foods like jerkey pack a lot of calories into relatively little mass; have you tried snacking on more bulky foods like vegetables? Or adding bulkier foods to your snacks, since if you're doing strongman training you need a lot of calories to begin with! As a bonus, a lot of veggies don't require refrigerating; you can just bring carrots, celery sticks, etc. and keep them at room temp so no need to crowd up the mini-fridge any more.