Stopping the feeling of hunger?

[*OG Wenger*]

Ok well i'm a gorge eater, i eat lots of **** like chocolate and cakes and stuff like that. I really took the p1ss over the xmas holidays and as you can imagine i have put on quite a bit of weight. I'm about 205-210 lbs, i'm not obese or anything but i am starting to notice a bulge in my stomach. My ideal weight is about 185-190 lbs i think.

I started a diet, well not a diet per se, but just being more sensible with my eating. More nutritious meals and less junk.

Problem i'm having is i always feel hungry. Like today i eat a tuna steak and some salad for lunch and it's not filled me up at all. I snack on some fruit and peanuts but it don't help.

Will my body get used to the lower calorie intake? Is there anything i can do to stop the hunger?

[SplitSecond]

try chewing some gum, i remember a teacher once telling me how it fools your body into thinking your eating and thus it should suppress hunger for awhile longer

no guarantees though, just what i heard

[The Surgeon]

Drink boat loads of water its good for u in many ways but also helps stop your hunger

After a few weeks of struggling to keep your eating down you should find u are less and less hungry, it gets easier

[chav]

Drink boat loads of water its good for u in many ways but also helps stop your hunger

After a few weeks of struggling to keep your eating down you should find u are less and less hungry, it gets easier

Exactly what I was going to write. When you are hungry drink a pint of water / low sugar squash. Drink it in one sitting and walk off with another pint to sip on and it should help.
Your body will adapt in a few weeks and you should be OK again. Eat whole grain foods and avoid sugars and that will also help the cravings and hunger.

[THE REED]

Breakfast is key.

Eggs will keep your stomach feeling full.. Try 3 egg whites and a whole egg mixed with some veggies, some whole wheat toast and some turkey bacon... delicious healthy breakfast.

Around 300 calories, and 35-45 grams of protein.

Eat it as soon as you wake up, you won't be so hungry for lunch.

[SirTomJones]

I tend to drink a pint of water just before each meal.

Seems to work.

[THE REED]

I'm pretty meticulous when it comes to dieting and eating healthy.

This is my eating plan right now (had it saved on my computer)

9:30-10:30am
5 egg whites and 1 whole egg
3 slices turkey bacon
1 slice whole wheat toast
1/4 cup fat free feta
1/2 cup veggies mixed with eggs

350 cals, 7g fat, 24g carb, 46g protein


1:30pm
2 scoop protein shake

180 calories, 40g protein


4:30pm
4oz grilled chicken
1cup mixed veggies
1 tblspn EVOO
1/2 cup whole grain rice

400 calories, 19 g fat, 31g carbs, 27g protein


6pm
1 lowfat cheesestick

70 cals, 8g protein


7-7:30 workout

9pm
4 oz salmon
1 cup mixed veggies
1 cup fruit

223 calories, 7g fat, 17g carbs, 27g protein

11pm
1 cup lowfat cottage cheese

180 cals, 24g protein, 3 g fat


Comes out to around 1400 calories

I got my fat/carbs/protein to 26%/24%/50%

Which ends up at 40g/86g/172g

I do that for about two weeks, and then I add in more, and ramp up to 1800 calories... and then another 2 weeks Ill ramp up again to 2200 calories, as my workouts get more and more intense.

[chav]

Reed, how the hell do you survive on that little amount of food? I would be a miserable grumpy bugger to be around especially if I was training and burning calories and only eating that. Must say you breakfast looks damn fine, except the veggies and maybe swap a couple of those whites for whole eggs. I wish we could get turkey bacon here and affordably, but its impossible to find and when you do find it, its not worth buying. Weekends I have normal bacon but remove the fat.

I've already done 3 chicken breasts today (1 for lunch, 2 for dinner) and I have a half chicken already cooked in Nandos hot sauce ready to eat later this evening lol

30000-4000 calories every day over here lol. Eat big, stay big, **** big lol

[THE REED]

Reed, how the hell do you survive on that little amount of food?

The key is, is that while my calories remain low, my food intake is still medium - high. It's just that everything I'm eating is low carb and high protein.. not a ton of calories in any one meal, but I have 4-5 of them. I'm eating pretty much throughout the day.

Between 10am and 4pm, I had a big breakfast a protein shake, and chicken/rice/veggies...

[Rockin']

I'd always just pop some popcorn and eat it plain. It gives a feeling of being full, soaks up the acids in your gut and have next to no actual calories.........Rockin'