Fat Tales » Blog Archive » Is anyone else hungry?

Is anyone else hungry?

I’m hungry a lot. Most of the time, in fact. Particularly on this diet. As soon as I’m done, I’m ready for more. It’s the same after 20 minutes, which only goes to show that waiting 20 minutes doesn’t necessarily improve the situation.

Since starting this plan a couple of weeks ago, I have had a consistent light headache. I can only attribute it to being hungry. Does anyone else have this problem?

I realize it’s a little self-indulgent to complain about being hungry when you’re trying to lose 67 pounds. There are starving kids in Somalia, after all. But since I do have to live my life and can’t immediately fix the global hunger situation, I’ve got to start with my own. Any suggestions about how not to be hungry and still lose weight would be appreciated.

By: tracy | 03/29/06 | Reports from the Front | Trackback | Comments [RSS 2.0]

3 Responses to “Is anyone else hungry?” »»

Erin

Comment by Erin | 03/30/06 at 3:00 pm

I read once that, a little while after you’ve eaten and you still feel hungry, that is the time when your body is burning the most fat, that the hungry feeling isn’t actually hunger, it’s your body doing it’s magic. If you can focus (and it definitely isn’t easy to) on something else, like walking, you can kind of bypass the feeling of hunger when you’re not actually truly truly hungry. Replacing a bad habit with a good habit, I guess. Oh, this is all so very Oprah.

I’m the same way, when I eat something, it rarely seems like enough. It’s like, that feeling you get when you’re stuffed full and satisfied.. it’s addictive, I’m thinking.
Sicilian

Comment by Sicilian | 04/12/06 at 12:05 am

You can get headaches when you are not getting enough protein. I did Herbalife years ago after #2 baby, and found out that not enough protein gives massive headaches. (I’m sure the ephedra in their products also contributed)
To this day, if I start to getting a lot of headaches, I will reevaluate my diet. Sometimes sleep wins over food (not very often). I just make a more concentrated effort to get some protein in my diet.
You might check to see if this is true for you.
You can get protein easily by adding tofu to a smoothy. I will eat yogurt or if I have it in the house (usually I don’t have any meat in the house) I will eat a lean piece of chicken.
tracy

Comment by tracy | 04/12/06 at 8:42 am

Thanks for the protein tip. I’ve noticed that as well. So now I try to be careful to incorporate protein in every meal and snack, and it does help a lot.

Is anyone else hungry?

3 Responses to “Is anyone else hungry?” »»

Leave a Reply »»