Hungry

How often do you eat?  I have been doing three meals and one snack (two if I go to the Y and work out)  I have been noticing that I seem to get hungry about 2 hours after eating.  I have been waiting and drinking a couple cups of flavored water then waiting 45 min and having a snack if I am still hungry (belly growling hunger..not head)  Just wondering if this is the norm.  I am still way down on calories so that may be whats up.  I go to the Nut. on Thursday so I will check with her to see what my guidelines should be.

Breakfast:  Always 2 cups of milk  (I have a hard time with solids or shakes in the morning)  16 g P.

Lunch:  usually 3-4 oz shrimp with ****tail sauce 18 - 25 grams P
or chicken breast with a few potato roasters  18 grams P

Dinner: Seafood, chicken or chef salad  18 - 25 grams P

Snack usually before I work out: 1 oz almonds 7 grams P
or cheesecake pudding 11 grams P


I would love to see what other eat so I can get some new ideas.  My latest addiction is boiled Maine shrimp YUMMY

Wow hunger already? I was hoping to not have hunger for a long time, you aren't even three months out!! Yikes. I so enjoy not having hunger pains.  I am curious to see what people post here as I to wonder how things will progress.

I am quite a bit further out than you but I started having some hunger after about 6 months, I'd guess.  I am now eating 3 meals and 3 snacks a day, on a "normal" day.  I need to eat to make sure my blood sugar stays up, so that's a whole OTHER story!  haha!

BUT...when I think I'm hungry, I usually try the water first and, if after about 30 minutes, I'm still hungry (rumbling tummy) I try some sort of healthy snack (I try to do protein first....turkey jerky or  something "solid" that will hold me over for a while.)  I also am sure to hold off on drinking after my meals so I'm not "washing" anything out of my stomach to make me hungry sooner.

Just for an example..........this is how my day went:
730: 2 cups of ff milk
930-10 chocolate PB2 on a wasa cracker
11 (dd's softball game) strawberries
1pm (after the game) tuna salad
230pm  turkey jerky
8 mile bike ride
4pm (at a different game)  protein bar
6pm; supper:  scallop stir fry
8pm: only 8 froyo
I've gotten 88oz of fluids so far too.
Today has included more snacks than usual because of DD's softball games, but I'm still only at about 800 calories and 92-93g of protein, so far........and not hungry at all today.  I gotta tell you though............today looks like I've been grazing!  (Just an odd day for me, not being on a regular schedule!)

I, too, tend to eat a bit more when I work out or do more activity.
I'd go with what your nut says, but you may need to increase your calories, especially if you are working out pretty hard.

Good luck!  We are ALL a work in progress when it comes to this stuff!

Im pretty far out, but there are still some things that mess with my belly and I have to make ajustments on a daily basis.

Today was pretty normal (except for the sleeping in part haha)
830-930 I had toasted english muffin (has to be extra toasted) with some pb
1100- 130 went on a bike ride with my son (about 7 miles or so) dran**** water
2ish ate 2 oranges (blood sugar was a little down... i don't eat the oranges, i just "eat" the juice out of them... still can't tolerate the actual orange parts)
300 pizza (protein flat bread, pizza sauce, ham, cheese and a few slices of mushrooms... YUMM!!)
6 ish 1 cup cereal with 1/2 cup vin. soy milk
845 3 ozchicken, 2tbs mashed potatos, 2 tbs colslaw
and now 930 I am drinking flat diet pepsi and then ice water for the rest of the night
(drank lots of ice water today, riding and at home)

I have always been hungry more at night then during the day, when i am busy i dont seem to feel the hunger as much even when i am exercising, my problem is when i have nothing to do... so its learning my body's messages and training myself to slow down and give myself time to eat... even 3 years out its difficult sometimes...

I'm 6 months out and rarely feel hungry...often forget to eat if I get busy doing something.  I do eat though.
Breakfast:  usually 2 cups protein coffee because I can't eat first thing in the morning (32g p)
Snack:  usually a banana or an apple with pb (8g p)
Lunch: Cheese stick, wheat thins, and some deli meat (unless I have left overs in the frig) (22g p)
Snack: Yogurt or a protein bar (between 6g and 15g p)
Supper: grilled meat and a veg most of the time (21g p)

I probably eat anywheres between 900 to 1000 cal, w/ protein being as high as I can get it but definitely over 60g.  I found I need a higher intake of protein.  I drink around 48oz of jus****er, more when I work out.  I probably should be drinking more water on a daily basis.

I am 7 months out.

I think I feel hungry sometimes. But when I drink some crystal light and wait a bit, I know it wasn't hunger.
I am being careful to get in all my proteins. Notice on the days I do feel hungry or a bit woozy-light headed  it's because I haven't gotten in 60 grams a day.
Here's yesterday's meals:

Breakfast 6AM-  2 T oatmeal, 2T chopped pecans, 1/4 apple cooked w/ 1/2 C protein milk
Lunch- 3 string cheese
Snack- protein bar
Dinner- 1/2 hamburger w/ roll, carrot salad, pickles
Snack- 6 crackers w/ 1 oz cheese.

I also got in 96 oz of water and 3 cups of coffee.