so hungry

There are varying arguments about everything. Not all of those arguments are backed by science-based medicine! :)

Decrying marketing propaganda and then using phrases like you "blast fat?" Hmm.

Make sure you are getting some fat in your diet, preferably healthy fat. Fat will help keep you satisfied better than carbs. I ate part of an avocado and peanut butter on apple slices almost every day during my pre-op diet. Fiber is great too. Also, keeping my carbs below 80 per day helped a lot. Higher carb diets always left me hungry.

What do you think apples and peanut butter are?   They are pure carbs. They will make you crave carbs.  Eat lean proteins like chicken and eggs and beef or pork. Cheese and seafood. You like that you will lose weight preop. Carb loading on fruits and veggies trying to satisfy you will not work. Carbs cause carb cravings. 

I have learned that the earlier in the day I eat carbs, the hungrier I am, all day long. What do you typically eat for breakfast? If it's anything made from grain, even oatmeal, stop eating it. Eat things like bacon, sausage, ham, not cereal, biscuits, waffles, etc. Also avoid high-sugar veggies like carrots and green peas, and all fruits other than melons or berries.

I'm in the 4th month of my supervised weight loss.  This is what I do to lose weight and not be hungry all the time. Maybe it will help you.

I eat lots and lots of vegetables and fruits.  I eat all variety of beans, lentils, nuts, eggs, cheese, Greek yogurt as my protein sources. I eat whole foods and stay away from processed food as much as possible.  I eat potatoes, preferably baked ones and eat the skin because that's where most of the nutrients and fiber are, and whole grains and eggs.

My favorite fast food is Taco Bell but since I only allow myself 2 fast food meals a month I don't get it as much as I used to.  To satisfy the craving I eat pinto beans or fat free refried beans with some shredded cheese and Taco Bell hot and mild sauce. 

I eat at least three servings of fruit a day, sometimes those are mixed into a green smoothie.  I don't find these to be filling enough as a meal, even if I add protein powder, but it will hold me over as a snack between meals.  I eat often, about every 3 hours I have something, just enough to get rid of the grumbellies. 

I drink lots of fluids- water, unsweetened teas both hot and iced, crystal light lemonade, coffee with 1/2 and 1/2.

Myfitnesspal is a good app to keep a food diary and it's practically effortless.  Some people use the food diary to keep them mindful of what they are eating.  For me it's just a record.  I don't associate any feelings to it.  If I go over my calorie goals for the day I don't feel guilty and if I stay under I don't feel elation.  For me it's just an accounting of the daily intake. 

I started the supervised weight loss in early January.  I've lost 18 pounds since then, a bit over a pound a week, simply by cutting meat out of my diet and keeping my calories below my Basal metabolic rate (BMR) which is the amount of energy expended while the body is at rest. It's the amount of calories the body uses just by being alive. http://www.bmi-calculator.net/bmr-calculator/   Mine is 1505 so as long as I eat less calories than that each day I lose weight.  I find I am not hungry and lose weight if I keep my calorie intake between 1300-1400 calories per day.  It took about 2 - 2.5 months to get comfortable with that. I don't exercise and have a very sedentary lifestyle.

My rule of thumb is if I can't pronounce an ingredient on a food package or don't know what it is, I don't eat that item. Some people do well by following the rule if it has more than 5 ingredients they won't eat it.  

Good luck!  Six months seems like a long time, but it really does go quickly.    

It is impossible to get an accurate RMR/BMR from a chart!  All that does is provide an estimate assuming an "average" body composition for yoru weight and an "average" metabolism (which most of us, especially those who yo-yo dieted for years, do NOT have).

Lora

It goes by weight, height, age, and gender similar to the BMI calculator. It seems to be working for me. There's probably a more accurate test or way to determine this, but I went the easy route with the calculator.

Then you probably have a very average body composition AND a very average metabolism.  MANY of us don't, however, and if we relied on what those charts say, the scale would be creeping upward.

The BMI does NOT take gender or age into consideration.  Even if an online site asks you for you age and gender, only the height and weight is used in the calculation. 

I learn something new everyday.