Hungry as hell!!

I have tried to stop eating today and I cant!!! tried drinking water, eating protien and now I am eating crackers, granola bars, I even had a baby candy bar, whats going on here?????

Dense proteins Bro - dense proteins!  This will help eliminate or at least minimize the hunger you're experiencing.  Meats & cheeses are prime examples. Keep in mind...ingesting carbohydrates only make you crave MORE carbohydrates - make you hungry.  If you're going to incorporate carbs (and you should in moderation) make sure that they are complex carbs.  If you want stick to the ribs, keep you fuller longer, help get rid of the hunger - try oatmeal in the morning. Multiple smaller meals throughout the day will also help in eliminating the hunger as well.  Instead of three squares daily, getting 5-6 meals is an excellent strategy - two good reasons is 1) it helps you remain full throughout the entire day (you avoid the peaks and valleys of fullness or lack thereof), and 2) it also helps keep your metabolism firing at a consistent level for longer periods of time. If I were a bettin man, I would expect Dx to follow-up with an oldie but goodie post about strategies to keep full. Best wishes! Cards Fan

Bro, On especially stressful days or days where I work a muscle group hard, I to get a voracious appetite. However, I have 5 rules I stick to. Five meals spaced three hours apart. No food at all in between. No alcohol, no sugar and no eating past 9pm (or 3 hours before bedtime). Some days it is really hard but I just stick to my rules and they get me through. I occasionally flex a rule. The one I really try to keep is the three hour spacing. It keeps me from grazing unnecessarily. Good luck! Ben