So hungry???????

Can someone please help me. I am not sure what it is but I eat
breakfast 8:30am
1/4 egg beater, 1 slice of cheese, 2 slices of turkey bacon

protein shake 10am
11oz 17 g protein

lunch 12:30 - 1pm
meat less chicken
1/4 vegetables

snack
8 glasses of water

dinner
FAIL snacking and eating dinner meat less chicken 1/4 vegetables

what am i doing wrong i normally get so hungry after breakfast and in the afternoon when i am gettting off work and at night

please help with ideas on what i can eat in between thanks

You are probably eating too many carbs and not enough protein... "meatless" chicken???

Thank you so much I will look into that.

 Just curious what is meatless chicken??? Sounds like you should try a chicken breast instead.

meatless chicken is made from Gardein this is the facts i guess its true not enough protein Calories: 100, Fat: 3g, Carbs: 9g, Sugar: 0g, Protein: 4g

But they are so good they kinda remind you of Boca burgers...Veggie burgers any take on that stuff???

 

I have a lot hunger, althought it is manageable compared to before surgery.  How many calories are you eating and drinking, and how many grams of protein and carbs?  I need at least 70 g of protein or I get hungry, and carbs give me rebound hunger (full at the time, ravenous an hour later).

I have to eat dense protein or I am hungry.  This means regular chicken, steak, pork.  Ground meat doesn't last long.  I was very happy to find chicken meatballs at Trader Joe's, but they didn't hardly spend 5 minutes in my tummy so what's the point?  Pretty true for luncheon meat too.  But I fill up pretty quickly on 2-3 ounces of regular meat.  Soup and chili also make me hungry, unless I eat the liquid part first then the meat. 

I also don't find it helpful to snack on too few calories.  Meaning, one 50-cal cheese stick doesn't really do much for me, I hardly know I've eaten anything and there went 50 calories.  So most of my "feedings" are 100-150 calories at one time.

Finally, I have found that for some reason, protein hot chocolate (although not any other protein drink) shuts my pyloric valve and I get very satisfied sipping on a cup of that in evening if I need more protein or calories.  I can always count on feeling satisfied after that.

I don't have all the hunger answers, but I'm sure we'll get to a good place with it.  I am unreasonably sensitive to hunger, like I'm going to die if I don't eat.  Partly it is because hunger mimics anxiety to me, I get a very similar gnawing sensation when I am anxious and when I am hungry.  So I'm also working on trying to accept a certain amount of hunger as normal, and not a cause for overeating or jumping off a bridge (which sometimes seem my only two alternatives).

 HI HAPPY966,
IM FEELING UR PAIN!!! IM DUE TO GET MY SLEEVE DONE ON TUESDAY SO IM A PARTIAL LIQUID DIET!! TWO SHAKES FOR BREAKFAST AND TWO FOR LUNCH WIT A SENSIBLE DINNER!!1 I AM SO HUNGRY IM BOUT TO EAT!!!! THIS Y LAST WEEK AND I WOULD HAVE LOVED A SLICE OF PIZZA! NOT THIS BOOST!!!
HAZEL822

Hazel, this isn't *anything* like hunger before surgery!  Especially not a liquid diet.  That sounds wretched, and your hunger after surgery will be much less!

Happy966,
Where do you get this protein hot chocolate? Sounds good.

Unfortunately not EVERYONE gets the benefit of less hunger or no hunger, just like not ALL RnYers dump.

Are you a vegetarian and that's why the meatless stuff?

Ms Shell