How do you handle legit hunger pains while trying to lose weight

[Anonymous]

I don't know if this is a popular suggestion on DCUM or if I'm about to get yelled at, but I love WW for this exact reason. I have a lot of zero point foods so if I'm hungry, I always have the option to eat. The plan is customized to your preference but personally I can eat: veggies, fruit, lean protein, seafood, eggs, legumes, beans, brown rice and grains; all for zero points. It's pretty easy to put a satisfying meal together with those options.

This specific element of WW is what helped me break out of my scarcity mindset, which for me was really key to staying on a plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Oh wow, guys/gals. Good luck keeping that weight off in the long run if these are your "tools" for handling hunger.

Best advice you will ever get: EAT when you feel hungry.

Thanks for being so smug. But no, you can't just eat when you're hungry. Your body is set to eat when you train it to eat. When you're losing weight, your body will get upset and want to eat more. Similar to how when you fly to a different time zone and you have to adjust your wake/sleep times. You have to just power through the jet lag and be tired for a bit until your body adjusts.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if this is a popular suggestion on DCUM or if I'm about to get yelled at, but I love WW for this exact reason. I have a lot of zero point foods so if I'm hungry, I always have the option to eat. The plan is customized to your preference but personally I can eat: veggies, fruit, lean protein, seafood, eggs, legumes, beans, brown rice and grains; all for zero points. It's pretty easy to put a satisfying meal together with those options.

This specific element of WW is what helped me break out of my scarcity mindset, which for me was really key to staying on a plan.

I don't get this at all. How can legumes and grains and brown rice be zero points? I mean they have a lot of calories.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s hunger pangs. Not pains.

Hunger games

Lol! Touché!

[Anonymous]

Pangs! It’s pangs! Not pains!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if this is a popular suggestion on DCUM or if I'm about to get yelled at, but I love WW for this exact reason. I have a lot of zero point foods so if I'm hungry, I always have the option to eat. The plan is customized to your preference but personally I can eat: veggies, fruit, lean protein, seafood, eggs, legumes, beans, brown rice and grains; all for zero points. It's pretty easy to put a satisfying meal together with those options.

This specific element of WW is what helped me break out of my scarcity mindset, which for me was really key to staying on a plan.

I don't get this at all. How can legumes and grains and brown rice be zero points? I mean they have a lot of calories.

I don't know but it works. I mean you can only eat so much brown rice before you want sauce, oil, etc added, and those points add up quickly. These zero point foods I listed make up basically 80% of my diet and then I spend my points on things like oil to sautee in, sauces, wine, tortillas, etc. This kind of food fills me up and I find myself eating much less as a result. Mentally, knowing that there are always foods I can eat if I want them makes me less likely to fall off track. I love the program.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is LTO?

lettuce, tomato, and onion

[Anonymous]

I play mental gymnastics and start counting almonds and allow myself a raw almond like every 15min.

It’s miserable. It’s the headaches that kill me

[Anonymous]

I think it is harder at the beginning, after a couple of weeks of dieting I am no longer starving between meals! I find a small bowl of oatmeal fills me up for a long time if I am struggling..

[Anonymous]

My two secret super weapon meals are:

1. Scrambled eggs with a sprinkle of cheese or, if I’m going to be too busy to sit down to a proper lunch or breakfast, a few hard boiled eggs, which are easy to prepare in advance and store in the fridge or take to work.

2. A tin of sardines (packed in olive or sunflower oil).

If I have either of these, I feel full for hours. If I want my stomach to be super flat for a special occasion, I’ll eat just these things for two days pre-event.

I got hooked on the sardines because British dh likes them on toast (also a good way to eat them) as a breakfast food sometimes. I mix them with chopped raw onion and Tobasco sauce or mustard.

[Anonymous]

Gum
Unlimited water, tea, coffee
Popcorn

I eat unlimited for lunch and afternoon snack so I don’t overeat later in the day. Try doing a heavier lunch and lighter dinner. Often I skip dinner altogether.

[Anonymous]

More protein and fiber. It will fill you up on low cals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I don't know if this is a popular suggestion on DCUM or if I'm about to get yelled at, but I love WW for this exact reason. I have a lot of zero point foods so if I'm hungry, I always have the option to eat. The plan is customized to your preference but personally I can eat: veggies, fruit, lean protein, seafood, eggs, legumes, beans, brown rice and grains; all for zero points. It's pretty easy to put a satisfying meal together with those options.

This specific element of WW is what helped me break out of my scarcity mindset, which for me was really key to staying on a plan.

I don't get this at all. How can legumes and grains and brown rice be zero points? I mean they have a lot of calories.

I don't know but it works. I mean you can only eat so much brown rice before you want sauce, oil, etc added, and those points add up quickly. These zero point foods I listed make up basically 80% of my diet and then I spend my points on things like oil to sautee in, sauces, wine, tortillas, etc. This kind of food fills me up and I find myself eating much less as a result. Mentally, knowing that there are always foods I can eat if I want them makes me less likely to fall off track. I love the program.

Thanks for replying. I don't know if it would work for me, I find all the no sugar added teriyaki sauce at Wegmans...lol, that would go to my brown rice.

[Anonymous]

A mug of black coffee (decaf if you need or it's late) will really kill the stomach pains.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A mug of black coffee (decaf if you need or it's late) will really kill the stomach pains.

There are no pains.