I'm starving

[computris2]

Dieting stinks!! What do you do to get over that urge to eat when you just ate? I still feel hungry, but I ate an average person's portion of food and it's killing me! I could just cry, I can't hardly stand it. I can't live on crumbs

[seawater]

What kind of diet are you on? Is it all fruits and vegetables?

When I dieted, I ate one meal a day but I made that meal count whether it was a double cheeseburger, spaghetti, pizza...

Without fat, it's hard to feel satiated and full.

But, if it's any consolation, if you continue to diet your stomach will shrink. When that happens, you’ll find yourself full on less. It just takes time.

Buy a box of gumballs.

[computris2]

I am trying to only eat one meal a day. But I find myself having a snack, and then I want another. I usually take a diet pill in the morning with a big glass of water. I get busy through the day, and when my stomach starts to hurt from being hungry, (usually around 1 or 2 in the afternoon) like today, I had a BBQ chicken sandwich, and about half a cup of homade potatoe salad, and a diet pepsi. I ate a whole bag of 94% fat free pop corn to curb my hunger. That lasted all of an hour, then I gobbled down a poptart. Should I eat more at the one setting? I've done this before after my daughter was born, but since my son, it doesn't seem to be as easy. In fact I have no will power at all this time. Are you still on the diet seawater? How much have you lost?

[pokerplayer]

You feel like your starving because you are. Even on a diet you need to be getting calories and you have to eat throughout the day to feed your metabolism. A diet is one of the worst things for people. I know very few people and hear from very few people that a diet has a positive affect in the long run. Most people who diet end up gaining more weight than where they were before they started the diet. You need to eat at least 5 times a day or every 2-3 hours. Your metabolism needs to workout too, and once a day will only turn it against you. If it does not work to continually burn calories, it will go into coach potato mode and quit burning calories. I would eat 3 small to medium meals a day and a couple of snacks in between. This will help you feel full and keep your metabolism working. Give up the one a day meal, it is not good for you. Eat healthy for those meals and in the long run you will loose the weight and keep it off. It will also help keep you healthy. Not to mention the emotional impact of actually being happy that you feel full and you are enjoying eating, not being afraid of it. Once you change, those average portions will fill you up. Screw the crumbs and enjoy!! Not sure if you excersice or not, but this needs to be a part of your lifestyle. Nothing major or drastic, but walking or whatever will help you complete the healthy and trim lifestyle. A one a day diet will also hender the energy you have for excersice or just everyday routines.

[Gopherhead]

Originally Posted by computris2

I am trying to only eat one meal a day. But I find myself having a snack, and then I want another. I usually take a diet pill in the morning with a big glass of water. I get busy through the day, and when my stomach starts to hurt from being hungry

Computris, as pokerplayer stated, you feel like you're starving because YOU ARE. If you eat only once a day your body gets used to this and it knows it's only going to get that one meal. It will hoard anything you feed it; it wont burn fat and it will retain water. You will feel hungry because you ARE hungry.

You want to eat every 3 or 4 hours; you want to eat meals balanced with good slow burning carbohydrates and lean proteins and good fats. This keeps your metabolism going strong and allows your body to burn fat. Hunger is necessary and you cannot win the battle against it; it happens at the hormonal level and it happens because of years of evolution.

Eating the way you are will lead to rising and plumetting blood sugar levels and ravenous hunger. This leads to binging. Eating every few hours keeps blood sugar stable and allows for fat burning; it also keeps you from binging because you're not hungry.

Nat