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Originally Posted by kfisherx
You and others will be happy to hear that I experienced hunger yesterday. I know you don't want to see me fail but it probably feels good to see that I have the same problems that you have now.
Okay so now I have this new dilema and it is a big one to me. I cannot spend the whole day at work thinking about food. So I experimented a bit over the past days and have the following strategies to deal with this new problem.
1. I am now eating 8 or more times a day. I am taking my pre-planned meals and splittting them so that I am eating less per meal but eating more often. I love vegetables so keep fresh celery and peppers around for between meals snacking.
2. On days where this becomes over whelming to me, I will go out and do a 30 min jog or walk 2 or more times a day. I have found that moving at a nice easy pace (ss state) actually helps the hunger to go away for some time.
3. I am making sure my water/tea intake is at 1 gallon a day
4. I have enlisted the help of my little friends and started to take this stuff called "Hot Rocks" from the local body building store. I think caffeine would do the same thing for cheaper but this was easy to buy for me and so far very effective. The caffeine is causing me to have disrupted sleep a bit so I am having to manage when I take these.
5. I believe strongly that I have to adjust my macros a bit as I should not be too hungry at this point in time in my cut. Over the next weeks I will try to increase my fat a bit as that is where I am still quite low.
6. Am doing frequent shorter SS cardio sessions (45 min or so) and making sure I get HIIT in 1-2 times a week as well.
Also the scale seems to be stalled this week. I know it is not but it just seems like it is. This is the psycological game that happens when you are hungery I think. I want to drop calories again but I think I will not do that just yet. I will stay at my 1700 weekly avg for some more weeks and see what these other changes bring. 
It is fixing to get ugly soon. I am right around 8lbs to go at this point. |
Hey Karla - not happy to see you hungry - it sucks to be hungry! At least you know what caused it and hopefully you have "fixed" the problem... and I suspect you're so strong-willed and determined that you won't let hunger derail you!
I worked with a bodybuilder and he was the nicest guy you've ever met. Til he started his final cut for a show. Talk about Jekyl & Hyde! He became snarly and sarcastic and he never smiled or laughed anymore... We were so glad when his show was over!
I'm munching peppers and cauliflower as I type
. I'm finding that volume foods really are helpful...
Dunno 'bout "Hot Rocks" - I'm pretty much decaf myself... but for a while I had a strong Starbux addiction to the light caramel frappucinos (daily fix
) but I went cold-turkey just before I started NROLW. I sleep better, even though I only had them in the mornings... -- and I have more money now!
Good idea to increase fat slightly - my fat intake has been pretty erratic - on days I eat more "healthy" fats it can go to 30%, but otherwise it's around 20-25%...
And absolutely do NOT let that scale take over your life. You have seen it happen to too many of us out here... don't go to the darkside
!