IMO having a schedule really helps things. Making sure you have food handy and set times that you eat them help curb the worst of hunger pangs. With eating every 2-3 hours you can really space out the calories so that you don't really hit it too hard at any given time and throw off your whole day.
There for a little while I'd have about 700calories for breakfast and be hungry again in two hours...that was no good. But by dividing up breakfast into two meals I could have half the calories total but never get overly hungry.
I've found that the oil on salads really help add some weight to them so you don't feel starved after an hour. Tossing on 1/2 serving of beans help out a bunch too.
Formulate a plan and try it out. If it doesn't work then you can adjust and bend rules as you need to. But having that skeleton of a plan should give you alot of guidlines to work with. Sometimes it's as easy as upping a portion, or distributing, or simply finding things that make you feel full. But you have to start somewhere. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Don't feel discouraged, don't be overwelmed. Whenever I start something new I give myself a month's time to "break in" and see where things have to be tweaked. Just do your best and remember that you have plenty of people to help and support you in your quest.
PS.
I do the normal portions of meat because like you...I can put down some critter. Given free reign I'll eat a chicken in a sitting. 24oz steaks with 2lbs loaded baked potatoes have fallen before me...and beer...sweet sweet beer.
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