This is going to sound strange. When I eat a big meal, I just had a chicken breast and 3 cups of broccoli, I get really hungry. I mean really hungry like stomach growling hungry. Why the hell would I get so hungry within a few minutes of eating such a meal?
No offence dude, but a chicken breast and some broccoli will not be considered a big meal by anyone other than a 120lb female figure competitor on this site.
Some post on this site crack me up, they really do ;0)
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Sounds to me like a genetic predisposition that you can blame your parents for.
Ha ha damn. I thought it was a decent size meal. It put me at 2800 calories for the day which I was told on this site that is what I should be eating to cut some body fat. I guess I need to have a long talk with my parents. Maybe I was adopted.
I have the same problem if my meal consists of only protein and carbs. Throw some healthy fats into the mix (half an avacado maybe), and I bet youāll be satiated longer. In the mornings I add some coconut oil to my oat bran. For snacks, I add natural peanut butter.
so you are on a calorie deficit , you are hungry and asking why.
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@kjm thanks for actually providing an answer. Iāll try that.
@reconbyfire I know why Iām hungry I was curious why I got so hungry so soon after eating.
In your original post you mentioned nothing about fat loss and calorie deficit; Just Im hungry. So how do expect people to answer
Because you arent eating enough of what you normally do
The type of foods you are eating
Your state of hunger prior to eating
and so on. It can be one or numerous things.
When I did the velocity diet I was hungry because I kept the same training program. A friend cut his work load and was reasonably satisfied.
Change up your food items and see what feels better in your belly\
Best of luck
@moogweasel maybe I used the wrong adjective to describe the meal. I know what a big meal is. I didnāt get to be 240 pounds and 37% body fat by not knowing what a big meal is. That is why I am where I am and feel like shit all the time. At the end of that day that meal was all the calories I was allowed to keep them at 2800 as directed by members of this forum. It was just odd to me that I was hungrier after I ate than before thatās all.
@reconbyfire youāre right. I left out the fact that I am in a deficit. That was my fault. It was just odd to me that I was hungrier after I ate than I was before I ate.
see my edit above
The velocity diet has helped many
Because the crap you were eating before, is addictive AF! Now, your brain is āwantingā it back.
Itās like an all consuming fire you canāt put out.
I bet you feel like a heroin addict needing a fix?
I know this is a slippery slope for most people and I will not debate the subject. Just hold strong, it will take a few weeks, but it will pass.
Charles Poliquin has some articles about it.
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@reconbyfire I thought about trying that diet myself. Scaling back the workouts makes sense. What were your results from the 28 days?
@ChickenLittle that is a good way to describe it. It almost felt like my body was rejecting the food. Wierd I know but thatās what it felt like. I think it wants the pizza and tacos back. Itās actually pretty disgusting to think about the shit I have been putting in my body for 44 years. Knee surgery sidelined my activity but thatās no excuse for the rest of my life. Anyway itās clean eating from now on. Once my withdrawal period is over Iām hoping I start to crave healthy food instead of the shifty stuff.
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A friend suggested the Velocity Diet and Dan John did it.
I am almost 50 yo.
105 kg to 96kg. 6 weeks.
Used products available to us locally over here in Asia
We all used the mirror, had other people take pictures, and they, the gym, judged us accordingly.
Besides the true mirror difference, I felt great. Since then my eating habits have changed for the best, for me, after slowly introducing items back into my meals.
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Now I am big on Protein, fats, greens, fruit, and nuts. The only daily starchy thing is rice since I am in Asia. Eat a whole pizza every other weekend, wings, Mexican and so on.
Right after the Vdiet I learned I hate peri-carbs. For some time I followed a well respected program, non-Tnation related, in use by many lifters and bodybuildersā¦ My body crashed all the time from the recommended carbs.
Another friend who owns a supplement business recommended BCAAS along with a few other over the counter ingredients for peri(pre,during, post) nutrition since I had no luck with the eating plan i followed after the vdiet. THe carbs did me in daily.
Went from a 3 day program to 5 days. Powerbuilding/strength type cycles.
Just Full of damn energy.
Now I am back up to 107kg with visible abs, but not a ā6packā after a year off the vdiet. the 6 pack was never a goal. Muscle and strength gains with some athleticism to keep up with all my kids.
The Vdiet was the key for me. It rid me of bad habits and cleaned my out. Learned so much about myself.
Read Issuance of Insanity 3: Nutritional Psycho by Jamie Lewis. The Ebook is almost 300 pages and is full of great info.
@reconbyfire we have similar goals. Iām not trying to reach 5% BF and six pack abs. I just want to lose the gut, the man boobs and feel better. I have the young kids too, 6 and 8 and I canāt keep up with them. More energy would be great and looking better wouldnāt be bad either. My wife would probably like that part.
I havenāt taken any supplements mostly because I donāt know what works and what doesnāt. They all claim the same thing but how do you know. I have tried pre workout supplements but didnāt feel any different. Thanks for the info.
Ok, understood - apologies for the sarcastic response. You failed to provide details initially so the question was taken at face value.
I generally concur with the other opinions - add some healthy fats to slow down
Also more detail in regards to meal frequency, timing and how long youāve been dieting would be beneficial.
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@moogweasel no apologies necessary. I should have been more clear.
Typically I eat 3 meals a day. 7AM breakfast, 12PM lunch and then dinner somewhere around 5 or 6. I try to get my carbs first thing on the morning and then none the rest of the day. Iāve only been dieting for about a week so I know I need to get used to it.
By dinner time Iām usually pretty hungry. Right after dinner I feel like Iām fucking starving for an hour or so then it goes away.