Dieting...

[DanaC]

If hunger is the problem, (rather than just the craving for tastes), there are things you can easily do to combat that. Eating wholemeal bread, or oat-based foods gives a slow release energy and makes you feel fuller for longer than if you had the same calorific values from other foods. That's why they make good breakfasts and suppers. It's worth doing a little research on what foods will make you feel fuller and which will last longer.

Also, have you tried miso soup? It's bizarrely filling for such a thin, drink-like soup. It's available (I assume over there as well as here) in instant soup sachets, so easy enough to carry a couple of sachets with you for a mid-aft snack (for instance).


Another good trick, if you're feeling hungry, is to try drinking a decent size glass of water or fruit juice, fairly fast. Then leave it 10 minutes and see if you still feel as hungry.

Jim's advice (think was Jim) about smaller meals but more often is excellent. It will train your body to accept smaller food quantities and also retrain your brain on the 'full/hungry' signals. Only stopping eating when you feel full is one of the easiest habits to fall into ad the ones most likely to lead to eventual weight gain. If you wait til you actually feel full, then you are pushing your stomach's limits every time. Much better to have a smaller meal and accept a less than completely full feeling at the end of it. Chances are if you wait 15 minutes you'll feel full. It just takes that amount of time for it all to register.

[piercehawkeye45]

Originally Posted by DanaC

Jim's advice (think was Jim) about smaller meals but more often is excellent. It will train your body to accept smaller food quantities and also retrain your brain on the 'full/hungry' signals. Only stopping eating when you feel full is one of the easiest habits to fall into ad the ones most likely to lead to eventual weight gain. If you wait til you actually feel full, then you are pushing your stomach's limits every time. Much better to have a smaller meal and accept a less than completely full feeling at the end of it. Chances are if you wait 15 minutes you'll feel full. It just takes that amount of time for it all to register.

Eating multiple small meals a day will keep your metabolism going as well. But, these meals must be small. People who want to gain weight eat multiple protein packed meals a day.