So I am doing leangains... 1st week done, no real weight loss, maybe a lbs.
I eat at 1pm, 5pm, 9pm... 30% cals/ 30%/ 40% after workout.
My problem is i'm so hungry at 1pm that I eat like 40-50% of my cals at lunch from skipping breakfast... and I'm STILL hungry. Anyone else experience this empty stomach feeling on IF?
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04-12-2012, 12:02 PM #1
Lean Gains.... STARVING! what gives?
Starting Weight 255lbs. 2/1/2011
Best weight so far 187lbs 5/1/2012 - Then got a hot gf a boat and gained fat lol...
Starting again for the finish line of 180lbs - 11/1/2012 @ 201lbs
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04-12-2012, 12:08 PM #2
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Yup I get that as well. Usually if I give it 30-40m or so my mind realizes my body has been fed and the feeling goes away. I just have to make sure I stop eating before I use up all my days calories in order to allow that to happen. I got used to it though, now I eat 20%-25% of my day at lunch without much issue. Only time I have hunger issues now are 10pm-2am.
My system:
2pm - 20%-25%
6pm - workout
8pm - 40-50%
10pm - the rest
I try to sleep by 11pm before I get hungry again but that rarely happens. By morning I'm no longer hungry. :s
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04-12-2012, 01:04 PM #3
you should either give it more time for your body to get used to not eating frequently, or switch to eating around a more comfortable schedule. fat loss will be the same as long as you're in a deficit, so eat whenever you want.
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04-12-2012, 01:09 PM #4
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04-12-2012, 01:09 PM #5
I recommend giving it time. It took me 3-4 weeks to adjust and now it's very easy. I break fast around 12:30pm and I'm still shocked that I can go all morning without being ravenous or feeling like my blood sugar is too low. I also saw a significant drop in strength and stamina at first too but that was only temporary as well. The body is amazing in it's ability to adjust but you just have to be patient and give it time. The adjustment period is the hardest.
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04-12-2012, 01:38 PM #6
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04-13-2012, 05:58 AM #7
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04-13-2012, 06:10 AM #8
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Eating a little is the downfall, eat normal (non-fast) or don't eat (fast 16-24hrs).
If you eat light it just kick starts your stomach, and in reality you basically want to turn it off.
BTW, you a are not 'starving'. this is starving:
Sorry, but it's a personal pet hate..
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04-13-2012, 06:17 AM #9
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04-13-2012, 06:23 AM #10
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04-16-2012, 08:11 AM #11
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It definitely takes some time to get used to. I started drinking green tea as well, but my body has gotten completely used to leangains that I'm usually not hungry until 3-4ish and I'm in the office by 9. I've been on and off leangains for the past 5 months and I'm going to pick it up again to get my abs popping before the summer.
2011:
LBS: 210+ to 148
BF%: 28+ to 11%
2015:
LBS: 170 to 149
BF%: 20 to 12.8%
Goal: 170LBS, 10%BF
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04-16-2012, 08:39 AM #12
I am now fully adjusted to the 16/8..... I was doing very well for the first 2 months.. then I started getting these powerful sugar binges! and hunger pains
this is how I fixed it I re-evaluated my macronutrients. and calories deficit... and was a tad below by only 250 grams. I am now having 1750 more grams a week and my hunger is now gone! coffee helps but do you really want to really heavily on caffeine? thats your choice... try increasing your fiber as well... I have raspberries for my carbs and fiber...
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04-16-2012, 08:42 AM #13
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04-16-2012, 10:27 AM #15
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04-16-2012, 10:36 AM #16
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04-16-2012, 10:45 AM #17
It's a matter of expression. Those who are cutting to an extreme may feel as though they are staving, for in reality their body feels as though it is starving when compared to what it was previously conformed to. The child in that photograph is beyond starving, he or she is severely malnourished and it is beyond my imagination as to why the world can't get together and end such an epidemic.
It may be a pet peeve of yours when someone says they feel as though they are staving, but the feeling of starvation (not the very act of starvation) is subjective to one's own personal state of being. Someone who is used to eating 5,000 plus calories a day would feel starved on an average of 2,000 calories. Until a time where their body becomes reaccustomed to the new calorie intake.
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04-16-2012, 10:46 AM #18
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04-16-2012, 11:31 AM #19
Pretty much this. If I use up my fats on other foods earlier and don't get in my milk /6 eggs/broccoli (fiber) in my last meal, I'm pretty hungry by the time lunch hits. Otherwise, I'm fine.
As previously stated, water helps too. If you wake up and go to work during the fast, it's pretty easy to forget about getting enough water and getting dehydrated since you're not consuming any from food, either.
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