Trying to cut, but getting hunger pains.

[JC Great One]

ive been cutting now for about 3 weeks, and i try to decrease my calories a little bit each week. But when i do i get soo hungry, my stomach growls like none other and i feel like im depriving myself from food. Do i really need to be hungry like that when im cutting? Usually i feel like this after i lift the night b4 to maintain my muscle mass, i think it might be because my body is trying to gain muscle but i wont eat enough to do it. if someone could help thad be great.

[ChplHillGymGirl]

When I get really hungry (have cut calories too for my contest diet), i either chew on a piece of sugar-free gum or drink a mug of hot tea. staying busy also helps. when i'm not on contest diet though, if I'm really hungry I eat because I see it as my body telling me it wants to grow. so i feed it protein (a low or no fat shake with a small amount of sodium and carbs) and that does the trick. fill up on veggies too. raw broccoli usually takes away those pangs for me for some reason. fiber i guess? anywho, good luck!

[DJohnson]

Are you eating the right foods, enough foods, and 6 meals spaced evenly through the day? This is vital.

I just recently started my new cutting diet and yesterday I couldn't even finish my daily calories. Stuff like oatmeal is very filling and I find a Tbsp of healthy fats (I take Udo's Choice 3-6-9 oils) really fills you up. Also vegetables are extremely fillings because there's not much calories as compared to volume.

Also make sure you're eating enough calories, I believe you should never go under 9x your body weight, and that's under extreme circumstances. You should be able to do 12x your body weight and still lose with cardio and weight lifting.

[kmac12]

staying busy also helps.

I think this is a BIG factor....when I stay busy, I dont really get too hungry, but at night when I am sitting on the couch watching tv, BAM, hungry! Cravings!

[ChplHillGymGirl]

I think this is a BIG factor....when I stay busy, I dont really get too hungry, but at night when I am sitting on the couch watching tv, BAM, hungry! Cravings!

that's part of my trick too - I don't have TV!!

[kmac12]

that's part of my trick too - I don't have TV!!

Do you have a couch? haha

I find it alot easier to stay busy during the summer since the weather is nice out and it gets dark later.

[RichM601]

Try drinking more water...it keeps me stuffed all day long.

[kmac12]

Try drinking more water...it keeps me stuffed all day long.

Yeah, Ive read that sometimes when you think you are hungry, you actually just need water. Dont know how true that is.

[RichM601]

I have 24oz. bottle that I keep refilling throughout the day. I drink about 6-8 during the entire day and feel very refreshed but very full.

Warning: You will spend a lot of time in the bathroom! lol

[ChplHillGymGirl]

I DO have a couch, thank you for asking

water was a good point to bring up, had forgotten about that!

[kmac12]

Warning: You will spend a lot of time in the bathroom! lol

This is soooo true....i have to go about every 30 minutes

[jjlayden]

^^^

I do agree, If I have some late night hunger pains...I slam back 2-3 glasses of water and it usually does the job until I need to eat breakfast the next morning.

Justin

[kmac12]

^^^

I do agree, If I have some late night hunger pains...I slam back 2-3 glasses of water and it usually does the job until I need to eat breakfast the next morning.

Justin

I bet you have to piss like a race horse when you wake up. I know I do!

[Getsum]

ive been cutting now for about 3 weeks, and i try to decrease my calories a little bit each week. But when i do i get soo hungry, my stomach growls like none other and i feel like im depriving myself from food. Do i really need to be hungry like that when im cutting? Usually i feel like this after i lift the night b4 to maintain my muscle mass, i think it might be because my body is trying to gain muscle but i wont eat enough to do it. if someone could help thad be great.

I've been eating between 6 to 8 times a day, that’s every 2 to 3 hours, and have been having great success with my cutting these last 10 months. I’ve basically been on a 40p/40c/20f diet at about 2500 calories a day, consisting of good foods. Fish, chicken, turkey, lean beef or pork, ham, vegetables, fruit, oatmeal, egg whites, nuts, string cheese, cottage cheese, multi grain bread and tortillas. My drinks are usually Water, green tea, Diet 7up, Langer’s diet grapefruit juice, propel fitness water, whey protein and sometimes coffee.

When I get hungry, I eat. The key is what I eat and the amount. The idea of drinking water was a good one and it really works.

Good luck man.

[kmac12]

When I get hungry, I eat. The key is what I eat and the amount.

Yeah, also, a key to eating healthy is not keeping crappy food in the house. Many, many times, I find myself furiously searching my cabinets for junk to eat!! But, luckily, I dont buy crappy food, so I would have to make another trip to the store in a weak moment.

[sh0rty88]

Are you eating the right foods, enough foods, and 6 meals spaced evenly through the day? This is vital.

I just recently started my new cutting diet and yesterday I couldn't even finish my daily calories. Stuff like oatmeal is very filling and I find a Tbsp of healthy fats (I take Udo's Choice 3-6-9 oils) really fills you up. Also vegetables are extremely fillings because there's not much calories as compared to volume.

Also make sure you're eating enough calories, I believe you should never go under 9x your body weight, and that's under extreme circumstances. You should be able to do 12x your body weight and still lose with cardio and weight lifting.

in other words (i weight 215) i should be eating about 2150 calories a DAY?
damn that sound so much o_O. Since my cutting diet im prolly eating for about 1800 or so.

Hope to loose some fat :P

[Madevilz]

Here's some tip:

Eat egg whites, 50ml has like 25 cals, at night, I eat about 250ml of egg white with some onions in it and its quite filling. Only 125 cals too.

Eat celeries, very low in calories, 1 strip of 4g is 0.6 in cals... so you can eat quite a lot... just add some low carb and fat salad dressing or eat with non fat cottage cheese, perfect night snack.

[Madevilz]

in other words (i weight 215) i should be eating about 2150 calories a DAY?
damn that sound so much o_O. Since my cutting diet im prolly eating for about 1800 or so.

Hope to loose some fat :P

Personally, for the first 3 months of cut, I havent even checked my cals intake, I just went by "feeling". For the last 2 months, Ive been going from 2000 to 2400 cals... and I still lost weight, and considering I was about 165lbs... surely it did slow down my loss, but im still close to 25lbs lost in 5 months
Just make sure you eat the healthy stuff, and work hard in the gym.

[sh0rty88]

Personally, for the first 3 months of cut, I havent even checked my cals intake, I just went by "feeling". For the last 2 months, Ive been going from 2000 to 2400 cals... and I still lost weight, and considering I was about 165lbs... surely it did slow down my loss, but im still close to 25lbs lost in 5 months
Just make sure you eat the healthy stuff, and work hard in the gym.

(Out of topic) where do you live and train at in montreal?

Personally im from st-dorothee (laval) and train at tennis 13 on the 13 :P

[Madevilz]

I live in St-Leonard (Montreal)

training at home right now because im leaving for the summer soon, will sign up at the pro gym on hochelaga when I come back home. Lots o ladies there

[sh0rty88]

lol, big pimpin

[kmac12]

BTW - I think its hunger pangs.....am I right?