Dieting Sucks

PennyCandy

It's no wonder people are unsuccessful. According to My Fitness Pal I get 1310 calories a day. When I work out it takes that into account and I get more, but holy hell this has been so hard to stick to. I'm hungry. When I'm at work it's that much worse since I work a pretty physical job and the hours are long. I kind of obsess about food when I counting calories too, which makes it that much harder. I probably need a different way to go about this, but counting calories is what is free. I'm just really frustrated. Being a healthy weight shouldn't be so difficult, but I should know better considering it's been an issue my entire freaking life. 

WineCat

Given your work, it seems like you should have more as a base.  If you're starving, that's not a good sign. 

PennyCandy

I only work 2 days a week, 3 at most so it doesn't impact things that much really. Other than that, walking around campus 2 days a week, and now trying to do a yoga or pilates dvd a couple times a week, I'm not very active at all. Plus, I'm 5 feet nothing so the number makes sense to me. I guess I'm just so used to overeating that getting over that is tough. 

Sunflower22

What are you eating? Eating foods high in protein and veggies that are high in fiber will really help fill you up more and keep you more satisfied.

gault530

Every time I start watching how much I'm eating and eating better, I'm always starving for about a week to 10 days.  I figure my stomach needs to shrink down to a normal size because I'm over-eatting.  Hopefully it will get better.

azuremama

Dieting does suck, that's for sure.  I think the only way to manage with so few calories is to eat tons of veggies.  You can also do more volume eating--brothy soup before dinner to help fill you up.  I also always found that drinking hot tea made me less hungry when I wanted a snack during a day.  Or an apple.  Hang in!