I am 6.5 months out and I feel like my stomach has become a bottomless pit! Help!!!

I literally just posted the same thing! I got some great advice from everyone. Check out my last post. Food will NOT defeat us!

kmbrlycool & aldmb2

GMTA

(great minds think alike)

Try the 5 day pouch test.

Add chia seeds to your food.

I go through phases where I feel like that.....when I feel like I can keep eating/ snacking... i kind of do but I chose veggies, lots of veggies!! raw, cooked, roasted, steamed, stir fried, you name it. I will also eat apples, air popped pop corn, etc. Try snacking on those if you want to snack. Thats been my key to maintaining my weight loss. (or losing weight)

NooOooOoo! Kimberlycool!!! I am following your successes!! You can do this!! :-)

Try the 5 day pouch test.

What is this?

Add chia seeds to your food.

How do chia foods help. I get hungry at about 3 hours and eat every 3 hours at 4 months out. I would prefer not to get hungry. I eat about 100-125 cals every 3 hours in some Protein end centered small meal.

What is this?

http://www.5daypouchtest.com/plan/theplan.html

Just check out the link. It's basically a "back to the beginning" 5 day exercise that will break you of bad eating patterns that you may have slowly slipped into. I tried it and broke a stall. Lost 5 pounds that did not come back after I began eating again. Some say it will restore restriction. It did for me, for about one day. But what it really did is make me realize how much I was snacking and grazing. I think that's its real affect.

I think it's a good exercise to do every once in a while if you're having trouble with cravings, excessive hunger or even just to break a stubborn plateau.

I have found myself getting "hungry" too (I think its really just head hunger).

I am drinking lots and choose Protein only when I feel ravenous. Making sure that I dont head right to the cinnamon raisin bread or the cheese-its is key- choose your Proteins & make them available.

I also make sure to track what I eat on those days- its easy to munch, munch, munch up to 2000 calories when you arent paying attention!

My go-to when I am a bottomless pit are:

• endamame
  
• beef Jerky
  
• hard boiled eggs & mustard
  
• pickles
  
• shrimp cocktail
  
• thick cut deli meat
  

I cant eat enough of any of the above to do much damage- endamame especially... a whole bag keeps me busy for hours and has no fat and minimal carbs & cals!

Endamame virgin here... Where do I buy? How do I prepare??

How do chia foods help. I get hungry at about 3 hours and eat every 3 hours at 4 months out. I would prefer not to get hungry. I eat about 100-125 cals every 3 hours in some Protein end centered small meal.

http://www.mychiaseeds.com/Articles/Top10ChiaBenefits.html

http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/meal-ideas/quick-and-easy-chia-seed-recipes

http://whatscookingamerica.net/CharlotteBradley/Chai-Seeds.htm

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-24/chia-seeds-wall-streets-stimulant-of-choice

I put chia seeds in my pudding and in my Protein shakes every day.

Love 'em.

I put chia seeds in my pudding and in my Protein shakes every day.

Love 'em.

How much wld you say that you take in one day? A tablespoon?

Thanks!

http://www.mychiaseeds.com/Articles/Top10ChiaBenefits.html

http://www.shape.com/healthy-eating/meal-ideas/quick-and-easy-chia-seed-recipes

http://whatscookingamerica.net/CharlotteBradley/Chai-Seeds.htm

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-05-24/chia-seeds-wall-streets-stimulant-of-choice

Thanks for the links. Is there a brand that you prefer over another? As these can probably not be fund in the local grocery store, I probably need to hunt down a natural foods store.