my appetite is returning... :(

[JasmineFlower]

well for the first 5 days i was at about 1500 calories per day, now in the past three days i've either found myself to be at around 2000 calories.

i thought my appetite was supposed to go away, not get stronger! i am eating only induction foods (and seriously getting tired of them) but still i want to just!

[tangotori]

Re: my appetite is returning...

How much fat are you eating?
I'm talking about good-for-you fats like mayo (in your tuna, chicken or egg salads, on your burger pattie, on a green salad [with a little pepper - yum!]), cream cheese (spread on your celery sticks, to cook with, to make moc-cheesecake with), olive oil (to cook with, in your salad dressing, drizzled over your veggies), butter (to cook with, to toss your steamed veggies in), whipping cream (a small dollip on your moc-cheesecake or sugar-free jello, perhaps), heavy cream (in your coffee or tea)... there's lots of fats you can add to your plan that will help you with this WOE. The best thing, they keep you feeling full AND you don't gain weight from them!!!

[JasmineFlower]

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i'm eating around 5/25/70... so plenty of fats. i always use olive oil, mayo, and butter to cook.

[ceemarie]

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Are you getting enought water? Sometimes we can confuse hunger and thirst.

[JasmineFlower]

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i'm sure i'm getting enough water... i drink about 3 litres per day.

right now i'm soooooo hungry i feel about to quit, although that would be such a waste because i'm on day 11. i've eaten already 4 ounces of cheese, 2 T of cream, so all the foods i can make 'treats' with are gone~~

right now, nothing is enough to satisfy my hunger, so i just gotta wait it out? anyone else have this experience on induction? i thought that ketosis should stop the cravings.

[Slidesdownmountains]

Re: my appetite is returning...

Hey there - I'm just wondering if it's anything you're eating that's making you hungry? Sometimes too many tomatoes have that effect on me, and definitely 'diet' products and caffeine do...?
What do you eat for breakfast? I find scrambled eggs, an omelette or some smoked haddock/mackerel keep me from even thinking about eating until about 12 (I have breakfast at about 6.30am), so it's a good start to the day.
Other things that can cause this are being tired/emotional/TOTM etc
Just wondering ;-)

Perhaps if you give us a typical day's food people can see if there's anything obvious.

Hope you're still feeling positive, and well done on the weight loss so far.

[JasmineFlower]

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for breakfast i'm eating eggs and bacon, for lunch either a salad with 'induction legal' toppings or tuna salad, for dinner a big chunk of some kind of meat. and then for a snacks i eat cheese and sliced meats.

i'm just feeling hungry and really dizzy/lightheaded and seeing stars a lot.

[Desertthorn]

Re: my appetite is returning...

Jasmine, I wouldn't worry about it. As long as your sticking to legal foods, you will be fine, I think its our body's trying to rebel, it likes to be fat so it throws these hunger thoughts into your head. Just keep on - keepin on and soon it will know your the boss and it will give up

[melimeli]

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are you hungry or just craving... cream cheese and artificial sweeteners do that to me.. I had to give up cheese this go around except parmasean... good luck

[melimeli]

Re: my appetite is returning...

also the sliced meats could have some carbs...