Curbing hunger

(Pat S) #1

I love Keto. I have lost 30 pounds since January and feel really good even though I am dealing with a stall.

I IF for 19:5. However, I am famished when noon time rolls around. I don’t drink coffee all day so BPC doesn’t work for me. I sometimes eat butter or pinches of salt. I just wish I wasn’t hungry like some folks say. I am eating fat at meals.

Does MTC oil/powder make a difference? I had a health care worker tell me she has high energy and no hunger by taking this in the morning. I don’t have a gallbladder so I have to be careful.

Any suggestions?

(Allie) #2

IF should really be a tool you use once the hunger has eased off so if you’re struggling, you may want to just eat a normal breakfast. Personally, when I’m just doing IF, I find it easiest if I eat a lot earlier in the day then start the fast about 1500.

#3

Personally I try to follow my hunger cues rather than IF everyday. If I’m hungry at breakfast I eat breakfast, if not, I IF until lunch time, if I’m still not hungry I might IF until dinner time or even turn it into EF if I’m feeling really good.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #4

I have read quite a few posts by people without gall bladders, some of whom say they have no problem with fat whatsoever, while others advise spacing your fat through the day.

You want to try to avoid eating too many times a day, because even a low-carb, high-fat meal stimulates insulin to some degree, but you may have to balance that with how your body handles fat. The gall bladder doesn’t make bile, it just stores it, so at least you still have ongoing bile secretion to work with.

I suggest trying a couple of things: First, try eating more fat at your meal. If you can get your calories up, you might not be hungry. If that has bad effects, eat at least one more meal a day, and try and get more total fat across all the meals you end up eating. And please let us know what works for you, so we have more useful suggestions for the next person.

(LeeAnn Brooks) #5

Shorten your fasting period until you can do it without hunger. Don’t go hungry.

(Lonnie Hedley) #6

Just to reiterate some other advice given. Eat WHEN you’re hungry, not at an arbitrary time. Learning to listen to the signals your body is giving will be greatly beneficial to your success.

Eat meals, not snacks, and to satiety. If you want to move your eating window, I’d suggest doing 15 minutes increments for a week each until you’ve moved to the time you’d like.

(Pat S) #7

Thank you all for your comments. It never occurred to me that I shouldn’t be doing all this fasting. What HAS occurred to me is that maybe the fasting is causing my stall–my body thinks I am starving. Hmmmm…

(LeeAnn Brooks) #8

Just to clarify, fasting IS good, but not until you’re ready for it.

(Chris Robertson) #9

Dark Chocolate is great for curbing hunger. There have been a number of studies that prove this. An informal demonstration was done on the British show Food Unwrapped where they gave a group of people a dark chocolate candy bar containing 70% coco and the other group got a milk chocolate candy bar. They were then given a meal and they monitored what they ate. The dark chocolate group ate significantly less food and felt fuller at the end. Dr Fung also recommends 70% coco unsweetened dark chocolate. As dark chocolate is becoming more popular it’s now pretty easy to find 90% dark chocolate. All I need it one bite and I go from hungry to not wanting to eat.

I realize this doesn’t help during a fast but if you eat it before you start the fast it could help make it easier for the 1st few hrs which I find to be the hardest.