I have a big appetite right now and need healthy snack and meal ideas

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So all of a sudden I'm hungry all the time! Normally I don't have a very big appetite, I eat small meals and lots of junk like chocolate and cakes but I have been like this for a couple of years and I have not put weight on. Now I'm really hungry and eating more not sure why 

I need to find healthy yummy snacks and healthier filling meals I think. Maybe with less carbs as my pt keeps saying eat less carbs and I'm a carbaholic! Help!!!

Eat less sugar and carbohydrate (as these will cause blood sugar highs and lows, making you feel hungry), and eat more protein.

Can you list a typical day’s food and then we can suggest easy swaps you could make that would help you feel full for longer?

I can list a typical day but I know it's terrible and embarrassing!

Breakfast - mini chocolate weetabix
Snack - maybe chocolate
Lunch - something from the freezer like curry with rice or rice with halloumi or maybe homemade soup
Dinner - something very carby like rice, risotto, potatoes not a lot of meat
More snacks - cakes, chocolate etc

I also have a protein shake a few days per week after exercise

I don't eat fish or chicken, I do eat pork, beef and lamb but I don't really like a lot of meat and have been trying to include lentils in curries etc to add protein, I've bought some tofu which I'm planning to try to cook spiced up soon

I know it's terrible 

It’s not that terrible...

I would:

• stop having cereal for breakfast, it doesn’t keep you full for long and once the sugar high has work off you’ll feel really hungry. Try porridge (with milk but don’t add sugar - you could add berries if you like)
• lunch: curry is good if it’s homemade. Pre-packed stuff will probably be loaded with sugar. Maybe have leftover homemade curry with lots of chickpeas and lentils in, and don’t have the rice. If you’re having halloumi, try having it with salad instead of rice.
• dinner: up the protein and veg content, and cut back on the carb portions. Maybe aim for half the plate veg, a quarter meat and a quarter carbs.

I’m losing weight at the moment and things that have really helped have been cutting out snacks (if I really need something I have fruit or natural yoghurt), not having toast and peanut butter for breakfast, and swapping wine for gin and slimline tonic.

I have a big appetite sometimes - when the weather goes colder like now, when I have my period, when I'm tired or have been exercising. I also think you just get used to more food. I used to be shocked at the thought of eating a whole pizza, now I find it hard to just eat half.