Feeling full on 1600 Cals - starving !

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Did it today and yesterday and I’m hungry ! 100g protein , plenty of veg. lots of water . Is it just a case of getting used to it?
I struggle with protein shakes etc, just don’t like the taste and they make me feel sick .
grateful for any Inspo

Have you tried keto? More fat keeps you fuller

This. I feel full and more importantly satisfied on far less food.

If your diet is usually pretty carb heavy and you have reduced today and yesterday then you will feel hungry for the first week or 2, you need to just push through it and make sure you are eating protein and full fat good stuff like Greek yoghurt (not Greek style, the good stuff) or cottage cheese (Longley farms, it's the best!).

I'm a huge fan of cake and crisps and chocolate, and if I stop eating them and make sure I'm not eating refined sugars then I'm starving for about 19 days, then the hunger just switches off.

That should say 10 days not 19.

What is the protein made up of?

Try and stay away from artificial sweetners

If you have only just started, it will take some getting used to.

Im not a fan of protein shakes or powders either, I havent found any without artificial sweetners in them, although I think some of the plain whey ones dont but they need making with milk or shakes which I dont eat.

As others are saying, make sure there is enough fat in your diet.

I think you do need to get used to it . I eat 1000 calories or less a day and try to be carb light and it’s ample for me - still don’t lose weight though .

I have dabbled in keto in the past but it makes me shaky and tired and I worry about habits the time headspace to do it “properly” without relying on processed meats / cheeses etc
Ive been trying to stop sugar / white refined carbs

Today I had
Breakfast: 2 Veg Sausages, 2 Egg scrambled with 10g butter
Lunch : Tuna Salad, 3 Ryvita
Dinner : Pulled chilli chicken with kidney beans and black beans, served with butternut squash and broccoli

Snacks, 2 squares 70% dark choc 10 Almonds
200 cal protein bar (not sure how else to up protein)
Diet Coke

100ml semi milk for tea and coffee no sugars

15000 steps, 2L water, 25 min weighted workout

Grateful for any input

Those meals look pretty good but I'd re-assess the snacks if I were you.

2 squares of chocolate - 100 calories
Protein bar - 200 calories
10 almonds - 70 calories

So total of 370.

For filling up and stopping you feel hungry during this initial re-calibration phase you could have had a whole extra meal or snacks like:

Beef jerky - 91 cals
2 medium boiled eggs - 140 cals
100g (third of a tub) longley farms full fat cottage cheese - 104 cals
100g authentic Greek yoghurt - 137 cals with a few drops of vanilla extract
A boiled dippy egg with steamed asparagus for dipping - 90 calories
A mini tub of (sainsburys be good to yourself) hummus with carrot for dipping - 150 cals
Cup a soup - 130 cals
Options hot chocolate - 38 cals

I make up a big batch of mince every few days, 500g 5% fat beef or pork, tin of tomatoes, punnet of mushrooms, couple of carrots sliced, couple of onions and then herbs/spices/seasoning to taste. That makes 4 servings at 220 cals per serving. I keep it batched up in the fridge for my lunches, but if I'm having a hungry day I know I can just reheat that as a snack and feel satiated. If I'm really really hungry I'll cook up extra mushrooms to bulk it out even more.

Your body is missing the refined sugars and carbs and is sending out strong signals

I would swap out the ryvita for a wholemeal pitta and get a bit of wholemeal pasta or brown rice into the balance. I know for me I cant touch white/beige carbs, but if I avoid them completely Im forever hungry so I will take a pitta or pasta portion most days

If you are going from a carb heavy to high protein it is going to be tough. I went from maybe 6 slices of white bread a day to zilch, couldnt do it, kept failing, so now I count a wholemeal pitta in and stuff that pitta with so much veg and pickles and protein ( I prefer tinned fish so I get the Omega 3 ) its enough. And the days Im not including that, I count in wholemeal pasta. It gives me the "im full"signals

How much protein is in your protein bar OP?

I always try to get the most protein for the fewer calories

Nuts, eggs, meats, fish and cottage cheese are the best balances.

I've been doing 1500 for the last 10 days and finding it surprisingly easy. Three meals and 2 snacks.

I understand all the low carb theory, but it doesn't work for me, without some carbs I'm starving. Some menus for the last few days for me are:

Porridge made with milk and rasins, no sugar
2 satsumas
Ham sandwich, 2 slices seedy bread, a little mayo, mustard, cucumber. Plain Greek yogurt
Small handful walnuts and some dried apricots
Pork loin with boiled new potatoes, carrots and green beans

2 weetabix, milk and berries
Grapes
Soup and 2 slices seeded bread without butter. Plain Greek yogurt
Apple and peanut butter
3 egg Prawn omelette, salad and bread roll

Porridge
Small banana
Beans on toast, yogurt
Few nuts
Peppers stuffed with breadcrumbs, mushrooms, hazelnuts and feta

Despite what I said about carbs I think the yogurt makes a big difference and I seem to (so far) have flipped a switch that means I just know I'm not going to have anything after dinner and don't look for it.

I've been buying nice bread and having it without butter.

I think it very much depends on what you were eating before - it takes time for our bodies to adjust to change.

I eat under 1500 a day and don’t feel hungry/steadily losing weight. It’s a slow process post menopause but I had to make changes. For me this is intermittent fasting (15/7) and reducing but carbs but very much including them.
Yesterday I ate:

11am Oat pancakes (30g whole oats soaked in 60ml oat milk, 1 egg, 5g baking powder and 5g plain flour) with yogurt, raspberries and walnuts. Oat flat white.

1.30pm Spicy chicken and peanut salad

4.30pm Apple and pb

7.30pm Singapore style prawn noodles packed with veg and bean sprouts.

I drink 2.5L of water or SF squash minimum too.

To do this I have to meal plan for the upcoming week, including outings etc to find balance. I write my food intake down, I look ages to the next day so I feel prepared and exercise 5 times a week.

Thanks all
yes absolutely I was eating so many white refined carbs (I run and was enjoying far to many hot cross buns, bowls of pasta and chocolate) I know they need to go but I’d really like to try and keep in measured portions of complex carbs
going to try some IF as well
the protein bar was 15g protein 150 cals or there is another one I have which is 20g protein 200 cals