Hi Vanessa,

just wondering if you are eating enough throughout your day? I know I have quite a substantial breakfast (two eggs scrambled with a rasher of bacon and a slice of Burgen bread for example) then if I'm hungry at 10-11 I might have some cheese, a few nuts or a similiar snack plus a water or coffee. Then lunch with protien, vege's etc another snack mid afternoon and as much dinner as I like.

Try grilled haloumi to curb a hunger attack or a nice big pot of Chai tea with hot milk. The Chai needs to be real not the powdered variety as it is full of sugar! I'm experimenting with feeling full also at the moment and sometimes just a distraction like walking to the top of the street and back can help me. Another thing I'm trying is water (boring I know!) but it does help.

Good luck it isn't easy, I know.

Claire

 

I agree. Most people who quit fructose find they eat a lot less. You may be copping hidden sugar in processed foods. It's a good idea to make an inventory of your food intake, say for a week. measure  the weight of each component and calculate the sugar/fructose content to arrive at an average daily intake of fructose. If it exceeds 10g then you need to change your eating pattern.

Janelle C wrote:what would your typical daily menu be? Do you do any exercise?  I find protein and fats help fill me up and a decent breaky.  I find sometimes my hunger goes up and down so I go with what my body is trying to tell me.

HI Janelle C

for breakfast I have Uncle Toby's Weeties no added sugar, a tub of Nestle diet yoghurt and decaf coffee with milk no sugar, I walk 5kms every morning, snacks are low sugar water crackers, small packet plain potato chips, lunch toasted cheese sandwich & apple, decaf coffee with milk no sugar, dinner is meat and vegetables, snacks slice of cheese & natural almonds.

 

 

 

Christian Graus wrote:Vanessa, do you mean you still feel hungry no matter how much you eat ? If so, I'd be reexamining what you eat and drink to see if you're still consuming sugar.  I knew people who were proudly 'sugar free' for months and months and suddenly realised the soy milk they drank all the time was loaded with it ( they also still ate honey ).  The addiction can lead you to things that you don't realise are feeding it.

Apart from that, it would help to have an idea of exactly what a typical day's food is for you. Perhaps you're trying so hard to lose weight that you're eating so little that you're hungry because you need food ? 

Christian

for breakfast i have Uncle Toby's weeties no added sugar, nestle diet yoghurt (can't stomach milk on cereal), decaf coffee no sugar & milk, lunch is toasted cheese sandwich, snacks are sml packet of plain chips, low sugar water crackers, natural almonds, for dinner is meat and vegetables.

You maybe right I could still be having sugar without realising it but I do check the nutritional labels first for the amount of sugar per 100 g and try to stick less than 2g per 100g of sugar

Your diet seems ok apart from the yoghurt (may need to check ingredients but I think I know the yoghurt your talking about a special no sugar diet yoghurt from nestle, if that's the same one then it should be OK although there is another type that has sugar in it as well as artificial sweetener. Tamar Valley has nice no sugar yoghurt it does have plain but it's artifically sweetened, they are very nice, Aldi sell the same type too).  I would suggest to fill up on more protein and fat if you can.  I can happily go without snacks, some days i may need morning tea other days not.  Try full fat no sugar yoghurt, may fill you up more.  I find with bread it doesn't keep me full long enough so i tend to overeat and put on weight.