The more meals I make, the more hungry I am ...

About a year and a half ago I was at 260lbs of which I cut about 90lbs
in about a year, and last summer I was at 165-170lbs ...
In that time I was eating 3-4 meals per day and was feeling pretty full,
had a lot of energy, even for cardio ...

During that time I ate approx. 1800-2000kcal/day, did 700-1000 kcal
cardio 3 times per week, and was moving at a moderate pace of 1-2 lbs
per week feeling full all the time.

My diet was approx 40P:30C:30F (mostly flaxseed oil) consisting of slow
carbs and lean protein sources with addition of flaxseed and fish oil.

After summer I took some "smart" advice and started eating 6 meals
spread at approximately same caloric intake (total 2k kcal) while only
wanted maintaining ...

Suddenly my appetite went to the roof. The more meals I ate the more
hungry I was. I tried to keep to 6 meals (300-400 kcal) for about 2
months (but I had a really hard time doing it). At that time, I started
having huge drops of energy during the day, during cardio I was almost
colapsing ...
At that time I stopped doing cardio for some time (2-3 months due to bad
weather) and started going to gym. It wasn't any better ...
I gained a few pounds of muscle, but the energy drops were still there.

Now, I'm at 180 pounds with quite a bit of fat (most of this fat was
still there before, it just came out after I gained some muscle under it).

Btw, I'm a 5'11 18 year old.

I'm still doing the 6 meal thing and still fighting with my appetite.
For the last 2 months I'm doing gym and cardio with the same caloric
intake, but the flab isn't comming off.

I'm going to reduce my meals to 3-4 meals of cca 400 kcal with the same
training regime and post a progress report in about a month.

I'm also looking for some advice on the hunger management

PS: I'm also taking quality multivitamin multimineral supplements every
day and 5-10 g of creatine and whey after workout.
PPS: I'm looking for cutting my weight to 165lbs again but this time
with a bit more muscle and less body fat

I just have to write my goals somewhere and this is as good place as any ...

now: 180 lbs (82 kg)

*mini goal: 175 lbs (80 kg)* - in max 4 weeks

half goal: 170 lbs (77 kg) - by 15th of April
ultimate goal: 160 lbs (73 kg) - by 1st of June

Focusing on my mini goal now (knowing my body, it will probably take
less then 4 weeks, but gotta be realistic

Ignoramus15467 wrote:
Like you, I lost weight by eating less and was hungry most of the
time. After I switched to low carb, hunger became much less of an
issue.

no, no, no ... you got me all wrong ... I wasn't that hungry while I was
loosing weight. My appetite increased as I started maintaining ... when
I started eating smaller meals more frequently .

Svizac wrote in :

I just have to write my goals somewhere and this is as good place as
any ...

now: 180 lbs (82 kg)

*mini goal: 175 lbs (80 kg)* - in max 4 weeks

half goal: 170 lbs (77 kg) - by 15th of April
ultimate goal: 160 lbs (73 kg) - by 1st of June

Focusing on my mini goal now (knowing my body, it will probably take
less then 4 weeks, but gotta be realistic


You know, a person can learn a lot by reading this ng!

Andy

Svizac wrote:

After summer I took some "smart" advice and started eating 6 meals
spread at approximately same caloric intake (total 2k kcal) while only
wanted maintaining ...

Suddenly my appetite went to the roof. The more meals I ate the more
hungry I was.

Lots of advice that works well for most people doesn't work for
a specific individual. When giving advice it's a great idea to
start with what works for most people. Now you know you
aren't typical in this particular thing. So go back to the meal
frequency you used to use.

Cause and effect. The cause is eating the way you used to
that triggered loss but not hunger. The effect, should be to
continue loss and not be hungry.

Andy wrote:
Svizac wrote in :

I just have to write my goals somewhere and this is as good place as
any ...

now: 180 lbs (82 kg)

*mini goal: 175 lbs (80 kg)* - in max 4 weeks

half goal: 170 lbs (77 kg) - by 15th of April
ultimate goal: 160 lbs (73 kg) - by 1st of June

Focusing on my mini goal now (knowing my body, it will probably take
less then 4 weeks, but gotta be realistic


You know, a person can learn a lot by reading this ng!

what was that supposed to mean?

I spent the last year following this (and croatian) health news groups
as well as some other sites/forums (t-nation ...) at least half an hour
per day, so I'd say I'm pretty informed

Svizac wrote in :

Andy wrote:
Svizac wrote in -
com.hr:

I just have to write my goals somewhere and this is as good place as
any ...

now: 180 lbs (82 kg)

*mini goal: 175 lbs (80 kg)* - in max 4 weeks

half goal: 170 lbs (77 kg) - by 15th of April
ultimate goal: 160 lbs (73 kg) - by 1st of June

Focusing on my mini goal now (knowing my body, it will probably take
less then 4 weeks, but gotta be realistic


You know, a person can learn a lot by reading this ng!

what was that supposed to mean?

I spent the last year following this (and croatian) health news groups
as well as some other sites/forums (t-nation ...) at least half an hour
per day, so I'd say I'm pretty informed


I meant what I said. There's so much information and just when you think
you have an idea of how to best diet to your advantage, some new
information gets posted and you have to rethink/compare/judge and form
conclusions and make decisions based on that experience. The learning
process, plain and simple. And then it repeats all over again.

All the best,

Andy