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Yes. Im never not Able to eat

I'm convinced there's a blackhole in my stomach at this point. I'm constantly hungry.

This sub is great for eating a huge volume of food at lower calories.

It’s not necessarily great for satiety (see the cotton candy post).

That being said, if I’ve had a low calorie, higher volume, high protein meal but still feel hungry, the answer is fat. I need fat. A few almonds or up to 1/4 cup of mixed nuts does it. Up to 150 calories of fat dense food.

As much as this sub loves volume, to me sometimes the right macro mix is far better for actually quieting my hunger. Protein shake plus sliced apples plus a spoonful of peanut butter fills me up for hours. That can be lunch for about 400 calories, 35-40 grams of protein, and 12 grams of fat. Even better macros if you get natural PB with no sugar.

Assuming you have enough protein , You’re probably missing some fats in the meal. If my meal didn’t have enough fat and I’m craving something else, try a small full fat Greek yogurt or a couple squares of 85% chocolate

Yes. I constantly think about eating even right after a meal. I’ve heard that upping complex carbs can help with this but I have yet to try that. I think my brain might just be broken 🥲

Cottage cheese seemed to help me a lot. (May not work for everyone, it seems people either love it or loathe it.)

If I managed to add cottage cheese to my meals (like cottage cheese with chili or tikka marsala instead of a carb like rice or pasta to put it on, or eat cottage cheese with taco meat instead of a tortilla,) I was definitely a lot more satiated. I’m guessing it was the protein plus a little fat that did it. (I don’t do low fat cottage cheese, i don’t like the taste as much.)

Though now that I’ve started weight training and tracking my calories much more closely, I’ve found that I’m starting to get the “bottomless pit” feeling again, and having a hard time staying in my calories restrictions. (It seems like a common trend, any time I start seriously weight training my appetite shoots through the roof.) So now I’m just trying to pick a “safe snack” to eat at night when I just can’t deal with the hunger/food noise at the end of the day (edamame, cottage cheese, nori, or popcorn.) I’m usually only going over my calories goal by 100 or 200, so I’m hoping that’s still progress. (Before I wasn’t tracking calories at all, just trying to focus on high volume whole foods, and I managed to lose 30 with just cardio work outs. So here’s to hoping it’ll still work. 🤞🏻)

Also something I’ve found that worked for chocolate cravings: I found that sometimes I would get INTENSE, irresistible chocolate cravings. I googled it and found that it could actually be a vitamin deficiency that could be fixed by pumpkin seeds. So when those hit, I add pumpkin seeds to my diet and it ACTUALLY WORKED. So if you’re really craving chocolate give pumpkin seeds a shot.

Yes. I have hyperphagia- I am never not hungry. I could be so physically full I’m very uncomfortable but I’m still hungry. These days often a meal does almost nothing to decrease my hunger.The hunger signal just never shuts off. No way of eating has ever helped.

This may be a complication of auto immune caused brain damage in the hypothalamus for me, to do with my type 1 narcolepsy. No dr I I’ve found cares to help. Some have suggested trying a GLP-1 but are unwilling to go to bat with my insurance company to get it covered, so it remains inaccessible. I just try to eat by the clock and weigh and potion everything.
I got a mild COVID infection and got ME/CFS (one of the most common forms of Long COVID) so now exercise is a pipe dream. So i have to be strict with myself so i don’t over ear and end up over weight. Every day is a battle of will against the constant hunger and food noise and it’s exhausting and it sucks.

I'm convinced that constant hunger is a sign that your body is missing something important. Could be a vitamin or mineral, could be an amino acid, or could be an essential fat. I would try a good quality multi vitamin and a supplement of omega 3 to start.

I usually get a small bowl of berries or cut up veg e.g. peppers, cucumber, raspberries, blueberries, grapes. And like one of those small chocolates (that are lingering everywhere because of Christmas lol) and keep myself away from the kitchen cause most of the time it’s out of boredom so I feel the need to be picking at something (hence the berries) and I have an immense sweet tooth so having the bit of chocolate with it helps to subside me a little

Food noise. GLPs were the only thing that curbed it.

Finish your food, sit up and go take a 10 minute walk, preferably outdoors. You will not be as hungry if AT all. Pro tip: Drink enough water before, and after your meal. You will be very full, and include more fiber if you are cutting, you will tend to eat a lot less.

Getting a hobby that keeps ur mind busy solves this for me.

Crocheting has been my choice. Mind and hands 100% busy. Bonus, you use your phone way less.

It can take up to 20 minutes for your stomach to send fullness signals to your brain. What's helped me is eating slowly - chew WELL (not chewing your food well enough can cause bloating and gas) and eat mindfully - no multiple screens, scrolling, etc. The most "distraction" I'll have during a meal is conversation with my dining partner or a book. This slows me down enough that by the time I'm finished with my meal, my brain is already starting to realize that my stomach is full.

As someone else commented, a walk afterward also helps.

I found chia seeds to fix my food noise. I take 1.25 tablespoons soaked in water, in the morning. And the same dose at night. When I eat a big meal especially for lunch I become really tired and cold afterwards. But not with taking chia: I feel a surge of energy in the afternoon. It's been awesome. The gel-like texture reminds me of gummy Candy so that's kinda cool.

I also love desserts. That's why I almost always have low-calorie sweets at home that I can eat as a dessert or snack.

Today, for example, I made a vanilla pudding with semi-skimmed milk and flavor powder instead of sugar. Then I stirred in some beaten egg whites. The result was a delicious vanilla mousse. It's about 450 kcal in total, and I was able to fill three large 0.4-liter glasses with it. I had one for dessert, I'm having one with some fresh raspberries for dinner, and I'll have the last one tomorrow.

During the week, when I'm working, I don't need large portions. But on weekends, I try to eat meals with a lot of volume. Today we made a delicious chicken soup. I made two relatively large bowls for under 400 kcal.

In total, I can eat 1900 kcal per day, but on average 1600 kcal is enough for me.

Sometimes not long after dinner I’ll just brush my teeth and put my night guard in and that forces me to not eat any more for the evening.

Hunger and thirst are the same feeling. I would see if drinking more water would help the hunger feeling.

Just read this and wanna thanks everybody; the OP and all of you who replied to him because this is also my problem since autumn last year. I had pretty good physique and I was hunting the last bit of abdominal fat down in order for me to make my body transformation complete; and after september something happened that I started to feel hungry all the time, even after my fiber-protein rich meals. And then I would binge immensely (luckily only healthy stuff, since I’m vegan) all I could find after having dinner. I would eat a whole kilo apples, or a whole mandarin net, or three tofu blocks or two cans of black beans in a matter of minutes. December was the worst time because all the sweet stuff around me everywhere; couldn’t resist and started binging on vegan christmas cookies of all kinds. I’ve regained 7 kgs., lose the figure and I was feeling (kinda still) disappointed with myself and full of remorse. Every binge eating episode would be followed by frustration, anger, sadness. Just two weeks ago I started tracking again and meditating; fasting as well (14 hours every two days, 12 hours the rest of the week). Slowly I’m feeling better but still have episodes. Reading all of your advice and empathy brings hope and relief to my situation. There are mostly great recommendations here regarding this question and just wanted to say thanks for the positive push and vibe you all gave to the OP and to others. Have a great weekend!

Definitely try and distract yourself. At work I eat lunch at my desk and go for a walk when I’m done. I find it helps with the naggy hungry feeling. It’s harder with dinners when I’m in a kitchen surrounded by food though

I had this, my issues were:

Binge eating disorder

Lack of protein

Lack of fibre

Undiagnosed adhd

only when i eat something extra fibrous (like a bag of brussels sprouts) i don’t feel like this

Yeah that's me mostly after dinner. Especially on the weekends lol

For me it’s that I need more salt/umami flavor. Almost so I feel like I’m eating “junk food” but really it’s a vegetable covered in a homemade sauce lol

Almost always. I just drink a crap ton of beverages and try to ignore it :(

ETA: it doesn’t matter how much protein I eat either. I’m less hungry with protein but always hungry.

If i feel like this ill wait 20 min. If im still feeling like this ill have more - most often I feel full after the 20 min has passed

Eating slower has helped me avoiding that a bit 

List what you eat babe.

Yes I've been trying to get into the Groove of "volume eating" its helping but I haven't reached flow state like some people in this sub

Are your meals well seasoned and full of variety? I notice that to feel satisfied, I need a variety of flavors and strong spices. Then all my senses are satisfied, not just the full stomach.

Sometimes you're body is craving nutrients or water and the signal you feel is hunger. Maybe review what you are eating and see if there are any nutritional deficiencies.

If you are stress eating try and find alternative ways for comfort. It might not make the stress-hunger response go away completely but it might make it more manageable.

Also try timing how long it takes you to feel full/less hungry after eating a big meal. I know it can take me up to 30mins before my body seems to register the food I have consumed.

I went through this for years as I battled my eating disorder. I finally found a solution. You need healthy fats with your meals. I’ve added 10g of olive oil to my morning Greek yogurt bowl and I finally feel full and satiated now.

I now fit 20g of healthy fats into my macros for every meal and this has single handedly fixed my ED and binge eating

Hope this helps you

The freedom have no more food noise is amazing after years of constant food noise 24/7

Season your food, don't totally omit oil, add a bit of a fun food like cheese. if your food tastes like nothing and you feel hungry after its because it wasn't releasing any dopamine. For instance I'll eat a lb of broccoli but I also add garlic, Chinese 5 spice, black pepper, and a bit of smoked sesame oil. Then I add a half cup of rice, an egg, and a serving of shredded cheese. Then some nutritional yeast and soy sause. If it tastes really good you're more likely to be satiated

There are couple approaches: you can increase portion size with more vegetables to feel full longer, or break that big meal into smaller ones throughout the day

I used to be like you, no matter how big or small a meal is, I'm gonna be hungry after 1-2 hours no matter what lol. I then switch from "eating till I'm full" to "eating till I'm not hungry anymore". Eventually, my stomach adapt to a smaller portion, but now I kinda struggle to eat more when going from a cut to now a lean bulk lol

I asked that question of a doctor here on Reddit; and ask me anything post. The full answer should be somewhere in my history. Bottom line I was told it’s an endocrine issue.

I think what was posted previously regarding fat is a good thing to keep in mind. It doesn't have to be a lot. Avocado, a skinny slice of butter, more laughing cow cheese wedges. Fat does help the food brain quiet down a bit...

This ☝🏻 along with all the other excellent suggestions.

It's because of soda and high carb foods

I sit and just crunch on raw cabbage and I cannot eat more …

Me too, I stopped eating meals because I kept snacking. I've started stocking empty fruits and vegetables because of it and still make it to 1k calories

Sometimes what I eat (especially if it's carb heavy) makes me hungry, regardless of how full I am. I sometimes set a 15 min timer and by the time it goes off, I'm not hungry anymore

Track (and increase if needed) ur fat intake. I was the same way but when I increased fats from 30g to 45-50g daily satiety has been much better.

Fruit and veg, ESPECIALLY apples, and sometimes cabbage or salads, make me feel weird and extra hungry, and slightly weird feeling like, not really healthier, but some type of feeling. So now I avoid apples since it’s like a void opens up with them, and adding crushed crackers and large chicken sausages to my salad usually helps that.

Fiber then sweet works for me.

You need to start feeling comfortable in not being stuffed. It’s normal not to be stuffed just get used to it and fill up on liquids of cooked veggies

Yes. I hear people say they “forget to eat” and I could never understand.

Can you give us an example of a meal you would eat? High volume doesn’t always mean macro balanced. For example if you don’t have enough healthy fats you will likely still feel hungry.

How lean are you op? What you are describing is a hormonal imbalance between Leptin and Ghrelin. the stomach can so full it is distended, and yet the mouth is saying I want to eat more food. This imbalance is typically associated with too low body fat.

Water and fibre! Caffeine and being sleep deprived also has a biiiig impact.

Honestly look into parasites. You can buy a parasite cleanse and it's just taking certain supplements for a short time. I know several people who did and their constant hunger was resolved.

Add decaf coffee and glp 1

So...that was true for me pretty much all my adult life. A few years back, I went on Ozempic, and it all just...stopped. I would eat a bit and then actually be full.

Some research led me to the conclusion that I have Leptin resistance, which means your gut doesn't send your brain the "I'm full, stop eating" signal.

GLP1 was the only thing that took those feelings away for me. Your body is most likely lacking this hormone.