How can you avoid hunger while you are dieting?

Now, that’s a good question and one I have had to find the answer to, as I am currently dieting and have been quite hungry – up until now! Has hunger struck you down in your tracks whilst dieting? I’m hearing you!

One of the main reasons that people cheat on their dieting plan or just give up altogether is that simply, they’re hungry.

Being hungry all the time is difficult to live with for a day, much less for weeks on end. There are some solutions so you can avoid hunger and I’m going to share them with you today!

Here are some tips to make sure that hunger pangs don’t derail all of your hard work.

Whatever you do, don’t skip breakfast, or you will starving and cranky by mid-morning. A breakfast with complex carbs and low fat protein will help stave off hunger and snack attacks.

Eat sufficient protein when you are dieting. Scientific studies show that protein leaves people feeling full longer than carbohydrates does.

Make sure that you have some fat included in your diet – you need some. Choose healthy fats, like olive oil. Mediterranean people include a lot of olive oil in their cooking and they have famously low rates of obesity and heart disease.

Plan ahead. Make sure that you have low calorie snacks and drinks with you. Drink plenty of water and eat snacks like celery or apple slices.

Stay away from sugary snacks and simple carbohydrates like sticky buns, cake and donuts. If you eat them your blood sugar will soar, and then it will crash and you will find yourself irritable, jittery and famished. Munchie moments follow quickly!

Take note of what times of day your hunger really kicks in and plan your meals and snacks accordingly. If you always cave in around 4 p.m., schedule a snack for 3:30 and drink a big glass of water too.

Don’t cut your calories too drastically when trying to lose weight. It will make your metabolism slow down and cause you to be plagued with hunger all of the time.

Eat several servings of bulky low calorie foods a day. Broccoli, cauliflower, salads, most vegetables…these will fill you up and help stave off hunger.

Eat complex carbohydrates half an hour to an hour before exercising to fuel your workout session and also so you don’t end up feeling absolutely ravenous afterwards.

Good luck on your dieting mission! Avoid hunger and you will be far more likely to stick to your weight reduction plan. If you follow the above tips you will find it’s pretty easy to avoid hunger whilst you are dieting! Let me know how you go