Hunger

[Dingo12]

I came off the DNP at the end of last week. I lost another 3 lbs on it and after a carb load have been eating 1800-2000kcals a day as a maintenance diet. I am training 1 hour a day weights and have done one cardio session so far this week of 40 minutes. I find I am feeling hungry all the time. Is this my body trying to get back to it's previous weight after the sudden loss? Is my metabolism still in overdrive from the DNP?

I have also just started taking the pill again, could this be causing the cravings?

Has anyone here any ideas?

 

[Dingo12]

BUMP!

Help!!

 

[Fennec]

I'm cautious about this answer, but since no one else has responded.... (Poor Dingo12!)

About 2 months ago, I started getting really hungry all the time. This went on for a week or two. First I thought it was just cravings for stuff because of the strict diet, but no, this seemed to be of a different nature. After 2 weeks of this, I ended up turning up my calories by 100 cal/day. I was worried that this would affect my fat loss, but it didn't seem to, and it helped with the hunger pangs. I talked to my trainer about it, after a week at the higher calories, and we decided to turn my calories up an additional 100 cal/day (so in total, I added 200 cal/day to my diet). Those hunger pangs went away, and my fat loss actually sped up. Apparently, it was my body's signal that I had adapted, and perhaps added some muscle, and it needed a little more fuel. Maybe the same thing has happened to you?

Reason I'm cautious is because hunger feelings can also simply be due to increased metabolism. I don't want everyone to read this and go crazy eating a bunch more calories than they need, just because they feel a little hungry or have a craving for macaroni and cheese or something!! We increased the calories slowly, and only by a small amount at a time until we could see what the results were.

Hope this helps!
Fennec