Kristin251
Expert
It does seem you are eating a lot of food in general. Too much of protein or even fat can make me ravenous. I keep to small meals and rarely need snacks anymore.
Protein and fat both have effects on bs. Protein can raise it but fat hinders insulin so when over eating fat you get hungry because you are slowing insulin. It took me a long time to find the right balance. I too am 80% fat but I eat snack sized meals. Half and avocado and celery BF. Lunch is an ounce and a half of protein with some low carb veggies and 1/4 avocado. Dinner same as lunch. I generally out a little EVOO or mayo on the protein as well
It took me awhile to realize the bigger the meal the hungrier I got AFTER I ate. If I keep meals small and balanced I don't get hungry. If I do I have a slice of avocado or two or three nuts. It's amazing how little food I need. I feel much more energetic too. Look at the size of meals people are eating. They aren't big especially before dinner. Many only have coffee for BF. The. Something small at lunch and dinner is usually the addition of more veggies.
LCHF does not have to mean pile it on. It just means replacing carb cals with fat and fat has almost twice as many calories. So a reasonable normal amount of fat is good. Eating lots of fat is not going to help you lose weight, it's just meant to keep calories where they should be. Many of us do well on around 1200. I don't even need that many. I really don't count cals. I set my carb and protein and eat enough fat to satisfy but if I over eat fat I do get hungry.
Protein and fat both have effects on bs. Protein can raise it but fat hinders insulin so when over eating fat you get hungry because you are slowing insulin. It took me a long time to find the right balance. I too am 80% fat but I eat snack sized meals. Half and avocado and celery BF. Lunch is an ounce and a half of protein with some low carb veggies and 1/4 avocado. Dinner same as lunch. I generally out a little EVOO or mayo on the protein as well
It took me awhile to realize the bigger the meal the hungrier I got AFTER I ate. If I keep meals small and balanced I don't get hungry. If I do I have a slice of avocado or two or three nuts. It's amazing how little food I need. I feel much more energetic too. Look at the size of meals people are eating. They aren't big especially before dinner. Many only have coffee for BF. The. Something small at lunch and dinner is usually the addition of more veggies.
LCHF does not have to mean pile it on. It just means replacing carb cals with fat and fat has almost twice as many calories. So a reasonable normal amount of fat is good. Eating lots of fat is not going to help you lose weight, it's just meant to keep calories where they should be. Many of us do well on around 1200. I don't even need that many. I really don't count cals. I set my carb and protein and eat enough fat to satisfy but if I over eat fat I do get hungry.