What do you do if you're hungry but you've had "enough"? (vegetables, carbs)

[Cindi Waters]

So, that's the question. I had breakfast today, ate 'enough,' but am still hungry. If you're trying to lose weight, what do you do?

[fleetiebelle]

Are you really still hungry, or is it just that you want to eat more?

[ChristineVA]

I walk away and feel bummed out.

[stan4]

Down water.
It's usually the problem.

[EIL9]

Drink some water and then go do something to take my mind off it.

[Luckyd609]

What did your breakfast consist of?

[Brian_M]

2 things... water, a glass Before you eat, is a simple trick. The second is to make sure you're eating foods that are "filling", those being fats and proteins.

The only time I walk away and still feel hungry is when I favor carbs over protein/fat (for instance, I eat a bagel with cream cheese ~ more than enough to fill me ~ but I'll be hungry 2 hours later).

[CSD610]

Add more protein to your meal
Snack on fresh vegetables
Drink all of the water your body requires daily.
(The formula is: take your current weight, divide by two, turn that number into ounces)

[gentlearts]

If you are hungry after breakfast, you did not eat enough protein. The typical breakfast of cereal or bread and fruit juice...carbs, as Brian M said...is the best way to sabotage any diet.

Have meat and/or eggs and whole fruit, no juice, and it will keep you full until lunch. If you don’t have time to cook in the morning, keep some hard boiled eggs in the fridge. An ounce or two of cheese will help too.

[ChristineVA]

I'm not the OP, but it doesn't matter what I eat. I am pretty hungry quickly. Yesterday, I had two scrambled eggs. Sauteed some onions and turkey sausage in olive oil first then poured the eggs into that. I could actually, comfortably, eat 4 eggs. I ate those eggs at 8AM and at 11AM I was REALLY thinking about lunch. I certainly was never full.

I'm one of those people that hardly feels full unless I eat a TON of food or lots of volume.