Hi,
Thanks for the quick reply.
I notice my hunger mostly on nights when I work out in the morning.
If I exercise in the evening, I find my post workout protein in take normally eliminates my hunger.
The past 3 weeks I have been trying very hard to sustain a constant food regime with substantial water intake.
8:30-10:I have breakfast (this is probably the most difficult meal for me as this is the most hectic time of day for me, but I try to have a strong carb intake and protein to take me to my midmorning snack)
~11: I have a light snack (cheese and some veggies)
12-1:30: I have lunch which I try to have a salad paired with a sandwich (turkey on rye is my go to) or dinner from the night before
3: I have another snack, normally fruit or yogurt and granola
5-6:30: I have dinner with is normally a veggie plate, cold turkey/chicken breast, and some serving of carbs (i.e., ww toast, sm serving of ww pasta...)
And then by 8 I am starving! And it's often a craving for carbs! I try not to give in, but if I do, I'll make myself some air popped popcorn, or have yogurt and granola. I just feel that I am eating way too much and yet still hungry. And I often find I am trying to feed/stuff myself with food before 3pm (when I am not hungry) to meet a good balanced diet, and then straving in the evening. I guess I am very conscious of not wanting to eat too much to counter my weight loss, but then feel like this process can be quite awful because I go to be hungry a lot.
Also, have you heard of "Clif Bars"?
If I am too busy in the morning to sit down and have a breakfast, I will have one of these (especially if I am on my way to an early morning workout)...and I will often have them as a snack in the afternoon if I know I am going to the gym after work. I find they fill me up and do give me energy, but I am worried that I am actually making a poor choice in eating them.
And my last question!
On another thread you mentioned exercises to do to strengthen yourself for soccer and preventing injuries. Are there exercises I can build into my circut workouts that will help protect my knees from my soccer? I already find I have to limit my squats/lunges during my workouts a couple days after I play soccer, and on really bad day I have to cut out cardio. Should I be jumping into lunges and squats to build up strength in my knees? I am too young to be falling apart!