Is anyone else hungry all the time?

[alpinerabbit]

ALL THE TIME.

Haven't been exercising hard in the past 2 weeks so a bit less. I ate like a horse (or did I actuall EAT A HORSE??!! ) before.

Also, during cycling holidays I did not eat so much so exercise suppresses it a bit.

[run it, ride it]

ME TOO!

Maybe it's just the time of year (student, last week of school, 8-jillion projects due), but I'm just exasparated with my hunger. YES I have started training harder in running, riding (horse) and cycling, but this is just irrational: I'm gaining weight like nothing else--the nurse weighed me at my last physical and I just about fainted at the number.

I recently found out I'm allergic to wheat gluten. I thought cutting that out would help me lose some weight. Since then I've just been more hungry, and lord if I know why.

I only eat healthy foods... rice cakes (plain) with (real) peanut-butter and yogourt for snacks, fish for dinner, veggie/egg sandwich for lunch, apples/pears/oranges/carrots when I'm feeling hungry for no reason, and the odd piece of dark chocolate if I'm really craving it.

I don't eat a -lot- to begin with, but fast metabolism isn't in my genes, and if I'm still gaining, obviously it's still too much. Gah!

Glad to know I'm not the only one confused and frustrated!

[Offthegrid]

run it, ride it: welcome to the no-gluten club. I actually did drop a bunch of weight right after I found out, but now it has balanced out for me. There is still plenty of gluten-free junk food, I've found out.

But some gluten-free food IS much higher in calories than its regular counterpart. For example, the gluten-free bagels available in my area are 400 calories each. One tiny slice of rice bread is 120 calories. Yowsers. Gotta be careful.

[KnottedYet]

Run it - gluten can mess up your gut's ability to absorb nutrients (especially vit B12) which makes you need to eat more to try to get the nutrients you're missing, which makes you gain weight anyway.

Your doc will do a blood screen and let you know which vits you need to take. My doc gave me the choice of B12 shots or B12 pills. Pills were cheaper, and I've got my B12 into the low-normal range now just using the pills.

I did lose a ton of weight when I finally got the last details of my gut worked out. Some has crept back on during my inactive winter, but I'm still in my healthy range and I feel much better than I used to.