how to deal with hunger pangs

I am trying to eat less and healthier and am finding I get very hungry inbetween meals. I want some tips on how to get thru this or not be hungry. I'm eating low fat and low carb but not being really strict. Thanks,

I started eating raw vegetables like cauliflower, broccoli, and carrots for a snack between meals. These types of foods take a while to eat and after about 20 minutes your brain sends a signal telling you your full and you are satisfied till your next meal. I'm actually getting where I don't need the snacks anymore, but if I do I know to go for the veggies. Most people don't eat enough vegetables a day anyway and I think this is a good way to work toward getting better amounts in your daily diet.

Take care

of course your hungry you are not giving your body any fuel. if you don't eat carbs you need fat for fuel if you don't eat fat you need carbs.

Have a snack between meals. It will keep your metabolism burning and keep those nasty cravings away.
A nice little snack i love and eat often between meals is taking half an apple and putting cottage cheese on it and sprinkle some cinnamon.. yummmm
Try to stay away from the junk foods they will make those pangs more frequent and worse. Half a celery stick wrapped in a lean deli slice of ham is good snack also. Just remember snacks dont mean that youve blown your diet.

Baby carrots, apples and oranges all work well for me as well. The broccoli, well, I prefer that steamed

Funny. I've had this exact problem just this past week as I'm still adjusting my food menu to make sure I stay on track.

I'll go along with everyone and eat more veggies, but I'll add my list:

Veggie soup with VEGGIE broth! They're about 100 calories a cup and will keep you happy. Heck, for extra fiber, go for the minestrone soup at Olive Garden (but NO CHEESE!!!) (Yeah, I know. The beans are high carb, but you also get a lot of fiber along with it. It's well worth it.)

I'm currently hitting my Pria energy bar, which is about 110.

Fruit salad: fresh cataloupe & honeydew melon cubes mixed with some red seedless grapes for color! Heck, I should have also threw in some bananas I had for cereal. Extra texture and flavor.

I recently went to Whole Foods and got myself a whole slew of grilled (as in BBQ) herb eggplant, peppers, and zucchini! It's only 8g carbs,
1 g saturated fat and 63 calories for a cup of veggies? I had some yesterday for a snack before dinner and teamed it with a cup of black bean soup and 3 Calif. roll (leftovers from lunch today.)

Speaking of black been soup... if you don't mind a trip to the bathroom afterwards, a cup of black bean soup is also 100 calories, according to FitDay.com. There's carbs, but LOTS of fiber (thus the need for the bathroom.) :-P
Joanna
144/143/125 (FINALLY! I lost ONE STINKIN' POUND!!!)

You're right! I should! It was weird b/c I noticed a small loss in my "pregnant" [1] tummy. (I went from 4 months to about 2 months now.)

So I don't know what to believe. My scale at home says I lost one lb.
My home gym scale says I lost 5 lbs. My work gym scales says I didn't lose anything! Go figure!!! *rolleyes* [2]
Joanna

[1] Running joke at a couple of Chinese restaurants I used to frequent regularly but came back to 3 months ago. They noticed that I've gained a lot of weight then and asked if I was "finally with child."
AAAAUUUUUGH!!!!

[2] I realize now that I have to learn to weigh myself once a month when I get up in the morning in my undies AFTER I went to the bathroom, but BEFORE I eat! The "once a month" part is to offset the part about water gain during "that time of the month." That can vary my weight as much as 3 lbs.

I think that this varies a bit from person to person. For me, increasing my fiber intake worked great. Others find that increased fats (good fats from nuts and so on) and/or protein works well.

One example of the an fat/fiber dense snack is Wasa sourdough rye crispbread with one tablespoon of peanut butter. That will run you about 125 calories I think (35 for the cracker and 90ish for the PB depending on brand) and contains 4 g of fiber.