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Just getting started....Hungry?

sailor1029 Posts: 76 Joined: 2003/05/12	2006/08/29, 07:16 PM Hey guys. This isn't the first time I've gotten into lifting, but its the first time I've really gotten my diet on any sort of track. For starters, I'm 6'1, 230lbs male, 21 years old, coming from a fairly sedentary office job. I've started lifting/swimming/running on a rough schedule now, and I'm on week 2. This last couple days I've gotten myself to 5 meals a day, ~400 calories a meal, mostly coming from oatmeal, lean chicken, apples/oranges, and rice. Here's where the problem starts. I know I should be eating every 3-4 hours, but I've found that I can have a meal, and in under 2 hours, I'm absolutely starving, and not just "hungry", but the hungry shakes, low bloodsugar kind of hungry. Is this normal when starting out? Is there anything I should be eating that will put the hunger off for that extra hour or two? I'm drinking water constantly, even more so when I start to feel the hunger pangs, but I just can't shake them. Any and all advice is more than welcome. -Scott
KC_72 Posts: 3,249 Joined: 2006/05/19	2006/08/30, 10:32 AM Hi Scott...I'm not an expert at this...but I know there is alot of info on this...take a cruise through the forums and see what you can find..type hunger or something of the like into fitbuddy and see what pops up...I know you need to figure something out though...you'll never sustain a diet of any kind if you get the shakes from being to hungry..that's miserable,nobody can do it.you could aslo read diets made easy by bb1fit in this forum...I put my husband on it and he is doing very well...you could also read 'diet thread 'also by bb1 also in this forum...hope it all works out for you!!I'll find diets made easy and give it a bump for you.