I've read a few of your post Ton, aren't you in the midst of a lifestyle change
I know he had a big operation recently but I'm pretty sure it was to do with his heart.
More seriously, I would guess that having the heart running at full power has directly (and indirectly due to more exercise) led to higher metabolic rate and greater need for food. On a Monday after a big w/e on the bike i've often eaten my packed lunch by 10 then had to buy more food.
Could be worth checking in with the doc though if you want reassurance. I'm assuming you have follow-ups scheduled?
If you aren't already you could try entering your food/exercise into a diary like MyFitnessPal to see whether you're getting enough calories or not.
That's a bloody good idea, I am going to do that for a week or 2 and see what I am actually eating and how much protein, carbs etc the food contains.
some good advice fella's. I will have a few words with my Dr.
+1 for the skipping breakfast. For me its definitely the least important meal of the day.
Nutritional ketosis Ton.
Drink a pint of water when you feel hungry.. your brain can trick you into thinking its hunger when in fact you are thirsty.
What happens when you go to Greggs?
+2 for missing breakfast. If I eat first thing I am really hungry by 10AM. If I miss breakfast, I can go for hours without needing to eat.
I know the advice for years has been to eat breakfast to start your metabolism (or to prevent mid-morning snacking), but it really doesn't work like that for me.
The cynic in me wonders if it is a myth started by cereal companies.
What happens when you go to Greggs?
i never go to greggs......i would rather eat pooh.
i follow a primal eating plan as much as i can.
meat, pulses, veg, salad and a bit of bread and rice.
Diabetes? Hyperthyroidism?
My first thought. Have a word with the doc.
+1 for the skipping breakfast. For me its definitely the least important meal of the day.
Same here. It may be an urban myth but iirc 'the most important meal of the day' was coined by kelloggs.
Can't see any vested interests there...
You might find eating more carbs helps you lose weight, as you can get more work done when riding...
i am gonna give you a idea of what i mean
4 x scrambled eggs with ham
2 x bagels with ham and cream cheese
1 x tub of lentle and bean soup
1 x small pork pie
1 x bagle with jam
1 x chicken korma with rice
1 x naan bread
2 x samosa
1 x onion bhaji
this has been eaten today..... 😳
+1 for the skipping breakfast. For me its definitely the least important meal of the day.
Another +1 for that here too.
Works much better for me for weight loss. It helps that I'm never hungry in the morning though.
Fair bit of high GI carbs in there...
i know mate, but like i said, i have gone off the rails, but i am hungfy all the time.
off to the quacks tomorrow morning.
I've never eaten 'breakfast' for about 25 years. If I'm at work I don't even eat till lunchtime, If I'm off I may have 'brunch' around 10.30-11.30 if I feel like it.
This 'breakfast being the most important meal of the day' bollox, is just that.
Try having more lentils (I love India curry daal me) in your diet as they are high in protein. Not those lentil soup from supermarket as they are so watery they are taking everyone for a ride charging £2 for it ... cost pennies to make a tub.
Eat porridge ... tonnes of it.
Eat rice with lentils and brown rice.
Have some bananas.
Oh ya ... peanuts and cashew nuts too.
sent you an email Ton 😉
I found I was snacking more and more, big breakfast with cereal and a couple of rounds of toast, eating my packed lunch mid morning, buying lunch, something from the bakery, some more cheese snarnies when I got home from work and then a late dinner (9pm ish) when my wife got back from work.
I started using MyFitnessPal which gave me a bit of incentive to watch what I ate (suprisingly some days which felt unhealthy were far better calorie wise than a healthy feeling day) and also forced myself to have three meals a day with no snacking - I'd eat as much as I wanted (sensibly) during each meal but nothing in the gaps, apart from a milk based coffee at 6ish to keep me going from my midday lunch to my horribly late dinner at 8 or 9pm.
The apple test is also good, I try and have fruit on hand and its quite rare that I'll go and buy a Twix or Yorkie if the fruit is there...even though I won't always decide to eat some fruit.
The above with cutting out bread resulted in a loss of around 6kg and after a small relapse with the bread its now largely cut out again and I'm another 4kg down.
Or I train you to be my human cart ... I guarantee you will be slim in no time. 😈
Be guided by how your weight is/isn't changing...
If you're gaining weight, you're eating too much and it's probably boredom/habit behind your feelings of hunger....
If weight is stable, then meh, all is fine...
In reality, most people mistake appetite (the 'desire for food') with hunger (the 'require for food')... Tell yourself that ten minutes after eating, it's unlikely to be hunger....
Prime example...I'm as the watching food shows on TV - you can't tell me the TV has suddenly made me NEED food... I just simply WANT it!!!
DrP
If you cook your own food, my fitness pal is rubbish. I found it's only really for people who eat processed food, or the same stuff every day.
Ton, you're not drinking enough water by the sounds of it, and the tea and coffee dehydrating effect means you feel hungry?. My tuppenceworth,
Its not that rubbish, you can fairly quickly 'build' meals up from the basics.
some sound advice, all taken on board.
i am gonna start afresh in the morning, and see if i cant stop the rot setting in.
Ton, you're not drinking enough water by the sounds of it, and the tea and coffee dehydrating effect means you feel hungry?. My tuppenceworth,
+1 dehydration and/or thirst can often be mistaken for hunger.
Watch out for an incoming cold! That constantly hungry feeling is always a sure fire sign, for me, that I'm under attack and there's an almost inevitable sore throat and snot fest a few days later. 😥
