I'm looking for ways to suppress my appetite, I don't want to kill myself I just want to eat less?

Question

what are good ways to suppress my appetite

if its something i have to buy i need it to not be too expensive because i am a college student

Answer 1

eat carrots,cocumber,reddish and some stuff liek that it is healthy and nutritious too heheheheh

Answer 2

Medical studies in the last 2-3 years have linked calcium to appetite-suppression in some people, so have a glass of milk before your "hungry times" like mid-afternoon and at night.

Also, suppress your appetite by including more dietary fiber which makes you feel fuller; replace white bread with wheat bread, and use more raw ingredients when you cook, for example. Familiarize yourself with--and start eating-- foods that actually burn more calories being digested than they actually contain--celery, grapefruit, lettuce, and cabbage, for example. Weight Watchers has really good strategies for all of this--meals, snacks, timing of meals, fiber, etc. and you don't have to join--just go to your nearest library and check out the lastest WW stuff.

Previous answers about drinking lots of water, and increasing the fruits and veg, are very good. Often we mistake 'hunger' for what is actually 'thirst.' Drinking a glass of water, or crystal light, then distracting yourself with activity, can usually chase away the munchies if you have been eating properly.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

If you get rid of the sugar, white rice and white flour and instead use whole grain bread, stoneground whole wheat flour, eat brown rice (the kind you have to cook for an hour), change to drinking water, skim milk and eat lots of fruit and veggies and add fish and skinless chicken to your diet and eat red meat only about twice a week, you will have a less ravenous appetite. You will lose weight too. I lost 42 pounds (since April).

Answer 5

I recently lost 8 lbs. thanks to the internet. I email a buddy for so long sometimes that I forget to eat or go to the bathroom. Find a internet buddy and your appetite will be suppressed, at least for food. My buddy has a way w/ making my sexual appetite go into overdrive.

Answer 6

Well what I do is drink a lot of water. You'll have to go to the bathroom a lot, but it's good for you.

I also chew some gum whenever I want to stop myself from eating too much.

Answer 7

Eat lettuce and drink water. These things fill up your stomache but will not add pounds to your gut or hips. Also, another tip.... eat five times a day. I know it sounds ridicoulous, but if you eat a large breakfast and four other small meals a day, your metabolisim will continuously work to burn those calories and will usually allow you to burn off all of those harmful fatty calories.

Answer 8

hoodia.. it's the best way to suppress you appetite.. and drink a lot of water too...

Answer 9

you could try eating slower when you are eating meals, and try to put less on your plate. Also, try to spread your meals out, and maybe have a small snack in between, a healthy one.

Answer 10

Have a hot beverage or hot soup before the meal. It will fill you up and you will eat much less.