How do you calculate your personal optimum huel intake?

Experiences
1

I’ve been having huel for lunch only for about 3 weeks, and I’m really enjoying the convenience, and cost savings. The rest of my diet has stayed exactly the same.

There’s just one thing - I’m hungry a lot more than when I used to have a sandwich and piece of fruit! I’m thinking that this is probably because three scoops isn’t enough, but does anyone know I can work out whether my hunger is actually because I should be consuming more? I don’t want to up my huel intake and end up putting on loads of weight!

Any help of advice from personal experiences would be gratefully received!

2

I’m actually having the reverse issue - huel has reduced my snack craving substantially. I have been coming huel with a much increased physical training regimen; as a result I am pretty tired a lot of the time, but not hungrier.

Potentially a tulip question, but how much water are you drinking? I find that if I haven’t been drinking enough water then I get peckish early.

3

Are you sure it is hunger and not a salt/sugar craving? I always yearn for a packet of crisps or something salty after having a Huel.

I suppose an easy thing to do in your case would be to find how many calories are in your sandwich and apple and make a Huel of the same size.

4

Yeh I thought that might be the case too, so upped my water intake just in case, but didn’t really make much difference unfortunately.

5

It could be a sugar or salt craving- I’ll try to work out the calories I was having before- thanks for the suggestion, cant believe I didn’t think of that! :grimacing:

6

3 scoops of huel are only about 450 cals. That is not much for a main course, if you eat 3 meals a day.

Oh, and have you weighed yourself before and after these 3 weeks? This should tell you, if it is too little to maintain your weight.