Update on new protein powder

i have to say this new protein powder is throwing off my whole eating/drinking schedule. it seems like now i get more full and stay full longer which makes it difficult to get food in.

let me explain.

before i would drink an EAS ready to drink shake in the mornings, then go to the gym and have a bottle of water. then i would have breakfast or brunch (eggs whites and cheese with a slice of toast). then i would have 2 more bottles of water before dinner and maybe a slice of cheese or peanuts as a snack. then i would have dinner. whatever bit of whatever meal i make for me and my husband. then i would finish my 4th water bottle and call it a night.

i ate 2 real meals a day. my brunch and my dinner. but now...this new protein powder has kind of thrown me off. i drink it in the morning but i stay full for like 2 hours. i can't even drink my water. then i want to eat. not because i'm hungry but because i want something salty and chewy. but i have to drink my water first. now i find myself drinking my first water in the late late afternoon. i don't have room for eggs and stuff so i just eat a slice of cheese or peanuts. and then i have to struggle to get my water in because now my waters keep me full for so long. i used to get hungry after water because it would empty out my pouch. but now it just keeps me full. its crazy. its 6:30pm and i have only had 1 shake, 1 water, a slice of cheese and some peanuts. and i'm so full. don't know when i'll drink my other waters.

as far as dinner goes? i made steak last night. once it was cooked i realized..i can't eat this. i'm too full. so i just let my husband have mine and i ended up, much later in the night, having greek yogurt and a slice of cheese.

its weird!!! i mean, its a good thing right? seems like a really good thing. but i have to adjust. i have to find a new rhythm here. right now i'm struggling to get my waters in.