How to I not get hungry?

I find myself getting hungry periodically throughout the day, but it's not an overwhelming hunger that occurs after you don't eat for 3 days. It's more of a small urge to eat something, like a bag of chips/pretzels or a bowl of cereal. I run a lot and work out a lot, so I know that I'm going to have a higher calorie intake and stronger appetite than the average person, but I want to avoid being fat (or at least developing any fat on my body) because running + fat is not a good combination.

Right now I'm drinking a lot of liquids (2 bottles of water and 3 Gatorades in the past, like 4 hours maybe) to try to quell my hunger, but it's not working which is causing me to doubt if I'm really hungry. Is my brain just fooling me into believing that I'm actually hungry or am I really hungry and in need of food. Because I don't think that peopel get hungry in small amounts like this. How do I fix this? and is it really true that if I eat something before I go to bed, I will get fat because I'm not processing the nutrients like I normally would?

Just have a snack? I mean, if you're just a little hungry during the day, eating a snack isn't going to make you fat (you don't even need to eat junk food either. Fiber crackers are a healthy snack). Plus you're burning the calories that you're taking in as you work out. Drinking liquids isn't going to satisfy your hunger, either. You need to drink lots of water, of course, but you're not going to get fat just by having some snacks here and there.

Edit: Also, not eating will slow down your metabolism. Not right away, but it will slowly slow it down.

I find myself getting hungry periodically throughout the day, but it's not an overwhelming hunger that occurs after you don't eat for 3 days. It's more of a small urge to eat something, like a bag of chips/pretzels or a bowl of cereal. I run a lot and work out a lot, so I know that I'm going to have a higher calorie intake and stronger appetite than the average person, but I want to avoid being fat (or at least developing any fat on my body) because running + fat is not a good combination.

Right now I'm drinking a lot of liquids (2 bottles of water and 3 Gatorades in the past, like 4 hours maybe) to try to quell my hunger, but it's not working which is causing me to doubt if I'm really hungry. Is my brain just fooling me into believing that I'm actually hungry or am I really hungry and in need of food. Because I don't think that peopel get hungry in small amounts like this. How do I fix this? and is it really true that if I eat something before I go to bed, I will get fat because I'm not processing the nutrients like I normally would?

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Stimulants (eg caffeine) tend to suppress appetite.

Chew gums, I heard the saliva can actually "trick" your brain into thinking you are eating something...

You can try eating fruits as well, definitely more nutritious and a healthier choice than junk foods

But I would say its normal to feel hunger afterall, given the amount of exercise you have daily

chew some gum

are you over weight at all? if not don't worry about it. Actually smaller meals throughout the day rather than 3 square meals is considerably healthier for us because it keeps out metabolism working at a more efficient pace and we actually gain less weight because of it. You did give a bag of chips as an example of what you would eat when your hungry, whether you do have weight problems or not I would stick with these smaller more frequent meals and just make what you eat healthier (just like the rest of us should), e.g. fruit for one snack, maybe a granola bar or beef jerky the next, and then three or four larger portions like small meals.