I think my stomach shut down

RichardWhitman

Day 9.
I'm at 210#.
3:30 PM here and I've eaten 385 calories for the day.
I'm just not that hungry anymore.

I am moving around a lot today. Lifting weights (30 pound barbells).Cleaning. Moving some furniture. Vacuuming. Partly getting stuff done and partly keeping my metabolism up.
Maybe I just need a wife

Okay. That was a joke. Mostly.

Should I force myself to eat more calories? Or just go with the low cal flow?

MrsRobertson1005

When i burn a lot of calories i am not really hungry either but if you net under 1200 calories a day it will slow down your metabolism and pretty much hurt everything you've done today

ShellyKay67

if you are moving around that much, i would try to eat. nothing heavy if you aren't feeling it, but at least a handful of almonds, or some yogurt...something!
just in comparison...i have pretty much sat on my butt at work and I've had 800+ calories today!!!!!!!
EAT!! lol

bunchesonothing

I wouldn't recommend it as a daily course of action, but 1 day of it will not slow down anything.

EDIT: 1 day of too low calories will not be detrimental.

photorific

I am of the opposite mindset that if you're not hungry, don't eat. I seriously doubt that 1 day of extreme low-cal will send your metabolism spiraling towards an abysmal death. You'll likely want to prepare for a big breakfast tomorrow though.

paddlemom

One low cal day is not going to put you into the dreaded 'starvation mode', so going with the flow is up to you, IMO. On the other hand, when I have done a lot of activity and I don't feel like eating, the next day I am crazy hungry and really overdo it. My suggestion would be not to so much force yourself, but do try and have some small amounts of a good quality, just so you don't rebound. Your metabolism and blood sugar will thank you if you try and keep a consistent low burn going on.

Revolutionwithin

Wow! I just put that as my status. I wrote that it was 3:30 and I've only had 242 calories and I'm not even remotely hungry. I can't even imagine eating anything. I don't get hungry in the summer.at.all.

Neliel

When I exercise, I definitely feel less hungry. Weird huh? When your body needs it, you don't want it.

hroush

Definitely drink some water. If you can do some snacking, maybe by putting a few bites in your mouth you can eat a small meal.

I firmly believe that a really low cal intake (500 cal ish a day instead of my usual 3000+) one weekend stopped my weight loss 6 years ago.

mynameisnutz

I wouldn't recommend it as a daily course of action, but 1 day of it will not slow down anything.

What? A wife?

alexbowser

That happens to me, I'm usually very hungry the next day. Allow yourself some extra calories tomorrow to even it out.

MinnieInMaine

Yeah, you definitely need to eat more. Maybe once you're done all your running around and settle down for an hour or so, the hunger will kick in. My hubby is like that - he'll eat some breakfast the go almost all day without eating when he's busy with chores and such, then all of a sudden he's ravenous at dinner. There's no way I could do that! I can go for maybe 5 or 6 hours but my blood sugar is bound to drop and once that happens, I'm no good to anyone until I get more food.

Don't force it but maybe try to have a peanut butter sandwich or something like that...

bunchesonothing

Don't force it but maybe try to have a peanut butter sandwich or something like that...

I don't know about anyone else, but if I'm already feeling full, peanut butter is probably the last thing I'd want to eat. People tend to eat peanut butter to fill them up when they're having a craving or hungry.

ladybg81

I find that if I do not net at least 1200 calories, I am ravenous the next day.

freerange

go with the flow, unless it persist for a couple days. My advice (which is worth a cup of coffee) is never eat if you're not hungry. Again unless it goes a couple days, then see your doctor.

ImperfektAngel

why do I never have the problem of not eating enough lol

kklindsey

I am sure it's not the popular opinion but I don't eat when I am not hungry. I don't see any point in it. I really belive in listening to what your body is telling you. I do agree if it goes on for more than a couple of days that then you should add some calories in there to try to stimulate your appetite but it can be as simple as when you do eat, double up on some protein etc so that you don't feel you are eating whole meals that you don't even want.