if im not hungry should i still eat???

neenaleigh

i still have 200 calories left to make 1200 i worked out and burned 360 so technically i have 560 calories left, im totally full, should i still force myself to eat? or o you think I should just stop cause Im full? Im contemplating this Kashi bar which would bring me to 1,100 something.....but im full! and I wanna go to sleep soon!:sad:

stuartme123

if you're going to go to sleep soon, I would just not eat anything.
im no expert or anything, but i dont think that one day would send you into starvation mode or anything...

omid990

no, don't force yourself to eat if your not hungry. You should plan better though so that you're not in these situations where you have so many calories left. Eat 6 smaller meals. If you're having a hard time getting all of your calories in, eat nutritious foods high in calories like peanut butter, cheese, and nuts

Edit: one day won't send you into starvation mode. just don't make a habit of it.

BrendaLee

I don't think you should force yourself to eat when you're not hungry. Try to get your calories in earlier in the day.

neenaleigh

i ended up eating the Kashi bar and coming close to 1200. Thanks for your advice everyone next time I know what to do! :bigsmile:

SHBoss1673

actually, if you have been overweight and have eaten badly for a long period, then you really shouldn't trust your hunger mechanism to tell you when to eat. A healthy person, with a healthy metabolism can afford to listen to their body, but just like any broken machine, when someone is overweight, and doesn't eat a healthy diet, their body can give them the wrong signals. Take someone who eats too few calories regularly for example. If you eat far below your safe calorie limit for an extended period, eventually the body will change the hormone output, and slow down the metabolism. That means that it will stop producing ghrelin at the correct times (ghrelin is the hormone that tells you you're hungry), this means you may feel full, but in fact you are still short on energy.

What you should do is plan ahead, set up a schedule of 5 to 8 meals throughout the day of between 200 and 500 calories per meal (depending on your specific calorie needs, and which meal it is) and take into account if you will be exercising that day when you make this plan, and try to factor in some of the calories you will be burning, you don't have to be exact in that estimate, just close (within maybe 100 calories or so) and if you wind up with a couple hundred calories left, try to eat at least some of them back.

People who overeat have similar problems to contend with, not the same set of symptoms, but it's analogous.

staceyw37

nice to hear from you boss! it's been awhile--