I have to force myself to eat

starkitty78

And when I am not dieting, I am a boredom and a got nothing else better to do eater. I work midnights. I get up about 4 in the afternoon and I'm in bed by 9 am. I eat dinner at home, usually around six, go to work for midnight, and eat a large salad about 3 am. Then I force myself to eat during the night so I can get all my calories in. Right now it's 5 am. I'm full, and I have only eaten 700 calories today. I haven't hit 1,000 calories all week. This is new thing for me. Has anyone else had this problem? I'm mostly worried about my body going into starvation mode.

starkitty78

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DraoMhaigh

I really wouldn't worry too much about starvation mode, you will still be burning a lot of calories throughout the day and your weight loss just won't be as big when you don't eat under 1000-1200.
Your biological clock is backwards so your body is going to react differently to eating foods at different hours than how you grew up and later in life, I would suggest taking some nuts and seeds with you. They are high calorie, good fats, and just chuck it into your salad at work.

TheArmadillo

check you're not anaemic - this can kill your appetite (which tend to make you more anaemic and so you have a vicious circle).

kathyms13

so long as your eating sencible even with low calls its fine. check my diary it works for me.

starkitty78

so long as your eating sencible even with low calls its fine. check my diary it works for me.

I'm eating a portion controlled healthy dinner with lean meats and veggies. Then my work salad, but tonight it was a pita bread sandwich. Snacks are usually string cheese, a piece of fruit, sometimes popcorn, applesauce, special K cereal in skim milk. I never eat breakfast. I have never been a breakfast person anyway.

elyelyse

I'm full, and I have only eaten 700 calories today. I haven't hit 1,000 calories all week. This is new thing for me. Has anyone else had this problem?

if you are having trouble getting enough calories and nutrition, add more calorie dense foods with high protein and/or good fats. When I am having trouble getting enough calories, as long as Im not high on fat for the day, I love a half adding a half an avocado to almost anything. One thing I notice a lot in people's diary, is that they keep both skim milk AND whole milk around, and on under-calorie days they go for the whole milk.

I think nuts were also mentioned, just a small portion of nuts can easily add 100-200 calories with protein and good fats. (but definitely look at serving size, those suckers add up fast!)

AmandaTWaH

so long as your eating sencible even with low calls its fine. check my diary it works for me.

I'm eating a portion controlled healthy dinner with lean meats and veggies. Then my work salad, but tonight it was a pita bread sandwich. Snacks are usually string cheese, a piece of fruit, sometimes popcorn, applesauce, special K cereal in skim milk. I never eat breakfast. I have never been a breakfast person anyway.

I used to have that problem with breakfast but eating breakfast is so important for losing weight. I can't eat until I've been up for a few hours so now I have a protein shake. On coffee mornings I actually just put some ice, coffee, and protein powder into a blender bottle and drink it like an iced mocha for breakfast.

taiyola

so long as your eating sencible even with low calls its fine. check my diary it works for me.

I'm eating a portion controlled healthy dinner with lean meats and veggies. Then my work salad, but tonight it was a pita bread sandwich. Snacks are usually string cheese, a piece of fruit, sometimes popcorn, applesauce, special K cereal in skim milk. I never eat breakfast. I have never been a breakfast person anyway.

I used to have that problem with breakfast but eating breakfast is so important for losing weight. I can't eat until I've been up for a few hours so now I have a protein shake. On coffee mornings I actually just put some ice, coffee, and protein powder into a blender bottle and drink it like an iced mocha for breakfast.

Omg, SUCH a good idea! Gunna steal this!!

taiyola

And as someone else said - eat more calorie dense foods. Cheese is a good one, and it's decent for protein.

I would have something for breakfast if I were you. A slice of toast with PNB or a shake is 200 calories straight away.

Do you have a microwave at work? Take bolognaise or something to heat up? Or instead of a pitta, have a wrap or wholemeal bread. Add in some carbs for your dinner.

Also you said 'portion controlled' dinner - have a bigger dinner? It's not hard to eat more calories is you *want* to.