I'm never hungry anymore?

BorderlineAngel

For some weird reason I am never hungry anymore. I used to eat 5-6 meals a day and i still do force myself to eat. But only actually get hungry 2-3 times a day. Would I be better off to keep force feeding myself or just not eat unless I am hungry?

jsherrill92

Your body knows when it needs fuel, if you wait long enough you'll be hungry. I don't know if forcing yourself to eat is the best way to get meals in, but if it has worked for you in the past keep doing what you're doing.

geekyjock76

The answer: declining serum leptin levels being registered by receptors which then causes a reduction in energy intake. In short, leptin, your satiety hormone, is the key to energy balance. Thus, if a person continues to maintain a deficit, the cycle will persists resulting in further reduction in leptin - maybe even intolerance if levels remain too low/high - and resting energy expenditure.

With that said, make sure you eat based on known energy needs to ensure you are truly meeting those needs while in a deficit. To be specific, do not solely adhere to hunger cues while in a deficit.

BorderlineAngel

I think it may be due to new meds I started a couple months ago. Seroquel and cymbalta
It is 7pm I havent eaten since 7am and I am not hungry.. This is not normal.

BorderlineAngel

The answer: declining serum leptin levels being registered by receptors which then causes a reduction in energy intake. In short, leptin, your satiety hormone, is the key to energy balance. Thus, if a person continues to maintain a deficit, the cycle will persists resulting in further reduction in leptin - maybe even intolerance if levels remain too low/high - and resting energy expenditure.

With that said, make sure you eat based on known energy needs to ensure you are truly meeting those needs while in a deficit. To be specific, do not solely adhere to hunger cues while in a deficit.

are you able to dumb this down for me ?

Gallowmere1984

The answer: declining serum leptin levels being registered by receptors which then causes a reduction in energy intake. In short, leptin, your satiety hormone, is the key to energy balance. Thus, if a person continues to maintain a deficit, the cycle will persists resulting in further reduction in leptin - maybe even intolerance if levels remain too low/high - and resting energy expenditure.

With that said, make sure you eat based on known energy needs to ensure you are truly meeting those needs while in a deficit. To be specific, do not solely adhere to hunger cues while in a deficit.

are you able to dumb this down for me ?

After spending time in a caloric deficit, your hormone levels can get screwy. Your body can stop telling you that you are hungry, even when you need food for energy. I've had this happen before. I was never hungry, but I suddenly noticed that my lifts were really starting to suck when I didn't eat enough.

Basically, if you know how many calories you need in a day, make sure you get that many in, and don't just rely on feelings of hunger.

neanderthin

The answer: declining serum leptin levels being registered by receptors which then causes a reduction in energy intake. In short, leptin, your satiety hormone, is the key to energy balance. Thus, if a person continues to maintain a deficit, the cycle will persists resulting in further reduction in leptin - maybe even intolerance if levels remain too low/high - and resting energy expenditure.

With that said, make sure you eat based on known energy needs to ensure you are truly meeting those needs while in a deficit. To be specific, do not solely adhere to hunger cues while in a deficit.

are you able to dumb this down for me ?

After spending time in a caloric deficit, your hormone levels can get screwy. Your body can stop telling you that you are hungry, even when you need food for energy. I've had this happen before. I was never hungry, but I suddenly noticed that my lifts were really starting to suck when I didn't eat enough.

Basically, if you know how many calories you need in a day, make sure you get that many in, and don't just rely on feelings of hunger.

Yup, totally agree.

Yogi_Carl

Does that apply, do you think, whether that is that a person stops feeling hungry or is regularly hungry but taking in the correct amount of calories (in a 500 calorie deficit).

Basically, if you are eating on a 500 cal deficit do you ignore some hunger signals so long as you are keeping to your calorie budget? I try to only meet those hunger signals if I am about to enter into exercise or have recently finished exercise, otherwise I try to ignore hunger signals so long as I meet my calorie and composition targets.

geekyjock76

If it's a small deficit, you'll just have to ignore the hunger cues. For instance, I can only do a maximum of 350 calorie deficit, though stick with 300 tops. That doesn't really provide me much wiggle room because then fat loss would be ridiculously slow as I'd be so close to maintenance.

AuntieKT

Start exercising more. When you start expending more energy, your body will need more food to keep up. Lately, I am kind of an exercise junkie and I am hungry ALL THE TIME!!!

BarackMeLikeAHurricane

I'd say force yourself to eat anyway. I don't really get hungry either. I'll feel empty and then eventually start to feel weak but not hungry. Sometimes I'll go a few days without eating because I'm not hungry but then I start to feel crappy. To fix this, I try to eat every day.

BorderlineAngel

Start exercising more. When you start expending more energy, your body will need more food to keep up. Lately, I am kind of an exercise junkie and I am hungry ALL THE TIME!!!

I do 60-90 min 6 days a week. If I do any more than that my cortisol levels play up

ggilbert95

For some weird reason I am never hungry anymore. I used to eat 5-6 meals a day and i still do force myself to eat. But only actually get hungry 2-3 times a day. Would I be better off to keep force feeding myself or just not eat unless I am hungry?

I haven't been getting hungry much these past few days, I used to do that.

I don't count my meals.

I've only been getting hungry once after breakfast (around 7-7:30 pm), and that is at around 3 to 3:30 pm. It sucks cause I'm still in school and I'm never hungry during lunchtime and when I am I'm "not allowed to eat". Another reason why I hate school. People can't dictate another person's biology.