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Not hungry after only small surplus

funkygas
funkygas Posts: 191 Member
edited February 22 in Health and Weight Loss
I've been eating around the 1500-1600 calories each day for the past week (trying to avoid the extreme zig-zaging I was doing previously with overeating then not eating much). I think I did ok last week, didn't have any real urges for eating too much, even when I went camping with the family which usually involves lots of snacking etc. Yesterday I baked, which is also usually a trigger for eating too much, but I managed to only really go over by about 500-600 calories, which evens out over the week to a reasonable weekly average.

Today, I had a little bit of a different breakfast, with slightly higher calories than usual (nearly 400 compared to 250-260). Normally I would have a homemade granola bar as a morning snack (I didn't on the weekend, with my normal lower cal breakfast), but it's nearly lunch time and I really have no hunger or appetite. I wouldn't have thought that having a weekly average of where I'm supposed to be, even with a slight surplus from yesterday, would cause me to not be hungry - normally I know I need to eat around 9-9:30am.

My diary should be open - I've kept my 'raw energy bar' in my planned eating for the day, just in case the hungers do come in this afternoon.

Any ideas, or should I just treat this as an anomaly and wait for tomorrow when it should all be back to normal?

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  • ingasmile2
    ingasmile2 Posts: 43 Member
    I think because you ate more calories at breakfast you weren't hungry for a mid morning snack. I usually eat around 400 calories for breakfast with lots of protein and that holds me a good 4 hours, usually until lunch.
  • liz77095
    liz77095 Posts: 27 Member
    I usually do a high protein breakfast too such as eggs or overnight oatmeal with greek yogurt
  • funkygas
    funkygas Posts: 191 Member
    Thanks for the quick comments. However, just checking the two breakfasts - they both have about 22-23g protein in them. I was definitely having gurgly tummy noises both days on the weekend (and could have done with my morning snack), similar to previous days where I did have the morning snack. Today, just feeling full ... even now and I guess I'm going to force myself to eat something for lunch.
  • shmerek
    shmerek Posts: 963 Member
    My morning meal(s) is usually my biggest and I feel it sets me up for the day. I wouldn't force myself to eat if I wasn't hungry I'd save those calories for later in the day when I might want them :wink:
  • funkygas
    funkygas Posts: 191 Member
    Thanks - I just had something small to eat for lunch - see how the rest of the day works out ...
  • RHachicho
    RHachicho Posts: 1,115 Member
    Upping calories at breakfast usually has the effect of lowering hunger thought the day. This is perfectly normal :)
  • funkygas
    funkygas Posts: 191 Member
    My next question is - if I'm not hungry, should I try to eat, to avoid having too low a content for the end of the day? As mentioned before, I have been known to do extreme highs and lows within the same week and I'm aiming for a more consistent approach ... I know it's only one day and tomorrow it could all change again - just looking for any and all advice!
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