Do you get tired of eating?

ClubSilencio wrote: »

At 9:22pm last night I found myself needing another 500 cals to meet my daily quota (and that's only to gain 1 lb/week).

I try to eat every 2 hours, usually 5-6 meals, and it feels like a full-time job plus overtime. It's real life stuff.

It's one thing to get 1,000 cals from a take-out, but preparing healthy food at home and trying to gain weight is almost insanity. There's so much more volume. I'll be plowing through a meal and be like, "how is this only 450 calories? bro lol".

How many meals do you eat? How often do you eat?

Do you ever sit down to eat but you're already satiated to begin with? lol

I eat 5 meals. 3 Times supplementation. It is a part of it. The moment you think it as an extra you get frustrated. It happened to me at first. Now, it is easier. The only downside is that I go to work with a huge bag, my meals, sports clothes, computer, documents... I am like a walking caravan.

I can honestly say I have never felt tired of eating. Occasionally, I get tired of the need/desire to eat, but never of eating the food itself.

Sometimes low appetite can be caused by a number of real medical issues. One of the most common is gut dysbiosis, bacterial overgrowths... h. pylori, SIBO, candida, etc. There's also low digestive acid and enzyme output--caused by h. pylori, gut damage, and stress among other things. That's one reason that fulfilling calorie requirements with sweets (or foods that set off inflammation or mental health symptoms) for you is not a good idea. That is, sweets feed microbes... and eating foods that you don't get along with will add fuel to the vicious cycle. Some people aren't affected by these things, some people are, some people are slowly becoming affected but don't realize it yet.

I'm not saying that if somebody struggles to eat a somewhat high calorie goal they necessarily have these issues, though. Mainly if it's hard to even meet a regular calorie goal, that's something to check out. Even then, when eating healthy meals that are a bit monotonous, appetite tends to decrease. This is why virtually any weight loss diet works, if people stick to it, until they start manufacturing tasty snack foods that fit into the confines of the diet. And man, yes, cooking is nuts. I slowly get better at making it efficient, but I really mean slowly. To make things more appetizing I use healthy fats (calories!), garlic (a head of roast garlic will add some actual calories, but minced and just barely cooked adds a lot of taste), herbs especially fresh, and acids like lemon or vinegar. Also roasted sweet-starchy veggies... I find a mix is more appetizing than "sweet potatoes again?" or "yay, parsnips." Consider sauces that include nut/seed butters such as tahini, both caloric and appetizing. And of course batch cooking large amounts and eating leftovers, but I still don't make usually them large enough.

If eating is uncomfortable although you know you should be very hungry, these health issues above are something to look into. There's a lot of other possibilities too, though microbes and basic gut health are factors almost no matter what the main issue is.

3500cals here to gain 1-2kg per month, I'm full always, know that feeling bro

ClubSilencio wrote: »

At 9:22pm last night I found myself needing another 500 cals to meet my daily quota (and that's only to gain 1 lb/week).

I try to eat every 2 hours, usually 5-6 meals, and it feels like a full-time job plus overtime. It's real life stuff.

It's one thing to get 1,000 cals from a take-out, but preparing healthy food at home and trying to gain weight is almost insanity. There's so much more volume. I'll be plowing through a meal and be like, "how is this only 450 calories? bro lol".

How many meals do you eat? How often do you eat?

Do you ever sit down to eat but you're already satiated to begin with? lol

I'm on 4,000 calories daily. When I started with this figure, it was difficult enough to get it all in and most of the time I wasn't hungry. However if you start planning the day in advance as to what you are going to eat, it becomes much easier. Mentally you know what you are going to eat and it is easier to stick with. I would have 4 big meals and 2 small snacks. I normally leave 2-3 hours in between them all. If I'm stuck for something, shakes are the best way to go. My go to shake is a scoop of protein powder, natural greek yogurt, spinach leaves, peanut butter, blueberries and a banana.

999tigger wrote: »

schpitt wrote: »

It freaks me out that 1.5 glasses of protein shake I gulp down instantly is 400 cals, but a massive amount of oatmeal that takes forever to eat is only 100! It feels like there are hands pushing outward from inside my stomach.

A massive amount of oatmeal is not 100 calories, that is n nonsense. You can easily make a decent bowl of oatmeal go to 600+ calories by adding ingredients and making it with milk.

^^^^ this. My breakfast of a decent amount of oatmeal+banana+flaxseed+honey+jam comes to a quite satisfying calorie level which keeps me ticking along nicely till my mid morning snack.

I neccessarily dont get tierd from eating , just stop when iam full more than likely , i dont have a meal count. I am pretty random i just eat when iam hungry, snack when iam in a snacking mood ..i eat every 2- 4 hrs most the time i spread out all my calories throughout the day. and if iam Satiated I defenately will not eat.

ClubSilencio wrote: »

At 9:22pm last night I found myself needing another 500 cals to meet my daily quota (and that's only to gain 1 lb/week).

What is your daily quota?

ndj1979 wrote: »

joeboland wrote: »

I was on a 3300-calorie cycle a little bit ago, and after making plenty of mistakes (supplementing the calories via packs of Oreos, gummy candies, chips, etc.), the best way I found was to supplement my whole foods by "drinking" my calories, ie. whole-fruit smoothies, shakes, etc. I found they didn't make me feel bloated and sick. Just don't go off the rails by stuffing yourself with empty calories just for the sake of hitting your target.

I feel to see how that would be a mistake if you have met your macro and micro needs....

I probably should have said that in my personal experience, those were big mistakes: I frequently felt bloated and sick - I didn't feel satisfied, I just felt...full - and all that refined sugar and near-bipolar insulin reaction played all kinds of hell with me (headaches, general soreness, dehydration, etc.). I just felt like garbage all the time.