Anyone here struggle with not being hungry?

TiredOfThisShit
TiredOfThisShit Posts: 13
edited September 28 in Food and Nutrition
I am a person who has recovered from an eating disorder, whilst having health problems that both cause me to lose my appetite, yet I MUST eat or bad things happen (ie passing out). I have my good days where I am hungry and it isnt a problem to reach my 1200 calories (to lose weight) or my 1750 (to maintain weight). I have some days where the thought of eating is a challenge as I am positively NOT hungry, but have no choice to eat, thus, I engage in unhealthy foods to give my body the energy I need to function on my meds and otherwise. Its incredibly frustrating to try and differentiate between "Am I not hungry due to meds or my EDNOS?". Then tell myself "Man youve done SO well eating healthy, three to four times a day, or twice with snacks" yet know I just cant eat that much that day, so I grab something high calorie which is usually bad for me.

Anyone else struggle with this? Any idea for foods that are good for you but high calorie? I dont eat protein bars because most have more sugar than protein, which cancels it out. Im not eating a bar with 15 g protein and 30 g sugar. Its just silly to me. Thank you.

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  • supershiny
    supershiny Posts: 170 Member
    Nuts! They are very high calorie and fantastic for you :)
  • corsayre8
    corsayre8 Posts: 551 Member
    Nuts, avocados, cheese, red meats come to mind immediately - even brown rice has a relatively high calorie count.

    Also, have you tried running. For me, and it seems like for many others, a morning run revs up the appetite.
  • milaxx
    milaxx Posts: 1,122 Member
    I am a person who has recovered from an eating disorder, whilst having health problems that both cause me to lose my appetite, yet I MUST eat or bad things happen (ie passing out). I have my good days where I am hungry and it isnt a problem to reach my 1200 calories (to lose weight) or my 1750 (to maintain weight). I have some days where the thought of eating is a challenge as I am positively NOT hungry, but have no choice to eat, thus, I engage in unhealthy foods to give my body the energy I need to function on my meds and otherwise. Its incredibly frustrating to try and differentiate between "Am I not hungry due to meds or my EDNOS?". Then tell myself "Man youve done SO well eating healthy, three to four times a day, or twice with snacks" yet know I just cant eat that much that day, so I grab something high calorie which is usually bad for me.

    Anyone else struggle with this? Any idea for foods that are good for you but high calorie? I dont eat protein bars because most have more sugar than protein, which cancels it out. Im not eating a bar with 15 g protein and 30 g sugar. Its just silly to me. Thank you.

    Breakfast is the challenge for me. Especially on non gym days. Working out helps my appetite do on gym days I'm usually pretty hungry.

    If you want a high protein snack, protien bars are fairly easy to make and can even be made non bake. start with natural nut butter. i prefer almond butter. mix in granola or oatmeal even add a bit of dried fruit, the fruit will add a bit of sugar but you control how much. My fav is to add shredded carrots and seasonings as if you were making carrot cake, add a few white raisins and then shape either into balls or bars, wrap it in wax paper and you are set.
    I also like hard boiled eggs. it's filling and small enough to nibble on when you aren't that hungry, or almonds or walnuts.
  • liveyourlifex
    liveyourlifex Posts: 149 Member
    THIS! okay so recently, i have lost around a lot of weight, but the unhealthy way. i was never over weight but i was just never happy with myself. so i restricted a lot and now, im under weight. im trying to gain some weight, because i wanna look healthy, and i wanna get toned, instead of being thin. so i eat a lot now but most of the time, im not even hungry. especially for dinner. last night, my family ate dinner at 6 but i had already eaten a meal at 3 (after school) and i ate a fruit at 5. so i wasnt hungry. so i just decided to wait a few minutes and at 8, i ate stir fry. i was so hungry by 8, even though its really late. but yeah, so basically if im not hungry, i just wait until i get hungry. also, high caloric foods are bagels, peanut butter, nuts, full fat milk and full fat yogurts :) good luck!
  • mroger801
    mroger801 Posts: 91
    I was told by my physician the minimum number of calories I need to eat each day to not going into starvation mode. She suggested drinking milk to help get to a minimum calorie count.
  • TiredOfThisShit
    TiredOfThisShit Posts: 13
    Thank you all for the suggestion. I certainly will start making my own protein bars. You all are amazing.
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