No hunger

jocelyn1577
jocelyn1577 Posts: 25 Member
edited November 13 in Health and Weight Loss
Hi I'm following the ketogentic diet , I'm on week 3 and suddenly I have zero hunger , my bullet proof coffee in the am can keep me going for 7-9 hours without eating , is this going to halt my progress into keto adaptation?

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  • ladipoet
    ladipoet Posts: 4,180 Member
    Not at all. In fact, this is absolutely normal where a Keto way of eating (WOE) is concerned. You won't always have days like this, but you will have many days like this so enjoy it!
  • jocelyn1577
    jocelyn1577 Posts: 25 Member
    Thanks so much , it's gone on for about 4 days , but managing a salad & chicken tonight
  • ladipoet
    ladipoet Posts: 4,180 Member
    It's pretty amazing to experience it the first time around. I'm happy for you!
  • Roxannehcarter
    Roxannehcarter Posts: 28 Member
    Hi. I've just started ketogenic.
    Just wondering if you are a simple meal person and what kind of things you eat?
    Thanks heaps
  • kimny72
    kimny72 Posts: 16,011 Member
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    Eating is necessary for living. I would recommend you do it and if needbe, drop the fat from your coffee.

    I was going to say something like this. I don't do keto, so this is an honest question - should a cup of coffee with extra fat really make you not hungry for the rest of the day? I get that for some people eating that way keeps you fuller longer, but your body does need you to eat some food, right?
  • trigden1991
    trigden1991 Posts: 4,658 Member
    kimny72 wrote: »
    trigden1991 wrote: »
    Eating is necessary for living. I would recommend you do it and if needbe, drop the fat from your coffee.

    I was going to say something like this. I don't do keto, so this is an honest question - should a cup of coffee with extra fat really make you not hungry for the rest of the day? I get that for some people eating that way keeps you fuller longer, but your body does need you to eat some food, right?

    Precisely. Not to mention that if you are doing keto to lose weight then at some point in your life you had to consume enough calories to put you in to a caloric surplus.
  • suzievv
    suzievv Posts: 410 Member
    We need to eat calories so our organs can function..... You know, breathing, kidney function, digestion, brain function.... My understanding is the minimum is 1200 for this, but possibly higher (maybe 1200-1700). Just sayin'.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    I'm confused by celebrating not wanting to eat more than a coffee with oil in it for an entire day (let alone 4) as a good thing. Seems a really unhealthy approach, to me. Not eating too much is not the same as not eating anything. If you are having trouble eating anything for 4 days, maybe you are overdoing it or something psychological is going on or there's something else wrong.

    And if keto really makes eating a chore (I know others for whom that is not so, though), I'd consider that a negative, not a good thing, wow.
  • GottaBurnEmAll
    GottaBurnEmAll Posts: 7,722 Member
    lemurcat12 wrote: »
    I'm confused by celebrating not wanting to eat more than a coffee with oil in it for an entire day (let alone 4) as a good thing. Seems a really unhealthy approach, to me. Not eating too much is not the same as not eating anything. If you are having trouble eating anything for 4 days, maybe you are overdoing it or something psychological is going on or there's something else wrong.

    And if keto really makes eating a chore (I know others for whom that is not so, though), I'd consider that a negative, not a good thing, wow.

    All of this. Four days is a bit much. I'm glad you're going to eat tonight.
  • ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken
    ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken Posts: 1,530 Member
    edited December 2016
    Yep. I also lose my appetite when my carbs are very low. You would think that would be a wonderful thing but I struggled with it. It was a strange feeling. I didn't even want to look at food. It was difficult to pull myself out of that state. I was able to regain the desire to eat by upping my carbs a little bit with liquids like carrot juice, or hot tea with a generous amount of honey. I am still tweaking my carb levels to get to where it feels just right.

    Also, it's not just fat in the coffee, as people seem to think, it is an effect of consuming very low carbohydrates. When carbs are very low it reduces the appetite drastically sometimes it eliminates it altogether.

    That being said, this group is extremely helpful. Post in here if you would like to avoid all the unhelpful comments in the main forums. community.myfitnesspal.com/en/group/394-low-carber-daily-forum-the-lcd-group
  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
    This seems really unsafe to not eat anything other then a beefed up coffee, or even a protein shake. Are you doing this under a physicians monitoring?
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