Significant Loss of Appetite at Start of Summer/Starting to Excercise

angelmphillips
angelmphillips Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Health and Weight Loss
Hello Fellow Members,

I started working out about a months ago and love it. I have been working out 3x a week (now 4) with 15-20 minutes of running/biking and then about an hour-hour and a half of weight lifting. I love it and have been progressing so well. While my goal is to lose some fat, I drastically had an appetite decrease. I don't even know if I eat 1200 calories but I am not hungry. While losing weight is fine with me I also have hypothyroidism and am nervous that I could decrease my metabolism. Is this normal? Will this resolve on its own?

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  • L1zardQueen
    L1zardQueen Posts: 8,753 Member
    1200 calories is not very much food. Are you counting them correctly? Do you use a food scale or just guesstimate?
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,889 Member
    Your metabolism won't decrease beyond what naturally happens as you lose weight. Excitement, which exercise as well as embarking on a new weightloss plan, can promote, can make you feel energized, and that's not a bad thing. Do you feel dizzy or unfocused? Those are the bad things. Is your weightloss rate faster than expected? That's not good either. If you don't feel any negative effects, chances are you're not tracking your intake correctly, as suggested above.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    angelmphillips wrote: »
    Hello Fellow Members,

    I started working out about a months ago and love it. I have been working out 3x a week (now 4) with 15-20 minutes of running/biking and then about an hour-hour and a half of weight lifting. I love it and have been progressing so well. While my goal is to lose some fat, I drastically had an appetite decrease. I don't even know if I eat 1200 calories but I am not hungry. While losing weight is fine with me I also have hypothyroidism and am nervous that I could decrease my metabolism. Is this normal? Will this resolve on its own?

    How can you not know if you're eating 1200 cals? Log your food and find out.

    If you're not, then peanut butter.
  • kommodevaran
    kommodevaran Posts: 17,889 Member
    I can't even read today. If you're filled with energy, and not hungry, and not tracking, you're more than likely eating way more than 1200 calories!
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 38,115 Community Helper
    How fast are you losing weight? Beyond negative symptoms (fatigue, weakness, etc. - which you seem not to be having yet), actual weight loss rate is one of the best indicators of whether you're under-eating, and it works even if your food or exercise logging isn't perfect.

    Most people are best off if they lose no more than 1% of current body weight per week, and even less than that as goal weight approaches - such as at around 50 pounds to go, no more than 1.5 pounds/week, at 25 no more than 1 pound, at 10-15 to go, no more than 0.5 pounds.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,784 Member
    edited June 2018
    I don't know where you are, but I"m in South Central Texas - we are already reaching temp highs around 100 degrees. I do lots of walking, hiking and cycling in the heat and the heat KILLS my appetite!

    Maybe that is cause of the decreased appetite?
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,726 Member
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    Your metabolism won't decrease beyond what naturally happens as you lose weight. Excitement, which exercise as well as embarking on a new weightloss plan, can promote, can make you feel energized, and that's not a bad thing. Do you feel dizzy or unfocused? Those are the bad things. Is your weightloss rate faster than expected? That's not good either. If you don't feel any negative effects, chances are you're not tracking your intake correctly, as suggested above.
    That excitement and energy can last up to a month or so. And yes, for many people Exercise is a hunger suppressant.
    kommodevaran wrote: »
    I can't even read today. If you're filled with energy, and not hungry, and not tracking, you're more than likely eating way more than 1200 calories!
    If it continues, and you're losing weight, carry on.

    Probably worth tracking so that you know.
  • mkculs
    mkculs Posts: 502 Member
    I find heat inhibits my appetite, too, as someone else has mentioned--especially if you are new to exercising when it's warm and/or humid.
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