tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436259672320992437.post3428732731731610701..comments2023-04-09T02:13:54.244-07:00Comments on <center> Rejecting 300 </center>: Lo-Down and Catch UpUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436259672320992437.post-50307666521674220372011-11-22T17:21:44.602-08:002011-11-22T17:21:44.602-08:00I'm glad to hear you are trying to address thi...I'm glad to hear you are trying to address this. I know that under eating for a prolonged period of time can override the body's normal hunger signals and cause this problem. Just check out the health and support forum on CC and there are a ton of girls that tell you they aren't hungry on minimal calories but when they decide to recover and eat more, their appetite comes back. A suggestion, since you are having trouble getting your cals, try changing your diet to more cal rich foods when you do eat so you are getting more even if you aren't eating more often. Like a handful of nuts or some nut butter on a sandwich, olive oil on a salad, full fat dairy. There are a ton of ways to up your cals without adding a lot of volume :)<br />Regardless of whether your hormone issues are causing your weight loss stall, you need to give your body more nourishment. I hope you have a great trip and enjoy your vacation. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436259672320992437.post-79790731178277831142011-11-22T12:06:22.649-08:002011-11-22T12:06:22.649-08:00P.s.: Google "why don't I feel like eatin...P.s.: Google "why don't I feel like eating anymore?" I just did and it turns out that I'm not alone. There are literally HUNDREDS of posts on blogs, message forums, and nutrition websites of people having this same problem and from what I've read it seems that there are two things I have in common with the vast majority of them:<br /><br />1) Trying to lose weight / dieting over a long period of time.<br /><br />2) Hormone issues.<br /><br />Now, when I was on my Estrogen supplements one of the WORST side effects that it had on me was that I found myself craving constantly. Not hungry, but craving. Standing in front of the pantry or fridge for 5 - 10 minutes straight looking for something that I wanted to eat but not finding anything because I didn't even know what I was craving, I just was. SO maybe my high progesterone/low estrogen levels are to blame for my low intake.<br /><br />Or, maybe it's the result of extended "dieting" (though I never really 'dieted' I just started 'watching what I eat'). Maybe you're right, maybe I need to take a break. Holidays are here, perfect time to indulge and little and increase intake. But I am afraid that I'll go hog wild and gain 30 lbs. Maybe my lack of hunger is all in my head because I'm so afraid of gaining back what I've lost, as you said.<br /><br />I dunno but I'm about to spend 4 days at my mom's house (2 of which will include road trips to and from mom's house). Two places where I find myself notoriously more interested in eating are road trips and mom's house (the third is brother-in-law's house). So who knows, maybe my natural proclivity toward 900 will receive an equally natural cure over the next 4 days.<br /><br />BTW: I'm a social drinker, social smoker, and social eater. I'm more likely to do all of these things if I am around someone that does them than I am by myself (this has been proven via every relationship break-up I've ever had). So maybe being around others for four days will help. I want you to know I respect AND appreciate your comments. I'm not taking them lightly, dismissing them, or assuming that you're wrong. IN FACT I fully agree with you! I just "forget" to eat more most days. For weeks now I go to post my calories each night and say "Oh crap that's too low but it's 10 o'clock at night so it's way too late to eat something now. I'll do better tomorrow." Rinse - Lather - Repeat. *sigh*. I'm broken.Lynseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752254017919024864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436259672320992437.post-34784942601534290472011-11-22T11:53:43.169-08:002011-11-22T11:53:43.169-08:00Anonymous: "Do you really plan to eat 900 cal...Anonymous: "Do you really plan to eat 900 cals a day for the rest of your life??"<br /><br />I actually never 'planned' on eating 900 cals a day even to lose weight. It just kind of happened when I started paying more attention to what I ate and stopped associating food with other daily behaviors. i.e. when I stopped feeling like I needed to eat at my desk all day at work; when I stopped feeling like I needed to eat every time I sat down to read a book or watch TV; when I stopped feeling like I needed to eat every time I got bored; when I stopped feeling like I needed to eat every time I "went out" such as running errands or shopping. When I stopped eating because I had nothing better to do and started only eating when I was hungry (not starving but just starting to feel a gurgle) I dropped, naturally, to about 1,200 w/o trying. But then I stopped feeling hungry as often and started eating on a schedule and that caused me to naturally drop to 900. <br /><br />Example: I USED to wake up starving, so I'd eat.<br />Then I stopped waking up hungry so I'd eat something at 9:00 a.m. anyway just because it was 9:00 a.m. Then, for some reason, I just stopped eating at 9:00 a.m. too and still don't usually feel hungry when I eat lunch at 1:00 p.m.<br /><br />This is strange right? Shouldn't I FEEL hungry, even a little bit hungry, when I have gone 12+ hours without eating anything? I should, but for some reason I don't.<br /><br />I have to really STRESS THIS: I am not TRYING to eat only 900 calories a day. It just happens. I got to 287 because of associative and boredom eating. When I broke those habits 900/day became normal and sometimes I don't even feel like eating that many but I do because I know it's low.<br /><br />Take yesterday for example: Woke up at 6:00 a.m. poured a cup of coffee and a bottle of water. At 9:00 a.m. had another bottle of water. At 11:00 a.m. had another bottle of water. At 1:00 p.m. I ate lunch but I wasn't hungry - not even a little hungry. I only ate because it was lunch time and that's what I do. I had another bottle of water with lunch and another one at 2:00 p.m. At 6:00 p.m. I ate dinner but again, not because I was hungry - because Snackers said "Dinner is ready". So I ate a chicken breast and a cup of noodles with another bottle of water and then went back to studying for school until I went to bed at 10:00 p.m. Not once, in the entire day, did I feel even teensy weensy little tummy gurgles.<br /><br />Is it the water? Making me think I'm not hungry? Perhaps. But again, it's not intentional. Come to find out: now that I've cut cheeseburgers, pizza (for the most part), taco bell, ice cream, chips, cheese and crackers, snack cakes, and chocolate (for the most part) out of my diet ... I'm not really all that interested in food anymore. It's like I have a food version of Stockholm syndrome or something.Lynseehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06752254017919024864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436259672320992437.post-18352035929847725762011-11-22T09:08:24.676-08:002011-11-22T09:08:24.676-08:00You've been doing this diet/weight loss thing ...You've been doing this diet/weight loss thing for a long time now. Maybe it's time to give your body a break and eat at maintenance for a few weeks. When you get your IUD in Jan, you can hit it again. Most people actually UP their cals when they plateau, change up their exercise for a bit then drop back down to weight loss cals to get going again. Worked for me. You have gone so low you have nowhere to go. And I'm sorry, you can't get proper nutrition on 900 cals a day. Ask any doctor or nutritionist. I am really concerned that you are doing long term damage to your body by insisting on keeping your cals so low. And frankly, how do you have any energy to do anything :(<br />You are probably concerned that you would gain even more weight if you start eating more. But seriously, logic should tell you that you didn't get to 287 lbs on 900 cals a day so no way you should gain weight on 1800-2000. I am 44, 5'5" and 150 lbs and can maintain on 2200. You should be able to do more than I. You need to eat more to get your metabolism going again. At least give yourself a break for a few weeks anyway. Please think of your long term health here. Do you really plan to eat 900 cals a day for the rest of your life??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4436259672320992437.post-54379756193858018812011-11-22T08:26:59.021-08:002011-11-22T08:26:59.021-08:00Good girl.Good girl.Kihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14626379470157786313noreply@blogger.com