Sport help! im never hungry....

[greatday77]

im 5'1 and weigh 105 lbs. im kinda of trying to loose 5 lbs because there are some areas on my body where i have extra fat. but my main concern is im never hungry. if i eat a very small breakfast, like a bowl of cereal, in the morning i wont be hungry throughout the day. i know this might sound good if i wanna loose 5 lbs, but i know it isnt healthy. i wanna eat healthy and be hungry for the food. and i know they say not to eat when your not hungry becase you can gain weight. but i cant just not eat all day long. why is it that lately i am not hungry? can someone help me out? thanks!

 

[sparrow]

I know what you're going through

Question: Do you gain weight easily when you try and eat "normal" with other people or throughout the day?

It sounds like your body is in starvation mode. That means its reduced its output of burning cals and lowered your metabolism so that you can survive on very little food. May seem like thats a good thing for losing weight, but its the worst thing EVER if you're trying to lose weight. Instead of fat the first thing it will burn is muscle. Since muscle is what burns cals fast..thats not cool. If all you are eating is little tiny meals and nothing else your body will put all that food to good use...which is FAT storage. The absolute only way to get it to rev up is to eat more and increase your food, hungry or not. I have been in your EXACT position for 15 YEARS and just now have been doing something about it. I ate 500 cals a day, exercised like a maniac and gained weight on that! Increasing cals gradually has been difficult but I know it'll be worth it. In the long run the goal is to be healthy and allow your body to be the best it can be to stay healthy. It will cooperate weight wise with you much easier if you can trust that process.

I'm sure you will have many other posters..but let me know if there is anything else I can do for you.