Am I hungry

newbies
(Carolus Holman) #1

That’s the question I am asking myself when traditional mealtimes come around. Last night I needed/wanted to eat. I sliced off some delicious portions of smoked pork shoulder, and steamed up some asparagus with butter. I was half way through my meal and just couldn’t/didn’t want to eat more. I felt a little nauseous, my stomach did not feel full, I was just full. I then asked myself was I mentally hungry or physically hungry.?

Now I sit in my cubicle noticing the clock inching towards lunchtime, am I hungry or just desire the need to eat because it’s that time of day? I know it’s

Eat when you are hungry!

,and since the start of keto, scheduling meals around my hunger is a weird concept, previously I was always hungry, I could eat at anytime, even having double lunches if I needed to; now there is no schedule.

(Doodler for @KetoKailey) #2

@Carolus_Holman Been there! On my 4th week only and hardly hungry, if at all. @VLC.MD and @Darlene_Horsley guided me to fasting and I read a bunch, plus listened to my body.

Yep, the traditional meal times are habitual.

(Carolus Holman) #3

Is it normal {define normal} to be able to fast or IF in the 3rd week of keto? I know I have a lot of fat to burn but is IF possible or desirable in the first 3 weeks?

(VLC.MD) #4

Your hunger hormones know your mealtimes !
They go up at the same time of day when they are usually fed ! Don’t let them control you - you control them !

(VLC.MD) #5

I did.
At week 4 ish.
For a week :+1:

Try it. Eating is a mental thing. You can convince yourself of almost anything.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #6

As far as I can tell, that’s what satiety feels like. Never happened to me in my life, until I went keto, now it happens all the time. :bacon:

#7

I’m torn about the benefit of not being hungry. I did 16:8 IF for a long time and as a result was rarely hungry. But it was because my metabolism was lowered. So even not eating much, I was putting on weight. Longer fasts seems to have broken that for me. Now I am a little but not too hungry during fast days, and hungry on feed days. And I am losing weight again (during the fasts.) I also just started taking DHEA and iodine, and they seem to be giving me more energy and making me want more food. So it seems to me that “energy” is a good thing, a “higher metabolism” contributes to energy and hunger. So some hunger is a good thing.

(Consensus is Politics) #8

The first time I did keto back in 2014, I hit a point after about 3 weeks where I would forget to eat for three days at a time. I had to remind myself to eat. I just wasn’t hungry, for the entire rest of the time I stayed in Keto. It was great. Never being hungry. That’s not to say I didn’t have cravings. After I lost the weight I had been trying to lose, I jumped off the wagon. I didn’t fall, I did a cannonball. I hit my goal and quit dieting.

Fast forward to present day…

I ate lunch yesterday, out of habit, not because I was hungry. Even while making my meal, I thought, why am I making this, I’m not even hungry. I figured since I hadn’t eaten in about 24 hours it was time, that I should. So I did. That was my last meal. Yesterday about 1300 hrs. No breakfast today, no lunch. Now, at about 1700 hrs I have a big chunk of extra sharp cheddar. Portion size 1" by 1 1/2" by 3". A real nice big slice off the block. I figured I easily eat that whole chunk.

I managed to eat 3/4 of that. And I don’t feel the need to eat the rest. I’m too lazy to wrap up the little chunks I cut it up into, so I’m right this very second tossing them to my Staffordshire Terrier. He very happily helps me with cheese. Not to worry, he never get more than a few pieces.

(You've tried everything else; why not try bacon?) #9

That’s the thing I like about keto—I can eat to satiety, so I’m never hungry, and my metabolic rate stays up, because I’m not depriving my body of calories. All that fat not only provides energy, it makes me feel satisfied by my meals in a way that eating carbohydrate never did. And I also stop needing to eat long before my belly is stuffed to bursting. I used to be painfully full and still be hungry for more.

And the amazing thing about it all is that I’m down now about 60 lbs. from my highest weight and looking forward to the next jump downward—all without either exercising or starving myself. :bacon: