Not hungry for first time

(Empress of the Unexpected) #1

Today is the end of my third week. I’ve had quite an appetite until today. Yesterday I had two meals that turned out to be just meat, cheese and avocado. I was actually looking forward to dinner, but life got in the way. This morning we had ribeye for breakfast and I could only choke down about three bites. I just wasn’t hungry. Is it too early in the process to go 16 hours without eating? I don’t want my body to hang onto any weight.

(Doug) #2

Regina, I wouldn’t go all the way to zero, (:slightly_smiling_face:), but sounds good to me. I see no reason for you to against what you’re feeling, there.

(Todd Allen) #3

If you aren’t hungry, don’t eat. That is a big part of how a ketogenic diet promotes weight loss. If you are lucky reduced hunger will continue for a long time and perhaps allow you to effortlessly reach your goal weight. The less effort you have to expend to reach your goal weight the less effort required to maintain it and not rebound.

(RL) #4

I went against the grain and basically started IF (16:8) about 3 days into my starting the Keto WOE. In just a couple of days after that I went to one meal a day for 3-5 days of the week.

For me (n=1), it was easier to basically do it all together. And I felt great almost immediately.

So from my anecdotal evidence, I would says it is not too early for you to start 16 hour fasting. Just my opinion.

(Allan L) #5

Oh, I remember that feeling so well. Enjoy the honeymoon period of fat adaptation as you finally get access to your body fat for fuel.

(Empress of the Unexpected) #6

My confusion lies in the fact that I seem to run across two different theories. One is “eat when hungry “ and the other is “try not to snack.” So I am guessing if I need to snack it means I didn’t get enough fat in the previous meal?

(Allan L) #7

Both those theories apply but in different phases:

Phase 1, before Fat Adapted = Eat when hungry because you’ll get hungry often, usually carb cravings disguised as hunger. But rather eat more keto than go hungry then give in to cravings and end up eating carbs.

Phase 2: once you are fat adapted = Hunger will disappear for most. Try not to snack, keeps you insulin down low and allows for access to more fat = lower hunger.

But you are also correct, if you are snacking you did not eat enough during your meal. Rather eat 3 large meals than 3 small meals and 2 snacks. Then once fat adapted you will naturally skip meals and have no desire for snacks. (Other than psychological cravings)

(Empress of the Unexpected) #8

Thanks, that makes sense. What doesn’t make sense is that, suddenly starving, I just realized I accidentally bought fat free deli roast beef slices. :scream:Omg. (Obviously the mental clarity thing hasn’t kicked in yet!). And I really don’t want to know how they make meat fat free. Had cheese instead!!

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

Fat-free roast beef? What’s next----fat-free bacon? :roll_eyes:

(Empress of the Unexpected) #10

It was scary. It went into the trash!!!

(Shaun) #11

Could you sneak by, with a large breakfast, a small lunch(snack level perhaps?) and then a large dinner?

(Empress of the Unexpected) #12

That’s a good idea. What’s been happening lately is a large breakfast, a snack, and the last couple of nights I have skipped dinner but I feel like I need to eat more. I got like only 600 calories yesterday.

(Allan L) #13

You got 600 calories orally yesterday but depending on how low your insulin levels are now you would have topped up the balance of the calories from your fat stores and your metabolism would have been fully fuelled.