Dawn Marie Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 Is that even possible? Let me clarify something first though...I'm certainly not a waif of a woman. I'm 5'2" and I started this program weighing in at 206lbs. So, believe me...I can chow down on some food. I'm definitely hungry in the morning and get my protein, veggies and fat. I don't snack at all and I drink plenty of water, in fact water is the only thing I drink all day except for a glass of herbal tea before bed. Lately though, once lunch and dinner come around I have to talk myself into eating. I eat...working the template, but I'm not "hungry". I work out now 4-5 days a week and have my small pre-w/o food, but there is NO way possible I could eat after working out plus dinner. I just can't bring myself to do it...I already feel too full after dinner most nights. Is this okay? Am I doing something wrong? right? I don't want to sound whiny that I'm not hungry enough, but well...sometimes I truly feel like I could skip a meal and not miss it...I don't...but I certainly feel that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kb0426 Posted March 23, 2013 Share Posted March 23, 2013 I am curious how far into your whole30 you are? I noticed the same things you are describing when I did my first whole30. I felt full all.the.time in the beginning. I believe it was around day 11 when I started to notice that I once again anticipated and looked forward to lunch and dinner. It is funny. Today is day 1 of round 2 for me, and I just noticed that it is almost 7pm and I have not started to prep dinner yet. I guess it is happening to me again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Marie Posted March 23, 2013 Author Share Posted March 23, 2013 I'm on day 27 and it's been like this for about a week. I just ate dinner and feel like I ate it, just to eat it...because I was supposed to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notacommittee Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 I feel like this a lot. Sometimes I think I just don't notice my hunger as hunger, because I'll get very tired, grouchy, depressed, etc. and then eat because it's time to eat even though I don't feel hungry, and then immediately feel better. So I have no sensation of wanting food in my stomach, but my body clearly wanted some anyway. It's darn inconvenient Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Marie Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Fortunately I don't get tired, grouchy or depressed at these times...just worried that I'm not doing something right! Sometimes after eating though I feel almost like I shouldn't have because then I feel like I over ate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirsteen Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Sometimes our hormones are so out of whack with years of not so good eating that it can take a while to reset them. I also find the hunger I have on a W30 is totally different to the hunger I had before when I was eating food that wasn't nearly as nourishing and it's taken me quite a while to really learn the signals. When I ate a crap diet, I always got hungry fairly quickly after meals and had no trouble recognising the get-me-food-now feeling. I also realise now that a lot of that was actually cravings. When I started really nourishing my body on a W30, I didn't get that famished feeling and, for quite a while, really had to rely on the clock and the meal template to know what and how much to eat. The template really is your friend. For me it helped establish a pattern of healthy eating and after a while I started to learn the more subtle signals my body now gives me that it's time to eat. Hang in there, it will get easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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