I'm never hungry, I eat almost nothing, and I'm gaining weight! What is going on?

Question

I eat usually less that 1200 calories worth of food each day, and 99% of the time I eat I'm not hungry, but just bored. I'm still gaining weight though! I don't understand! I tried not eating until I got hungry, but I ended up eating only about 300 calories every other day which isn't healthy so I stopped. Right now I weigh about 125lbs

Answer 1

Your problem could be that you are not eating enough. When the body does not get a certain amount of nutrients (kinda like only eating one or two meals a day) then after a prolonged period of this, your metabolism starts to slow down. The body realizes that it is only going to get so many calories, so it starts storing some of that eaten food as fat so it will be able to function throughout the day. Simply put, as weird as it sounds, you must eat more food in order to lose weight. One way to do this is instead of eating normal meals if you are not hungry, then have some fruit or something light and as a best suggestion, about six times a day. Before long you should be seeing the weight come off and maintaining.

Answer 2

Your body may be in "starvation mode". Basically, you not eating enough for it so it is storing what does come in...it doesn't know when the next good meal is coming. That is why you aren't losing weight. (and why some bulimics aren't your stereotypical thin people)

When you begin to eat better, try exercising. Think of it this way: input vs. output. If you take in less than you are burning you will lose weight.

A nutritionist can help a lot with things like that. I struggle with the same thing as you, but I am much heavier. :)

Answer 3

Well, not eating will make you gain weight because your body thinks you're starving it so it goes into conservation mode and really takes advantage of what you do give it. In fact, it is best to eat many meals a day but make them small and of course, healthy. Exercising is key.

Answer 4

grain nutrition crew: entire wheat breads cliff bars stability bars kashi cereal granola cereal granola bars raisin bran crunch pita chips honey mustard pretzels couscous pasta protein crew/dairy crew: ice cream entire milk cheese peanut butter cashews peanuts rooster nuggets tuna eggs fruit/veggie crew: sweet potatoes artichokes bananas pineapple cakes: donuts cake cookies devour a great number of peanut butter, cashews, M and Ms, jelly, bread gaining weight is uncomplicated- devour a great number of PB and J sandwiches, nuts, ice cream, bananas, cereal w/ entire milk and cliff bars-

Answer 5

Dont worry about the fat...


Where are you at???

You are obsessed.

Go live and dont worry about it. Just do whats right. eat better.


peace

Answer 6

YOU NEED YOUR THYROID CHECKED