Hunger and ketosis

[grovemonkey]

I was going to post this on another location but I figure some induction people might be able to relate.

I was thinking about induction and hunger, it's actually probably better to think of it as ketosis and hunger. Whenever I drop back into ketosis, my sense of hunger gets all freaked out. I find myself not hungry but when I really do get hungry I freak out! I don't notice that I am hungry then all of a sudden, when I realize I am actually hungry it's pretty intense. Does this happen to anyone else?

I bring all this up because I've been on maintence at a reasonable weight for awhile but wanted to see if I can loose another 10 kilos (drop from a size 36 pant to a 34) so I decided to drop back into ketosis and try to loose those last 10 or 12 kilos.. I don't think it's going to be a too hard but sometimes the hunger get's wild.

[ValidRouge]

Re: Hunger and ketosis

That's the reason for the six hour rule. Don't go more than six hours between meals/snacks. We're supposed to eat something, even if it's a little something....at least every 6 hours so that we don't get to that ravenous point.

[PaulaMM]

Re: Hunger and ketosis

Yes, I do notice it! I'm rarely truely hungry but when I am, I'M STARVING. And it's never a gradual thing; it happens all at once.

Joy gave some excellent advice. We should always try to eat something before we get to that point.

[not2late]

Re: Hunger and ketosis

Joy and Paula are right on the money with this!

[grovemonkey]

Re: Hunger and ketosis

Joy,

Thanks for your advice on the matter. I wasn't really posting that up to get any advice but really just wondering if others doing induction have similar experiences.

I'm sure eating more frequently would solve the problem but the idea is that I actually don't feel hugry, I don't care to eat, then all of a sudden I get crazy hungry. I go from not hungry at all to very hungry and really grumpy.

Having done induction a few times, I know what I have to do to control the cravings. My most effective solution is to have prepared ketosis friendly foods laying around at all times. In addition, I know already that I like eating at night so I always make sure I have a decent amount of food laying around at night that I can snack on including: eggs, various cheeses, low-carb sausages, some fried chicken, raw veggies, some whipped cream with splenda or low-carb induction friendly cheesecake. Those things help deal with my sporadic and sometimes wild hunger.

[Erin80]

Re: Hunger and ketosis

I totally noticed this when I was on induction, and so did my mom actually. We were good for a while, then suddenly we were STARVING. I eat at the same times every day, I've been trying to get my body into a schedule over the last 2 months. I eat breakfast, then I eat lunch at noon every day, and dinner at 6pm. I might then have a snack at 8 or 9. This works for me!

[lancelotsgirl]

Re: Hunger and ketosis

I'm on induction and forget to eat because I'm not hungry, then I do have the growlings from my tummy and by then I'm grumpy. Drinking water doesn't always take care of it, usually I am really just that hungry. Weird how ketosis does that, huh?