Hunger depreciation

[Patrick Swayze]

Before I started this diet, I would typically eat something like:

2 bowls of cereal
Toast

Footlong Sub

3 Hamburgers

and another meal (usually a small pizza or somethign equivilant)

I'd also drink about 3 cans of pop, a slurpee, and some candy almost everyday.

Anyways, I've been on low carb for about a week, and am having trouble eating. I have to really force myself to eat 2 meals a day, and I usually dont finish my portions. It's really all I can eat. Compared to what I ate before, this is a dramatic drop. Is this typical?

[momtomany1]

Re: Hunger depreciation

Appetite suppression is very typical! You change your body's energy source, it says 'burn body fat for enerygy? I have plenty of that woohoo!'

Now YOU are on control of your intake, not your cravings!

Good job getting into the 'it will really work' part of the plan!

[Asclepius]

Re: Hunger depreciation

Yes yes yes! Welcome to the sought after side effect of ketosis!

[Elsie150]

Re: Hunger depreciation

Yep...the great news is your doing it right. make sure that you are eating at or near your BMR. A good way to get the calories up if you are low is casseroles..they are pretty calorie dense. Keep up the great work.