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03-26-2011, 08:14 PM
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Senior Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: WA State
Posts: 109
S/C/G: 198.5 /198.5 / 140
Height: 5'2"
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I think my "hunger center" is broken.
For lack of a better word I call it my hunger center, lol.
Since I started this journey I have eaten so much less than before but one thing I notice is I don't feel hungry. I will start feeling shaky and my head will feel a little off and I know I need to eat something but I never feel hungry. Can you over eat for so long that your body forgets how to tell you it's hungry (other than the other sensations i described above)?
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03-26-2011, 09:12 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 1,680
S/C/G: 201/198.6/140
Height: 5'4"
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You know, I have the same problem. I very rarely get hungry now. I know I need to eat when, like you mentioned, I feel shaky or else I get VERY moody. I really believe my ability to understand what my body is telling me is broken. I don't know if it will ever work again, which is why I plan to count calories forever - it would not work for me to eat intuitively.
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03-26-2011, 09:20 PM
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Hi From Canada, eh?
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Canada, eh?
Posts: 2,370
S/C/G: check the ticker :)
Height: 5'8
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hmmm I had the opposite - now i get hungry... I never GOT hungry when I was fat because I constantly shoved stuff in and was terrified to ever miss a meal (that's right, i was a bit afraid to miss a meal, like i'd die or something lol) But now when i wake up in the morning i'm darn ready to eat breakkie, and when lunch rolls around i know it's time ...not starving or anything but definite pangs in the tummy.
And miracle of miracles, a hunger pang does NOT equal instant death to me LOL took me long enough to figure that on geeez
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03-26-2011, 09:25 PM
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kon-fyoo-zed say it aloud
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Columbia, SC
Posts: 1,638
S/C/G: 300/Ticker/165
Height: 5'9"
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psychological thing maybe?
i feel hungry when the times roll around still, but i've noticed that after just a couple weeks i get full off of meals half the size i'm used to.
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03-26-2011, 09:38 PM
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unabashed
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Pittsburgh
Posts: 2,709
S/C/G: 344/321/220
Height: 5'5
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I get dizzy or headaches or cranky. My stomach does growl now, it didn't really before cuz I was feeding it all the time.
But, when I do get hungry, I know my body is saying EAT, but I seem confused at times, like, why am I hungry? I don't need to eat yet. I eat enough (14-1600 cals) but hunger used to freak me out, I'd be REALLY angry if I was hungry for like 5 mins when I first started watching, but now I can stay hungry for a long time and not pay it any mind. It's usually cuz I did something like not eat a nutrtionally dense type food, instead just a high calorie food. Like toast for breakfast, that is almost always a mistake.
Last edited by lottie63; 03-26-2011 at 09:38 PM.
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03-27-2011, 12:59 AM
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Calorie Counter-Runner
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Central New York
Posts: 412
S/C/G: 309/158/164
Height: 5'8
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I'm just starting to growl to show that I'm hungry. But 90% of the time (if I let myself get there) I will only show signs of sickness. I get nausea hardcore when I'm hungry. Just try to eat more often to compensate.
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03-27-2011, 02:51 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Hamilton, Ontario
Posts: 134
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Height: 5' 5"
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Trazey- omgosh, I can really identify with your post!! I'd get panicky, too, when I got hungry!! I realized that I was overeating CONSTANTLY because I was afraid of feeling hungry- I couldn't stand the discomfort. It sounds crazy to some people, but it's true!! I'm ok with it now. It took a few weeks of training to teach myself to deal and get over it, and I still have to be aware of how I feel before and after (20 minutes) I eat, every time I eat. Hopefully it will become natural over time :-)
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03-27-2011, 10:25 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Texas
Posts: 554
S/C/G: 325/125/maintaining
Height: 5'6.5
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I don't get hungry anymore either. I do get kind of nauseated if I go without eating for too long when I get busy...but no hunger pains or growling. Not much of an appetite at all actually.
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