[LegallyBrunette]

It's 3:30pm and all I've eaten today is 1/2 cup of green beans... I'm just not hungry at all! So I went for my workout, thinking that usually makes me hungry... no such luck!

I know it's horrible to have only eaten 30 calories... but even that small amount made my stomach ache!!

What should I do?? Force myself to eat?

[lucky]

If I'm not hungry, I don't eat. But this happens to me very rarely - so it isn't going to create any health issues for me. I've gotten to the point where I trust my body to know what it is doing and I try to listen to it. Plus, eating when I'm not hungry takes me back to the unhealthy relationship I've had with food for so long. So, assuming this isn't something that happens often and isn't a loss of appetite that can be attributed to some underlying problem (sickness, etc.) I say listen to your stomach - you WILL be hungry again.

Of course, if you think this may trigger extreme hunger later and lead to a binge I'd say at least force yourself to eat a few healthy snacks. That never happens to me though. I have an urge to binge sometimes but it has never happened as a result of a low calorie day (unless the low calorie day was on purpose and I WAS hungry but didn't eat).

[aphil]

I would definitely eat a couple small, low calorie snacks. You may not have much of an appetite, but you really should eat something so that your body is getting some nutrients. A small piece of fruit, a small handful of almonds-those are small, but nutritious things that can get your body what it needs when you should eat, but don't really feel like it.