Is appetite loss normal?
 

I'm finding that now in my 3rd week of Atkins, I have very little appetite. The thought of meat even when I"m hungry just makes my stomach turn. I have to choke down the water, and except for a few snacks and heavy dinners, I just am not interested in food. It's a struggle when I feel really hungry to find something that I want to eat.
Has anyone else noticed this? How did you get over it? Or deal with it?

Please dont' say eggs...egads I am tired of eggs.

I'm not craving carbs...I don't want *any* food, actually!

Your thoughts appreciated.

Thanks!

I am having that same problem.....find myself only eating a small meal each day like ham rollups, and thats it! I know that it isn't good for me but I have ZERO appetite. HELP!

Since years ago when I had great success with Atkins, this has been a "problem" that started around the end of week 2 for me and occured off and on. I KNOW you are going to say, just as a read, no way can I choke down food, but its what I personally have found works to pick my appetite back up.
First off, breakfast. I've always been a skipper. But, this time I wanted to go as strictly by the rules as I could. DANDR says never go more than 6 hours without a meal, even if its just a simple, small protein snack with your supplements. So, every morning I have 2 eggs scrambled with my supplements. Every single morning I woke for like the first 4, I thought O M G, the last thing I want to do is eat right now. But, I cooked them, sat down, took a few bites at least and found once I got a few down, my body got interested in it. So now, I feel hungry in the morning, about 1/2 the time, but I eat no matter what. I've had a very nice consistant weight loss doing this. I make sure I eat 3 times a day no matter what as well. I want my body to come to expect I WILL feed it and therefore not try to reserve anything :)

;) I guess it just goes to show how effective lc is when dieters are complaining about NOT BEING HUNGRY ENOUGH! Unfortunately, I never have that problem.

I have a hard time too.. I eat more than I want to just to make it to 1050 cal's per day.

Eating breakfast helps tons!
I do a LC Dannon carb control yougurt or several slices of bacon.
Sometimes I eat cucumber spears.

I try to eat something that seems quick and easy when I wake up so that my matabolism is kickstarted.. for somereason if I eat w/ in 45 mins of waking up, I seem a little hungrier througout the day than if I don't.

hope it helps,
Carina

Yes, loss of appetite is normal but you must eat atleast 3 meals a day. Reduce the serving sizes but eat. This diet works only as long as we eat. This happens as some believe because of ketosis but I believe it is from not having spikes in the old insulin and drops in the old sugar. Protein is a stabilizer.

Now that these things are stable in my system, hunger is not as intense and I fill up on 1 plate of food instead of 2 or 3. I call this a kinder, more gentler hunger.

I too, have seen my appetite diminish! But, I LOVE IT!!! I've always been sooooo hungry, however now I've been able to be in control of my cravings instead of them controlling me.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that has experienced this. Yesterday I went for all you can eat Japanese food & all I had was 2 bowls of miso soup, a couple pieces of salmon sashimi, & an oyster motoyaki. One of my friends asked me, "Is that all your eating?" and I told her, "Yeah. I'm totally not getting my money's worth today, but I just can't eat anymore".

and except for a few snacks and heavy dinners

I could be wrong but maybe its the "heavy dinners" that are turning you off

Atkins says not to overdo your eatting at one meal to space it out and NOT to eat too much just enough to make you full not stuffed

try cutting down on the HEAVY DINNERS and snack every 3 or 4 hrs instead

I also find that I do not want food - this presents a problem because from what I have read I need to eat at least 3 meals every day and it is important that my calories don't drop too low. But when you don't feel like eating what can you eat?

I love raw vegetables and happily nibble away at them during the day - but they are low in calories. Is my body happy that I am eating all day even though the calorie count is low or do I have to change the food I eat to make the calories add up so that my body doesn't think it is starving.

Serrelind
 

Hi, I noticed you didn't have a lot of weight to lose. I don't either. How long did it take you to lose 16 pounds? I only want to lose 20 at the most.

Thanks, Kim

Doesn't Dr. Atkins write in his book DANDR...that a decrease in appetite is perfectly normal...when I was about 1 month into this I had to remind myself to eat. I have a better appetite now, mostly because of my increased food choices. Alot of time though when DH is hungry I am saying, I don't really want anything.

So, it is normal...something that I did for the "meat ughsss" was to make a LC Lasagna or a LC pizza....
Also this is a good meal.
1/3 cup ricotta, 2 tablespoons of cream cheese, some cottage cheese, 1 tablespoon of parm, 1/4 cup of mozza, 1 egg Mix all together and microwave for 3 mins, stirring every minute. Top with lc spagh sauce.

Oh yesssss.... Today is my 14th day of induction (see ma? no cheating! :D) and it's really, really hard too eat. I agree, break it down into smaller amounts. I'm kicking myself today; I forgot to bring something for breakfast and have to wait till lunch. So I'll only eat twice today.

I, also, have decided not to force feed myself. I'm making a renewed effort (well, after lunch :cool: ) to eat many smaller meals with plent of fat & veggies throughout the day, but I'll be listening to my body tell me when it's done.