Haven’t been hungry for 3 days ??

Below is a copy of the post where I have commented on about ketosis

Myers728:

The last 3 days I haven’t been hungry. The idea of eating something small even when I am not hungry makes me sick. I force myself to eat something small to get some food in. I don’t want to complain b/c I would rather not be hungry then hungry all the time. What is happening?

Me:

Hi Myers728,

Yes it definitely sounds like you’re in ketosis. What you’re experiencing is in effect a typical fasting response where the body will start looking elsewhere for energy in order to keep itself going. As the others have said, it won’t last forever but it will for many people, be the one time in their low carb journey, do they experience the highest amount of fat loss that they’re ever going to experience.

Also, during this time, the physical size of your stomach will shrink so that does mean when you start eating again, the size of portions that you need to satisfy  yourself will be very small. Now there can be a temptation once you got the munchies; just to think, “Oh, I’ll make up for what I haven’t been eating over the last how ever many days”. Well, I would counsel you try and regulate how much you eat to take full advantage of your new small stomach simply because the longer that you can be satisfied with small quantities, the longer you will experience a period of either unusual fat loss.

Do remember, however, to make sure that you eat enough fat in order to satisfy the body’s need for energy.

Hope that helps,

Mark