But I don't feel hungry...

We often hear our patients expressing that they don’t feel hungry. Hunger cues can often be suppressed for many reasons including malnutrition, weight loss, dieting, over-exercise, illness, nausea, gastroparesis, medications, lack of interoceptive awareness, and more. Someone who has fallen off their growth curves won’t feel hungry until they are back where they should be. Someone who is recovering from an eating disorder likely won’t feel hungry until they are weight restored (if weight gain was needed) and eating more regularly and consistently. And someone who lacks interoceptive awareness may not feel hungry and/or may have to really look hard to understand what “hunger” looks like for them. It can be odd to eat when you don’t feel hungry, and yet, that’s exactly what’s needed to get better. A lack of a hunger cues in these situations, does not mean “you don’t have to eat.” Eating anyway is essential. Eating with regularity and consistency allows you to improve, to take your metabolism, physiology, growth, development, energy, mood, athletic performance, or whatever it is the goal for you - to the next level. You will need to push through this phase, through your lack of hunger (easier said than done, we know) in order to fully recover. If you are struggling to follow your meal plan, we recommend checking out last latest book, “How to Nourish Yourself Through an Eating Disorder.”

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