How to stimulate hunger??

[Blue Phoenix]

I can spend the whole day eating just 2 or 3 meals!

I'm hardly hungry. I have problems with that, especially in the morning where I usually don't eat. Sometimes I force myself to take some yorgut (has 4g of protein).

How could I stimulate my body?

 

[Alpine]

For years I was looking for the appetite holy grail, only to find there isn't one, well not a pill or anything like that.

Hopefully my findings will save you a lot of time.

Ok, if you are training well, your appetite will improve a bit, probably not enough for mega growth though. And I mean not overtraing as well as not exercising enough.

Do you stress a bit, does this knock your appetite? Get into yoga, chi gong tai chi type stuff.

I can't eat a solid breakfast. You must take liquid food, some sort of shake with protein.

My daily shake for three meals is/was 500ml milk, 80g protein powder, 100g oats, 2 tablespoons olive oil.

Now the big trick is to build up calories slowly over a month or so spread over 6 meals. 3 solid 3 the shake. This takes a thing called discipline, and that's the real problem with most people.

If you feel sick, suck on some ginger. Then carry on eating.

I took my calorie intake from 1800 to 2200 reached a platue, then started adding in the shakes to reach 3200 within a month.

The gains came, they never did before, eating is the key.

 

[Jippii]

Yeah what you need to do is space meals out (have 6 meals a day preferably) and have some of them in liquid form.


Before I'd ALWAYS go on 2-3 meals a day.

For a long while I've been at a point that if I don't get my 6 meals then I'm hungry and moody!


Your appetite will grow as you slowly start to eat more.

 

[SamePendo]

Yeah, eat more, even when you aren't hungry (VERY IMPORTANT). And with time your body will get used to the food.

Have you read Bulking guide? Eat that.

 

[diablo]

Originally posted by SamePendo
Have you read Bulking guide? Eat that.

Yes. Print it out and eat it for your post-workout meal.

 

[line_in_the_sand]

Want increased appetite? Do cardio - walk! 30-45 minutes, 4-7 times a week.

 

[Ice Cold]

Have you tried not eating 2-3 meals a day?

I bet you'll get real hungry fast.

 

[ScrewIt]

im in the same boat as you, i ccan at most eat 3-4 or 5 meas a day, mostly 3 since i wake up at noon everyday D:

but usually i try to fit in a small meal whenever i have the chance even when i may not be close to hungry, usually that small meal is a pepporini slice. and i ujsually will drink 2 - 3 cups of milk a day and some days with working out throw in some whey protein.

if u want more protein, lay off the yogurt and try some milk or whey protein.

altho i've been doing this for quite some time, my apetite for food will and always be small, as i cant really eat as much as normal person could. so my apetite for food hasnt really changed much.

 

[Alpine]

Cardio/aerobics? No No No.

Strictly speaking from the original question yes, but we are talking about calories available for growth.

I used to do ironman triathlons. My racing weight was 127lbs. I ate about 2800 cals/day. Did I gain weight, no, because my appetite just matched my expenditure.

Today at 137lb I eat about 1900cals.

Someone on this forum said make eating your job, that's the way to look at it and be disciplined but gradual, use liquid high protein meals to assist.

I've lost a few pounds since I stopped bulking before christmas. I'm now going to start another cycle, I know this will entail feeling full/sick most of the time, but you get used to it.

 

[Mack Bishop]

smoke herb

 

[Blue Phoenix]

Originally posted by Mack Bishop
smoke herb

 

[lao tzu]

Why do some of you folks go on for paragraphs and not say anything? Practicing for your ebook pitches?


eat smaller, but more frequently. Force yourself. EAT BREAKFAST! workout. Don't eat garbage.

 

[Alpine]

Old Chinese proverb say:

Eat sh1t and die.


Short and packed with meaning.

 

[S0LID]

Force feed yaself a bigger brekfast for a few months, and it with get alot easier.

 

[WORKEROUTER]

I consider eating to be part of my workout (actually, I consider it to be more important than my workout!).

You need to build up your appetite and realize that sometimes when you don't feel hungry, you must still eat a healthy meal to get in your 4-6 good meals a day. If you don't do this, then you simply won't gain. It's that simple.

 

[il_duce]

Originally posted by Alpine
If you feel sick, suck on some ginger. Then carry on eating.

What do you mean by that? Does that really help? Happens to me all the time when I'm eating and the food doesn't seem to want to stay down anymore.

 

[Alpine]

I use it if I feel sick. You can use root ginger or even the crystaline sugar cubed stuff. There is also an accupressure point on the inside of your wrist. Press it gentley to take the sickness away.

Having said that, I think what your talking about is a thing called the gag response. As many ladies will tell you, this is a reflex, which through conscious effort you can overide.

My dad has had two gullet widening operations, they basically stretch it apart with a ballon type thing. He'd gag on a grape until he had it. I think I have his genetics and gag very easily as I get full.

However I found by consistently, but gradually eating past this point I could eat more.

Ultimately though my 1000 cal shake recipe is the easy option. It's all good food and balanced macros too. As you get used to the extra cals back off the shakes and add in solids.

There's a real art to this stuff and I'm convinced it's the main thing that holds people back from big gains.

 

[penkitten]

years ago there was a study done and as it turns out.. if you look at the colors red and yellow , you will get hungry.

notice the colors the grocery store ads are, red and yellow..
mcdonalds, what colors are on the straws and signs and ads? red and yellow
kfc? red and yellow
pizza hut? red and yellow

so paint your kitchen yellow and go in there alot.

 

[Alpine]

I don't know, everytime I see a spotty teenager, sort of puts me off the whole idea of eating something.

I have some coloured card, I'll pop it on the wall see what happens.