Poor appetite: causes and what to do. Add more calories to your meals

If you are one of those people who have a good appetite, then you understand better than anyone how difficult it can sometimes be to lose a couple of extra pounds and go on a painful diet. Just the thought of going on a diet makes your stomach growl. Do you dream of losing a little weight, but your appetite is getting in the way? Don't exhaust yourself, just follow these simple tips and enjoy!

8 ingenious ways to help suppress your appetite.

Forget about pills, drink water!

A good way to lose your appetite is to drink as much as possible more water. This is the best way to reduce body fat. Your chances of losing excess weight will increase.

Drink green tea before lunch

Green tea has properties that help reduce appetite, not to mention that it is also great for burning fat. So please enjoy a cup of tea before your meal, it will be very tasty and good for you.

If you want to eat, go to bed!

When we sleep, we don't think about food. For an adult healthy body Eight hours of sleep is enough. Avoid overeating. Try to stick to a sleep schedule to successfully maintain your diet.

Choose a smaller plate

Eating food from a small plate is a very good trick to reduce your portion size. Your appetite will gradually decrease naturally.

Eat foods low in calories

Eat vegetables and foods that are not too high in calories. This way you will feel full, but not as full as if you had eaten too much food.

Eat healthy

If you eat healthy food, you will feel more satisfied with these delicious products. In addition, it is very good for health.

Keep your thoughts under control

A good way to avoid overeating is to control the thoughts that push us to eat. Try to think less about food. It's very productive and efficient.

Eat More Protein

Protein rich foods not only fill your stomach but also help you lose weight quickly.

And so, you have 8 simple ones, but at the same time effective ways. If you have a really good appetite and make a lot of trips to the refrigerator, try to remember these tips and apply them from time to time! You will succeed, just remember that you are very persistent and consistent - and this is the key to success in your diet. Don't worry about hunger or anxiety, it's all fixable. If you consume the food and apply the tips given here, you will be fine.

Dear Evgeniy Olegovich, I read your book and many useful information Online. Many questions have been clarified, but, however, I have not found an answer to one question that worries me very, very much, although, probably, this worry is a consequence of my personal experiences and complexes. But I'll start from the beginning. My son is one year and 2 months old, there are no health problems, except that he doesn’t sleep well at night. But I’ve already come to terms with this, probably it’s time - best doctor. Now I'm talking about something else. On your website, I have seen many complaints from parents that the child is not eating well and is not gaining weight, to which you advise the child not to torture or stuff the child with food. And that's right, but I have another problem. Mine is eating. And he eats very well. And it seems to me that no matter how much you give him, he will eat everything. It seems that after each meal he would eat the same amount. Let me explain why this worries me so much. Both my family and my husband have a tendency to be overweight. The only difference is that my husband was a skinny child as a child, ate poorly and began to gain weight after returning from the army. I had a different situation. I was raised by my grandmother (a situation you have described many times), who fed me until I was sick. The result did not make an impact - all my life I have been fighting with overweight, the slightest relaxation in food leads to constant weight gain. Take my word for it, this is not lady coquetry because of size 42 or 44. That is, in order to look and feel normal (normal is 67/68 kg with a height of 165, I checked, if I weigh less, I already feel bad, as soon as I move my legs), I need to limit myself very strictly. At the same time, my mother is 3rd degree obese. That is, the son has someone to be chubby. And I myself know very well what it’s like to be a fat child: ridicule, complexes, malicious teachers in physical education class, and in adolescence - diets, hysterics, nerves because you want to eat and the diet “cannot be maintained.” But for a boy to be fat is even worse. What do I see as my child’s problem? All my life I believed that my mother’s, my husband’s, and mine’s obesity was the result of incorrect eating habits. But now I feed my baby strictly according to the doctors’ recommendations, and I even cut him down in some ways compared to his peers (I have someone to compare me with - I have several close friends who gave birth almost simultaneously with me, with an interval of 1-2 month). At the same time, all the children of my friends by the age of one or two had already stopped gaining much weight, stopping at the level of 10.5 -11 kg on average with a height of 80, and almost all of them began to, as they say, “eat poorly.” My Egorka, with a height of 80, weighs 12,300, and is not going to refuse anything from food. I understand that you will answer that this is more or less within the norm, but! What worries me is that he clearly gains 300-350 grams every month. Judging by the literature that I read, this is a lot for a child after one year. And this despite the fact that I really measure every gram and he even goes to bed with me practically without dinner (maybe he sleeps poorly because of this - I once gave him kefir at night, he immediately fell asleep, but the doctors dissuaded me, saying that if he gets used to eating at night, you won’t be able to make him sleep at night). Although if I give him a heavier meal before bed, he still wakes up at night (that is, it’s not a matter of food or drink). My friends and I have the same doctor, and we feed our children the same according to her recommendations. But their children hardly gain any weight, and mine gains three hundred grams every month! I'm just afraid that if now, under my control, he is swelling, then what will happen when he gets older, learns to speak and asks me for food? I can’t explain to a 2-3 year old child why I don’t give him food on such high principles. That is, if now, even with restrictions, everything is “horse fodder”, then what will happen when he starts asking for (and taking!) extra? Please tell me what standards to follow in feeding a child after 1 year. Otherwise, the diet of children under one year of age is prescribed everywhere, and after one year there is a complete vacuum. A loving grandmother - my mother - generally strives to feed him faster as an adult, i.e. with all that sugar and fat that brought her to her 3rd stage of obesity. Of course, I can fight with my parents, they are more or less obedient (since my husband and I are no longer children ourselves, I’m 33, he’s 36, we’re completely independent from them financially and we can’t listen to their instructions), but how will I to fight with own child? I dread the time when he learns to ask for food himself. Even now we can’t have a normal dinner - he screams for him to be given something too (although usually dinner is at 8 - when my husband comes home from work - and the baby ate at 6 (100 grams of cottage cheese + 100 grams of fruit), in my opinion, for one year old child a lot, and by 8 o'clock he is clearly not hungry). Just in case, I’m giving an approximate feeding schedule - maybe I’m overfeeding him? Although this is not the problem: I can cut down on the portion, but how can I cut down on his desire to eat? So, 5 or 6 am - 200 gr. fermented milk mixture 10.00 - porridge (180 gr.) + 40-50 gr. juice (half with water) 14.00 - 100 gr. vegetable puree + 100 gr. meat (or 60 grams of fish) + the same amount of juice with water 18.00 - 100 grams. cottage cheese + 100 gr. fruits (does not drink after fruits) 21.30 - kefir + 2 cookies Please tell me what we can change? Or maybe something else will change with age? They consoled me that he would start walking and lose weight, he is already walking (he walked at the age of one year and 1 month), but there is no visible thinness. Of course, outwardly he is not fat, and the doctors think that I am panicking in vain and that everything is normal, but I am afraid - what if he, like me, needs fewer calories to live than others, and his desire to eat is the same like all people. So it turns out that he eats the same thing as everyone else, but gets fatter. Where can I read something on the topic of feeding children after one year? Please excuse the somewhat overloaded and chaotic message. But this is really a “cry from the soul” and a problem that, in my opinion, is not sanctified anywhere. Although, of course, it sounds strange and even idiotic: the child eats well, but the mother is unhappy.

Thanks in advance for your answer. Best regards, Lika

Hello, Lika!

Everything you described is not a sign that the child is sick with something. The main thing is to understand. Excess weight is always a discrepancy between the amount of energy a person consumes and the amount he spends. The child has no problems with nutrition (that is, your actions are correct). I don’t think it’s a health issue either. It’s just that now you should focus on a lifestyle in which the opportunity to spend energy will be maximum. Do not overheat, wear clothing that does not restrict movement, stay away from the TV, introduce sports in a timely manner, have a day off in nature, not in front of the computer, etc. Those. It is very important that you do not focus specifically on food, but now think about how to teach your child to get up 2 hours before school, go for a run, do gymnastics, take cold shower... Yes, hereditary factors are present, but they manifest themselves in the form of obesity only when a person gives up and stops controlling himself. And reading “on the topic of nutrition” is a dead end (from my, however, very subjective point of view). All the best.

The children I know around me are all little ones. My Artem, on the contrary, loves to eat. As soon as he hears, “Let’s go wash our hands!” he flies like an arrow and often laughs.) Of course, on the one hand, I like that he eats well. And he eats everything well: any kind of porridge, meat, liver, fish, all milk, all the vegetables, all the fruits I give... except for beets, he doesn’t like them. He eats everything else with gusto.

He eats with a spoon himself, about a month and a half ago, he started eating when I started putting it on the table for him, while I was finishing up something in the kitchen... one time he just couldn’t stand it and grabbed the spoon... and started eating himself... after that there were no problems with the spoon, He eats everything himself, including soups. But sometimes it seems to me that he asks for more than he needs. And I don’t know whether to follow his lead, or whether to still limit him despite his tears and requests.
In the morning, I usually give him porridge with butter (a full plate), sometimes I rub some cheese on top, then I give him a banana, then he intonation asks for something else, I give him an apple or a pear, then I give him 150 ml of milk. I’m trying to get him out of the chair, he resists - he starts crying (He starts pointing with his finger where the bread is - I have to give it. Well, I think, okay, in the morning he’s hungry, we have breakfast at 9... and his last dinner is at 20.00.. (at night he doesn’t wake up for food ) probably hungry. But at lunch the same thing is repeated. Today I stewed the liver with carrots and onions. I cooked macaroni. I gave 150 ml of fruit juice. I put two medium tomatoes. I ate everything. After this lunch I refused to get out of my chair... I started crying... I gave a banana again .After that, cry again - come on again (bananas are not small). Well, here I already pulled out screaming and crying.

Whose children have such a good appetite - do you always give it to them if they ask? Or should we still limit it, despite the crying? Or since he runs around and expends a lot of energy, is it no big deal? We eat 4 times a day (that is, with an afternoon snack) In two days we are a year and a half old - we weigh 13800, somewhere around 89-90 cm tall

My husband and I are both thin, we are not inclined to be overweight; I am 172 tall and weigh 55. But still, I am afraid of stretching my stomach, to put it this way for a child, his tummy is small but hard and sticks out. I am already having dreams about this topic. I come I’m going to kindergarten (we don’t go yet) and the children come towards me and say: And your Artem ate all the children’s lunches today!

And we also eat something like this:

Porridge + fruits in the morning

Lunch vegetables + meat or fish + vegetables or soup

Afternoon snack milk+fruit plus egg

In the evening, porridge with a drink or milk (I wanted to write everything, but in reality I have to give something from vegetables or fruits) I stopped giving cookies, I used to give them. But he eats black bread and asks for it constantly.

Now in the evening I want to replace the porridge, I don’t know what, it seems a bit difficult to serve meat with vegetables, please advise what I can give for the evening? And is it worth stopping a child in his desires to eat?

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The reasons for increased appetite lie in several circumstances, most of which we can overcome without problems. Let's figure out how to reduce your appetite.

Appetite is a natural “reminder” of the need to replenish spent resources. If Mother Nature had not taken care, people and animals would have died from exhaustion, not knowing why strength was leaving the body, and along with it, life.

Like any even the most reliable mechanism, it can fail, and then anorexia or bulimia is guaranteed for the unlucky owner of a “broken” appetite. And then in the first case it’s fatal dangerous weight loss, in the second – an uncontrolled set excess weight.

A brutal appetite is one of the reasons for excess weight. In order not to provoke “eating” and to reliably control the spontaneously arising and seemingly logical desire to eat more, you need to know the “enemy in person.”

Causes of increased appetite

They may be a consequence of:

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Everyone wants to have a slim, fit figure. But why do some people have to make almost no effort for this, while others try every day, but in vain? Sometimes an increased appetite is to blame.

Appetite is a feeling associated with the need for food. Also this physiological mechanism regulating the flow of food into the body. The hypothalamus, one of the parts of the brain, is responsible for appetite. And violations of its functions can lead to appetite disorders.

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Why does a strong appetite appear?

A common reason that a person eats a lot and often and cannot get enough is a stretched stomach. This problem is widespread and, unfortunately, it only gets worse over time. It's a vicious circle: what more people eats, the more he stretches his stomach, and the more he wants to eat. You need to pull yourself together and try to gradually reduce portions. No hunger strikes or strict diets - only a smooth, gradual reduction in the amount of food.

A good place to start is to learn how to cook less food and buy special smaller plates. You also need to eat 5 times a day, but little by little, to cope with hunger.

Avoid constant snacking - this is bad habit. If you often sit in front of the TV while eating, it’s better to start walking instead - it will be better for both your stomach and your figure.

Reason strong appetite can become stressful. Often people “eat away” grief. The fact is that during times of stress...

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Almost everyone dreams of an ideal figure. A thin person will never understand how much effort people who tend to be overweight spend on looking good. In the modern world, there are many medications, diets and much more that one way or another can help those who strive to improve their figure. There are indeed a lot of means for losing weight, but the enemy of those who are losing weight is still the same as it was before. We are talking about increased appetite. Because of this, achieving your goals in the fight against excess weight is very difficult. It is also worth noting that increased appetite, the causes of which we are considering here, is by no means always the norm, which means it needs to be dealt with. In some cases, it may even be a symptom of some disease or mental disorder.

Increased appetite: reasons

Some people experience hunger all their lives that cannot be relieved by anything, while others eat little, but from time to time something switches in their bodies, and they begin to eat for two, or even three. As a rule, an increase in appetite is not always observed, but only at certain hours. For example, late at night. Surely many now remember how more than once they got up after midnight and went to the refrigerator, wanting to eat everything that was there. In the morning, of course, everything that happened at night caused only confusion.

In general, it is worth noting that the satiety center, like the hunger center, is located in the hypothalamus. They receive signals from the stomach that indicate whether a person needs food. As a result of any disturbances with these signals, various kinds Problems. Increased appetite is precisely one of these problems. The reasons for all this, as has already become clear from the above, are various, but the main ones include the following:

1) Many women experience increased appetite before menstruation. This can be explained by the fact that during PMS, a shortage of a hormone called estrogen appears in the body. This hormone makes people cheerful and is responsible for good mood. It can also act as a pain reliever. It is also worth noting that before menstruation, as well as during it, the level of hemoglobin drops, and the woman begins to feel weak from this and tries to regain her strength with the help of food. There is nothing wrong with increased appetite during menstruation.

2) A person may constantly want to eat if he constantly experiences physical exercise(sports, hard work). All this is quite natural, as it is trying to gain strength. In such cases, it is recommended to eat foods that contain a lot of protein.

3) Increased appetite may occur as a result of stress, mental disorder or serious emotional shock. The fact is that the process of eating is usually very pleasant. This means that a person always withdraws a little from reality while eating. The brain tells us that it is worth eating for a reason other than that the body needs it. nutrients, but the reason is that we just want to get away from the problems that have befallen us or forget about something very bad. In this case, it is recommended to seek help from professional psychologist, since it is quite possible that the problem will not go away on its own.

4) The main reasons for increased appetite also include problems with carbohydrate metabolism. With this disorder, people subconsciously gravitate toward eating foods that contain a lot of carbohydrates. In this case, it is recommended to consult a doctor.

5) The cause of increased appetite may be a brain tumor.

6) An increase in appetite in children is usually associated with their growth. Many adults start to worry when their child starts eating everything, but in reality there is nothing to worry about.

Finally, I would like to say that people who cannot lose weight due to the fact that they are constantly tormented by hunger are recommended to use the most simple ways to reduce it is:

Drink a glass carrot juice;

Eat oatmeal;

Eat grapefruit.

Increased appetite, the causes of which we have discussed, can of course become big problem. It cannot be ignored.