Not eating but feel fine, is it OK then?

[Anonymous]

Despite being obese I dont eat very much at all and what I do eat is OK (improvements could be made but my trainer is happy). My trainer wishes I would eat more but I just can't eat as much as he wants me to.
I haven't had any solid food for 3 days now. The first 2 days it wasn't intentional, I just didn't eat. I just kind of forgot. The last day I have thought maybe I should but nothing appeals and Im simply not hungry.
Within the last 2 days I have run 10km each day on the treadmill and Im still not hungry. Usually a workout does the trick. Not this time.
I have been having water, green tea with ginger and lemon, and 4 protein shakes (over the last 3 days). Thats it.
I admit the last 3 days I have been going through a little heartbreak but that doesn't usually cause me to stop all together.
I assume this isn't a good thing. That I should force something in. But I feel fine. Im not slowing down nor sleeping more. Nothing noticeable anyway.

Do you think Im OK or should force feed until Im back into routine of getting hungry again? Maybe Im OK until day 5 or something like this?

[Penyair]

Have you been checked by a doctor? Not to alarm you but there are some very specific reasons this problem with eating can exist. I sometimes get like this but it doesn't last for days it lasts for part of the day. I forget to eat, don't feel hungry, etc or suddenly get munchies and don't feel full until I almost get sick.

I have had a traumatic brain injury and spinal injury as well as abdominal surgery. So I am well aware of why I am the way I am. But you might need a head CT and abdominal scan. Sometimes a stomach is too small and doesn't simulate hunger the way it should. In not eating our bodies go into starvation mode and start storing more fats around our middle. Though technically we are malnourished. Taking vitamins some people think will fix this but while it helps it doesn't fix it. Loosing your gallbladder can make it worse also hormone regulation from the brain can also mess things up. You might need more iodine in your diet, could have a thyroid disorder (T3/T4/TSH test) is often done on obese people with or without diabetes that have eating problems.(including lack of hunger)

[Asker]

Thanks.
I've had a thyroid test and it was good. No diabetes. Testosterone a little low. Only thing doctor thought needed medication was blood pressure but the pills made things worse. Solid exercise made things much better than the pill ever did. Trying to see a specialist but its a long waiting list.

[Penyair]

I found out that antihistamines can also pump up blood pressure. So if you take any for hayfever or allergies and then get your blood pressure done it might show up to 20-40 points higher I think. At least that is what happened to me until the pharmacist warned me.

[Lorenzo15]

Oh hell no start eating again! When you're not eating the chance of getting fat again is going to be bigger and bigger believe me. You have to start a healthy diet with your trainer! I can make this a big psychologic message, but believe me just start eating again!

[Asker]

I have a program with my trainer and follow it. This isn't something I've planned, it just kind of happened. But now Im conscience of it so.. yeah, I should. I just hate force feeding myself. I feel so bad afterwards.
Thanks.

[Lorenzo15]

When you make a plan for a diet, that means it's not forcing to eat but keeping healthy (that's what you want I think). I think otherwise when you start eating you're going to be fat again or being ill frequently.

[Asker]

My trainer wants me to constantly graze as I work out daily.
Our last calculations were:
Daily requirement before workout: 3000cal
Current intake (before diet plan): 2000-2500cal
Daily exercise at gym: 1100-1500cal
So I was already theoretically behind my required intake and he said I was starving my body.. eat more! But I tried and I just can't do it. Actually his plan made me gain all the weight back I had lost (but some of that was muscle growth as at the same time he put me on a heavy weights program). I stopped this diet plan as I was gaining weight fast and ruining months of work. Im now a consistent weight despite all the exercise. Had a series of tests done by a doctor and apparently apart from the weight Im pretty healthy and he can't see anything Im doing wrong.
It has been 15 months at the gym, getting harder and harder programs. Im much healthier, much stronger, but no smaller.
Im not suggesting fasting as a solution

[Lorenzo15]

Say to you trainer that you need a good talk, and how to move on. It's his job and I think what to do better in this case with your body than someone else. And if you thinks it's better to find another trainer or he can do it.

[Asker]

We talk regularly and make little adjustments where we think there are problems. And in fact I have all the trainers at my gym involved as theyre stumped as to why Im not losing weight. They see my efforts and can't figure out whats wrong. Most probably think Im lying about my diet but Im really not.

[Lorenzo15]

I think you've to talk for a long time with him (big good talk)