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I Am asked in HealthDiet & Fitness · 7 years ago

Why don't I feel like eating anything?

I'm 18 going on 19 and I'm 5'2, 91 pounds. For the last two, three years my average weight was 97/98 pounds. I'm NOT anorexic, nor do I have ANY eating disability. This is VERY common in my family. I eat all of the time and I actually eat very unhealthily. I eat a lot of protein (meats, eggs, peanut butter, fish, etc.) a lot of sodium (I like to over-salt everything and drown things in soy sauce) and a notorious sweet tooth. I've always loved food. I eat all of the time and in surprisingly large amounts. I just have a very fast metabolism that's common in my family (my mom had it until she was pregnant, my dad had it until he grew older, etc.). I actually have trouble gaining weight, which I feel would be much healthier for me.

Thing is, lately I haven't had the urge to eat. This has been raising eyebrows within my family and friends. I mean, you know that feeling in the early morning when you don't feel like eating because your gag reflexes act up? Well, I feel like that all day. I have to force myself to eat. I get hungry and I fix myself food, but when it comes to eating the food, I just lose my appetite for some unknown reason. I don't even feel like eating sweets and meat. I'm worried because I just lost like 6 pounds in a matter of two weeks and I'm already considered underweight. How can I regain my appetite?

I should note that I don't exercise much, at all, and I have a kind of messed up sleeping habit. My friend says it might be my sleeping habit.

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    7 years ago
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    I think it might be your life style in general. Bad sleeping habit, not exercising, poor diet, it all adds up. Start exercising. This will cause you to be hungrier which will cause you to eat more which will cause you to gain healthy weight. Exercising should also fix your sleeping schedule. If you really want to improve you need discipline.

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