Metabolism Quandry
I have been attempting to do some reasearch on the internet and still have no answer. Does the body know the difference between not eating because of illness and not eating for self starvation? No, I’m not starving myself! I don’t want to screw up my metabolism by not eating when I am sick, but I really don’t feel like eating either. I’ve been rather ill lately so I haven’t been eating very much and I’m hoping it won’t mess things up. I’d gotten to my mini goal before getting sick, but just wanted to make sure I was going to stay there or below before posting about it.
Does anyone have any insight on this? It’s more a matter of really not being able to eat much for the next couple of days, until my system gets cleared out, so about a week total. Is that going to mess up my metabolism?
I’m not an expert on it, but I don’t think it will mess things up too much. Eating a little bit will keep things ticking over, but if you’re not being very active your body’s calorie requirements are going to be a lot lower.
Make sure you keep drinking though. People who are sick tend to get dehydrated (where a lot of the weigh loss people experience when ill comes from).
Again not an expert so take that with a grain of salt (or a bowl of chicken soup). Get well soon!
I also think hydration is key to it. Otherwise, listen to your body. You are less hungry because your body is focusing its strenght on other things and doesn’t want to be bothered with digesting too much stuff. Just make sure to keep on drinking lots of fluids during the day.
Get well soon!