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embarrassed by my appetite
I am a 19 year old very athletic college girl. Mostly because of all the sports I do I eat an incredible amount of food. (around 6500 calories a day) Sometimes when I am with other people I find this awkward. If we eat lunch at noon, I'll be quit hungry by 3:00 or 4:00 at the latest. It leads to the standard questions I am so tired of, "Oh my God how can you still be hungry?" etc. Of course this is worse with people I don't know as well. More embarrassing is staying over at other people's places. I feel funny eatting more than twice what my host does and then being hungry later when no one else is. I'm usually very hungry for breakfast and once, before I realized, it I ate most everything in my friend's kitchen. She kept offering me things like a slice of pizza, some crab salid, etc. until there was nothing left. I feel awkward in those situations but I also find it awkward to tell people I have really big appetite, and I sometimes need snacks, and I eat a lot for breakfast etc. This never bothered my when I was living at home but now I does. I would like any advice on how to handle situations like this smoothly.
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You obviously have a high metabolism and just like any other inborn trait and physical condition predetermined by out genes, it is nothing to apologize for. If it makes you uncomfortable to eat more than others, then either eat more beforehand or plan to eat later. You can even bring your own meal bars or have some stashed in your car or purse. If you are healthy and do not have a hyperthyroid condition..which is only determined by a doctor, then do not stress over it. Protein foods are most filling, so be sure you are getting plenty of those foods and staying hydrated. Most of us are so jealous of you!
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Don't let other people make you feel uncomfortable over how much you eat, though if you know that you're going to be staying at someone elses house you could try bring some shopping bags of food with you, and making sure that your host knows that they are free to eat that food too.
If you really are doing that much sport there is no point in trying to retrain your stomach or curb your appetite because your body won't be able to cope without sustenance.
Perhaps you could try cutting down on some of your sporting activities or just do little things to help give your body a break- like taking the bus occasionaly instead of walking.
Nibble often on little things and eat lots of carbohydrates because they give you lots of slow-burning energy and the fiber fills you up.
Hope this helps.
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just chill, i sometimes have that problem
what you can do is eat healthy because for some reason, you can eat a lot of junkfood and it wont fill you up, but you eat healthy and u get full.
i too get hungry quickly maybe even faster, i eat like at noon and in 2 hours i have arlaedy digested all the food and im hungry again.
so maybe you have a fast digestion thing.
also, you eat liek tat, because your stomach is USED to eating like tat.
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Control your eating habits. Your stomach may be used to this way of eating and you gotta teach it that it cannot eat this much food. I wish I was you though I can barely eat. Tell them maybe you didnt have breakfast or lunch. To make them see that your really hungry just to stop them from thinking you over-eat
hope i helped!
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i have the same problem...wat you need to do is work out for a while then eat something healthy not junk food..like a salad or chiken nuggets of something...eat something healthy and you'll probably get full..also when your around peoplebe aware of how mush your eating...or else it's feel awkward...
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