Loss of appetite - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

Strut · 28-08-2006, 01:13 PM

Hi, i rarely have an appetite to eat anything. Which is a pain as ive become quite skinny. Im 6ft and just 11 stone. Im still strong but i want to put on more weight. Im not hungry until abut 3pm then ill have a small snack and wont want my dinner. Then a small snack at night and thats the lot.
I think the appetite problem is down to smoking, not so many fags but alot of weed. Im currently trying to stop as that stuff has me paranoid. 10years bang on it, its hard to stop. Its literally a joint for breakfast,then all day until bedtime. I know its sad, but im trying. The question here is..if i stopped smoking would i get my appetite back so i can gain some weight and muscle?

p.s i do drink about two pints of whole milk a day, as i love that stuff. But i only seem to get a big pot belly,and it goes nowhere else.

Cheers, this is my first post. Great site you got here!

madda · 28-08-2006, 03:18 PM

Yes mate, I'm a week ahead of you with the dilemma. I had supply on my side cos the whole country appears to be dry at the mo, therefore not smoking was a lot easier!

I am force feeding 5000+ Kcals a day, and on days when i lag i throw a few extra whey protein drinks down. I am finding it easier and easier to eat more and more. I have had a lot of great advice on the forum and I now speak to a few people on MSN which helps with the eating in work, cos i am quite competitive and wouldnt want to admit i couldnt hit my targets.

At the beginning of last week i injured my arm on the weights and when not working out i have found it hard to eat as much. Pump some iron, and read a lot. For example, I am very suprised how many nuts and rasins i can eat if i just pick at them all day. Flapjacks in the morning I also find a good start to the day!

**hackskii** · 28-08-2006, 04:14 PM

Try taking some B-12 for appetite.

Strut · 28-08-2006, 07:12 PM

Yeah the dry part is helping me too. Cheers for the advice madda, funny isnt it, you would have thought that being stoned would make you eat more,as in the munchies, but they dissapeared long ago. Ive found a usefull thread which works out how much to eat, ill just force it upon myself.

hackskii, thanks for that, ill give it a go.

28-08-2006, 01:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
Strut Too-Skinny-To-Strut Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2	Loss of appetite Hi, i rarely have an appetite to eat anything. Which is a pain as ive become quite skinny. Im 6ft and just 11 stone. Im still strong but i want to put on more weight. Im not hungry until abut 3pm then ill have a small snack and wont want my dinner. Then a small snack at night and thats the lot. I think the appetite problem is down to smoking, not so many fags but alot of weed. Im currently trying to stop as that stuff has me paranoid. 10years bang on it, its hard to stop. Its literally a joint for breakfast,then all day until bedtime. I know its sad, but im trying. The question here is..if i stopped smoking would i get my appetite back so i can gain some weight and muscle? p.s i do drink about two pints of whole milk a day, as i love that stuff. But i only seem to get a big pot belly,and it goes nowhere else. Cheers, this is my first post. Great site you got here! Last edited by Strut; 28-08-2006 at 01:17 PM.

28-08-2006, 04:14 PM	#3 (permalink)
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28-08-2006, 03:18 PM	#2 (permalink)
madda Newbie Trainer Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 6	Yes mate, I'm a week ahead of you with the dilemma. I had supply on my side cos the whole country appears to be dry at the mo, therefore not smoking was a lot easier! I am force feeding 5000+ Kcals a day, and on days when i lag i throw a few extra whey protein drinks down. I am finding it easier and easier to eat more and more. I have had a lot of great advice on the forum and I now speak to a few people on MSN which helps with the eating in work, cos i am quite competitive and wouldnt want to admit i couldnt hit my targets. At the beginning of last week i injured my arm on the weights and when not working out i have found it hard to eat as much. Pump some iron, and read a lot. For example, I am very suprised how many nuts and rasins i can eat if i just pick at them all day. Flapjacks in the morning I also find a good start to the day!

28-08-2006, 07:12 PM	#4 (permalink)
Strut Too-Skinny-To-Strut Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 2	Yeah the dry part is helping me too. Cheers for the advice madda, funny isnt it, you would have thought that being stoned would make you eat more,as in the munchies, but they dissapeared long ago. Ive found a usefull thread which works out how much to eat, ill just force it upon myself. hackskii, thanks for that, ill give it a go.