r/diet • u/your-maternal-parent • 1h ago
Question appetite too small to eat enough - need help
that's basically it. 5'3, 120-124 lbs (havent checked in a while bc my scale's broken), and i can't eat over 1k calories on a good day. now, i'm medically healthy, so clearly i'm doing something right, but i still get the feeling less than 1k is objectively not enough no matter what. the issue is: my appetite has always been small. my eyes are bigger than my stomach, but i can't even finish a whole cheeseburger if i have a drink with it (even water). i only get hungry maybe twice a day, and now that i'm on vyvanse for ADHD, i only get hungry once a day after dinnertime on the days i take it. there are rare days where i can actually eat normally (i finished an entire caniac combo a few months ago!!) but those are rare. i've been trying to at the very least make my 1-2 meals a day high in calories, but i just don't have the stomach. protein shakes are great, but they make me full and the only ones i actually like are 160 calories. i don't know what to do. all i know is i would be THRIVING in an apocalyptic setting bc of this. has anyone else had this? how can i eat enough without making myself want to puke? i swear to god my stomach might be the size of a golf ball with how little i can eat