If you are eating really yummy things that are calorie-dense, and things that you are in the mood to eat, and you don’t have a history of eating disorders – there’s probably no need to force down food at any time.
You’re just like me patch, same worries. I don’t have an appetite but I have a history of anorexia and my metabolism is like shit, I keep gainng weight, I’m cold and have a bad skin so I kinda have to force down the food even when I don’t want to, which is always…
I found that when I’m really low on zinc my appetite dies. So if I am consistently having a hard time eating a normal amount of food I know my zinc is too low again.
I also have problems with this sometimes. But like Matt says, calorie-dense foods that are yummy are good.
I can eat 2000 kcal if I eat at McDonalds, but if I eat 3 pounds of potatoes which is only half the kcal it can take me up towards an hour to eat all of em.
The health freak in me is still pushing those potatoes on me :)