Worried about eating too little??

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IE has been a pure godsend for me. Gone is the anxiety about what to

eat & when to eat it. Food is becoming my friend after years of an

adversarial relationship with anything not labeled " sguar-free "

or " fat-free " .

However, I'm a bit troubled. Following the guidelines of " eat when

hungry, stop when no longer hungry " I find myself eating relatively

little compared to other people and compared to prior " diet " levels

of calories. I'm deliberately not tracking calories nor monitoring

anything elase like carbs, etc. but it still doesn't seem like much

for a guy my size (6'3 " , 240 lbs., approx. 18% bf). And, yes, the

weight is dropping steadily. And no, I don't deprive myself. I just

make sure that it's stomach hunger and not mouth hunger.

I strength train about 3 times a week and run approx. 2.5 miles / day

and my performance hasn't been suffering. I'm just afraid that I'm

jacking around with my metabolism (which is probably already jacked

around with by years of dieting).

What I'm hoping to hear is that my body will let me know if I need to

eat more & that I should just shut up and trust it (lol).

Anyone else in this boat?