i forget to eat and i regret to inform you we are not immune to this
The secret is to be incredibly neurodivergent and unlock the secrets to extreme hyperfixation. The more you lose track of time, the better, as this is also the threshold where hunger ceases to exist.
-source, one incredibly autistic fuck (me)
fwiw that’s actually why I think I’m healthier when I have those meal replacement shakes in the house somewhere. People always are like “ew why would you replace meals with that?”. But they actually don’t. They replace NOT having meals. Because when I have that “one more thing to do”, if don’t eat something super low effort right when I think about it, I’m just gonna power through and forget again.
The trick is to have an undiagnosed illness that constantly upsets your stomach and threatens to regurgitate any food you eat. Once I realized it hurts less to not eat at all, I started regularly skipping on meals. What’s really annoying is that I still have a pudgy tummy, even though I’m stuck on a diet some people would dream of being able to commit to.
“pudgy” as in bloated? I never even knew what “bloating” was before I actually got properly rid of it.
I too skipped meals and still do (because it kinds stayed as a habit) but i don’t need to anymore. I went on an exclusion diet to see if it was some undiagnosed food allergy. Rice/potatos and fish/meats basically, with some basic veggies. Even at one point I avoided all allium plants, meaning all onions, leeks, garlic, etc. It’s kinda basic, but if it works, then you can start adding things back and see what you react to.
I still haven’t got a diagnosis, but I’ve lost the bloating and stomach pain and about like 20% of bodyweight even though I was never even overweight. I’m still kinda wondering what it exactly is which triggers that sort of horrible inflammation in me, but I can very clearly feel a difference. Like night and day. I couldn’t even enjoy red wines before, stomach just didn’t fucking handle them. I even had heart palpitations most days. Them and burping and eveything; gone (I’m not on a not too restrictive but gluten and casein free diet, meaning no gluten and no dairy.)
If you’re not already, give medical cannabis a try. You won’t have any more upset stomachs and you’ll be able to eat again.
If I could, I’d never have to eat again. I hate having to eat all the time. Hunger always throws you off what you’re doing. Sure, I love delicious food, but giving it up and never having to think about “what am I going to eat today, when am I going to cook it…”? Anytime.
That is what led me to about a year of Soylent and pho. I couldn’t be bothered to cook for myself often, I was single, had a long commute, worked near a pho restaurant. So I drank a Soylent for breakfast and lunch then had a large beef and brisket pho every day.
I grew up glued to my PS1/PS2 playing until I was dehydrated with a headache and my eyes burning.
One thing that gets me about TV and movies is when people dramatically storm away from the dinner table. I don’t think I’ve EVER seen anybody IRL stop eating and leave just because they were mad. But forgetting to eat is on a whole other level. It’s like oops, I forgot all about breathing in and out - better write that on a Post-It.
Mental illness is a bitch
Im just extremely depressed :3
Yeah, and then I remember to eat something when the shaking starts
It’s usually the lightheadedness for me
I’m really fat, so as long as I have water, electrolytes, and a multivitamin I could probably go for several months without food before really bad stuff started happening
As it stands, a day or two barely registers
Yes, yes you could.
The secret is to smoke weed every day. Once you’ve built up a sizable tolerance, the only time you’ll get hungry is when you have cannabis in your system. Trust me, it works.
I very often only remember to eat when I start feeling hyperglycemic.
It helps when you realize you won’t make it to retirement age with enough dough and also can’t afford anything even now. Hope this helps!
It varies so much from day to day, if I even notice that I skipped a meal (not breakfast, mkay? I literally can’t skip breakfast). Sometimes I’m in the zone and don’t notice that lunch time was like 4 hours ago. Other days I can get really irritated that I haven’t had lunch yet and it’s another hour until I’m supposed to take that lunch break.
Ate without table -3
I don’t get hungry often, at least not the way I think normal people do. I usually go from ‘fine’ to ‘more than mildly queasy’ in a couple minutes, then I have to rush to find something to throw in my stomach. It’s like flipping a light switch. This usually only happens when I have some project I’m focusing on.
don’t want to armchair diagnose, but i had the exact same thing and prozac gave me the ability to feel hungry again. I used to feel exactly how you would.
I’m actually on an SNRI (like SSRI but also inhibits dopamine reuptake) as part of my adhd treatment so sadly that won’t do it for me. I think my brain just ignores hunger when I’m too busy to think about food, then eventually it just yells YO FEED ME.
Yeah it felt like reading ADHD symptoms. I get it completely.
