I would be if the person I lived with did not constantly remind me to eat by cooking stuff that smells delicious.
I’m torn about it to be honest. I’d be way less fat and more attractive if I was left to “unhealthily” naturally skip meals. That said, home cooked food is tasty.
When on vacation with other people and kind of forced to have three meals per day, I quickly feel like I’m spending all of my time eating.
It was real wild to just kinda lose hunger, but it has done wonders for my dieting. It’s real easy to lose weight when stuff like shakes are the only way my body tells me I haven’t eaten.
Damn I wish, I’m more like: Body: I’m hungry Brain: but I just ate a child sized burrito Body: don’t care, want more Brain: yeah you’re right, we should probably eat some more
Genuinely, what got me out of such feelings was to not eat for a day or two a few times (not in a row).
Learning the difference between real hunger and “stomach is just empty” made a BIG difference. I can basically ignore first-world hunger now without even trying. Also probably omeprasole helped, since a highly acidic stomach sucks and can turn normal hunger pains in to nasty heartburn that only certain foods can quench.
At the moment eating a lot is very advantagous to me, I know a couple of people who are way too skinny because they do tons of exercise and don’t eat enough. And some who will just chug some olive oil because calories. But I’m a healthy weight and I get to eat all the time, I’d say it’s a good position to be in.
Yeah, once you get past the carb-hunger it gets easier.
Oh! That reminds me… It’s probably also worth getting used to exercizing in such a condition. Getting your body used to ketosis goes a long ways to not having a major low energy slump when the carbs/sugars run out.
Of course, that also requires maintaining at least a semi-healthy level of body fat so ketosis has something to work with. Being a twig and going hungry is just going to suck in general.
It’s probably also worth getting used to exercizing in such a condition.
It probably helps with muscle pain as well, something I’m dealing with in my legs currently because I’m not exercising as much as last time I fasted.
I’ve been more in this camp for most of my life. I have no solutions, the only thing that worked for me was HRT.
Just need a little bit of gender fluid to make things right lol
Interesting, how does the HRT help? Like this?
I basically never felt satiated from eating, nor did my brain tell me what nutrients I needed. Nowadays, I will literally not be hungry for certain types of food while craving others.
For example, I used to eat an excess of greasy or unhealthy food in order to feel full (satisfy my nutrient requirements). If I tried that now on estrogen, I would not even want to eat most of the greasy food. I feel queazy at the thought of eating cake if I had any sugar that day, or of eating a burger two days in a row. I instead crave unprocessed vegetables or fruit. It’s like my brain actually communicates what my body needs for the first time in my life.
my body: hungry, need food
my brain: sorry i am currently doing a task, let’s just ignore that for now i’m sure it won’t be a problem…
me too. hunger just goes away when you do tasks
Easy. Just don’t eat 👌
On holiday and I almost collapsed while ordering a doner kebab in Helsinki yesterday because I forgot to eat after walking around the city for 5 hours straight lol. This meme resonated hard
I lost 100lbs living like this. I even passed out once. Good times.
Holy crap, what weight did you start at?
Start? About 7lbs, 14 oz.
Ended up around 300 when I was 30. Then went back down to 200 at about 34.
Lol cheeky. Seriously though, that’s awesome and actually doesn’t sound too unhealthy in the long run. Gratz on the healthier bod!
“I stood up from a squat quickly and feel light headed, I should probably eat something.”
That’s most likely just normal blood pressure fluctuations. Hypoglycemia is straight up concerning in feeling. Like worse than vertigo.
A little light headed is perhaps a bit of an understatement to what I feel sometimes. Sometimes it’s “op, almost lost consciousness there for a second”
Drink more water, get sufficient salt. This happens to me sometimes if I forget those and I’m a 6’/200lb dude. It’s pretty embarrassing having to sit down quickly on a diirty work floor to avoid slamming face first unconscious into said floor.
Can confirm. I have low blood pressure (runs in the family), and I always need to make sure I’m drinking a lot of water and consuming enough salt or I’ll get crazy vertigo after standing up. Stay safe people!
Some people with blood pressure issues can literally black out if they stand up too fast. The point is the fleetingness of it. If it’s only for a second or few, it’s most likely not electrolytes nor blood sugar issues.
When I was younger I had a really fast metabolism, so it was very hard for me to gain weight. People always told me I was lucky, but I would explain that it comes at a price. If I skipped a meal, I would get the shakes and start to get a headache.
I hate it, I can’t skip meals because it makes me feel terrible and I can’t gain weight to look a bit chubby… I wish i could gain weight ffs
My doctor looked at me like I was a lunatic when I said that I eat exclusively out of habit. It’s interesting to find others in a similar boat.
Far better than eating out of boredom :/
I eat because my colleagues look at me weird when it’s the 5 th time I forget to eat in a week
I live off espresso, weed and nicotine, and then I wonder why I don’t always feel good.
I did just buy some nicotine patches to try and quit the last one. Maybe fourth time’s the charm?
I’m cheerin for ya.
I just hit a year, wont lie its pretty tough but it does get easier. Just keep trying until you can kick it.
I managed a bit over 2 months without smoking once, I did cold turkey. Got hooked again after a stressful night in the ER where another patient waiting offered me a smoke.
Thanks for the encouragement! EDIT: And congrats on a year!
I’ve never been a smoker, but I feel like people should ask “do you smoke” or something first before offering anything. Maybe also there should be some kind of identifying thing to wear that says “I’m trying to quit” so people don’t even ask. It’s that easy spur-of-the-moment event that causes so many relapses. I’m sure most people have tried to quit and relapsed, so you’d think there’d be some empathy not offering to people so hastily.
If you say “I’m trying to quit” instead of “I don’t smoke” what are you even doing. Doesn’t matter if you used to smoke yesterday.
Thanks! Its a process that needs management, it doesnt have an end point unfortunately, its just part of my maitenance like brushing my teeth. You got this! A relapse isnt a failure, its acknowledgment youve been successful to that point, next time youll go even longer without.
Wish you luck ;)
Thanks, I appreciate it!
My wife was in the same boat as you, but then she found out she was pregnant and that worked for her. Hopefully she stays off it when the baby’s born.
Looks like you need to get pregnant.
Congratulations (assuming you both wanted it) and godspeed!
I think the pregnancy (if wanted) thing ‘helps’ in that you’ll have strong feelings to protect the developing fetus. Can’t guarantee it for all though and it’s not a solution, just a possible explanation. Hormones can be wack, yo.
Thank you! Yes, we’re both very happy. It wasn’t planned but we’re very excited nevertheless.
Yeah I agree. She’s been a different person since being pregnant but in a good way. She’s become very maternal, especially towards our cats. It’s very attractive. Plus she’s obviously very defensive about her belly, especially now that we’re nearing the end.
Aww, that’s sweet to hear --, howso the last one?
I’m not sure I quite understand your question, but if you’re asking about how she’s defensive over her belly, she’s a hospital nurse and has had to physically restrain patients who were going for her belly. She mostly works with dementia patients and they often times can get aggressive. She’s been punched in the face and breasts and other areas in order to avoid hurting her belly too. Sometimes you don’t have time to restrain someone and have to move to avoid getting hit, and sometimes that hit lands, just somewhere other than where they were aiming.
IIRC that’s how my parents quit ages ago. I don’t recall if they stopped when my mom got pregnant or when they started trying to get pregnant. Either way, my dad also quit out of solidarity/responsibility at the same time, both cold turkey. Probably having someone else there who can empathize and keep you accountable is a good way to do it. Maybe find a friend who wants to quit too and do it together?
Have you tried the gum yet?
The idea of it kinda grosses me out, plus I’m usually too busy drinking espresso for gum :P
Fair enough. I know you’re not really supposed to drink with it in your mouth but you can kind of chew and park, put it between your gums. It’s a little more active way of getting the nicotine and having that oral fixation placated vs the patch. I mean if the patch should work for you, heck, you do you, anything is better than OG cigarettes though
You could do patch and regular gum together if you want the oral fixation but don’t want nicotine gum.
That works too, I always liked the burst I got it was more like a cigarette with the gum versus the patch though which is more steady and consistent. Also it kind of feels like snus when I use it I put in my upper lip which I used to use a lot so I don’t know, then therr are always those lozenges, I’ve never tried those but I know someone who switched to them basically, I don’t know if they ever actually quit nicotine though but hey it’s got to be healthier
ADHD time blindness.
That feel when you go too long without eating so when you do finally realize you’re starving you eat way too much and feel miserable after.
Psssh IMO the concept of time itself is far less natural than the ADHD it molests.
Vyvanse 40MG
I didn’t realize this was a thing until a couple of years ago. I thought I was just cold when it turns out it’s just my body telling me I’m hungry
Used to be me. I grew up during heroine chic so it was intentional fasting. Gaining even a pound was unacceptable. That behavior stuck around even though nobody cares anymore. These days, I have rice cakes throughout the day, so I don’t get the shakes. And those little power bar gels.
Shakes likely come from a lack of electrolytes. Multivitamins and/or good sports drinks (ones that aren’t loaded with sugar and have more than a bunch of salt) would help more than rice cakes or most power bars.
Makes sense, I didn’t know that. The power bar gels I eat at basically electrolytes and a little caffeine.
Ahh, they sound reasonably handy to keep around then. Just remember there are quite a few kinds of electrolytes, used for different purposes. https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diagnostics/21790-electrolytes salt is just the tip of the iceberg!
I had no idea. Tyvm for the info.
