Worse yet, there are people who don't eat breakfast. Do they photosynthesize their food instead?
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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.
If this resonates with you, please check for sugar related health issues. (I am not saying you have them, but it is time to check.)
I work from home, IT, 8-10 hours sitting, programming. If I ate five meals a day I'd weight a ton in few months.
Fasting helps me keeping the callory intake down. First meal at 3-6pm then some snack in the evening, keeping sugar intake low. If I eat in the morning I feel bloated and sluggish + at around 2pm I feel tired.
Not eating keeps me fresh.
5 meals is also excessive. I have the same schedule and I eat the normal 3 meals a day: breakfast, lunch, dinner. I can't really miss any because then my tummy becomes very distracting. I really don't understand how you can go till 3pm without feeling any adverse effects. If I skip breakfast I'll be useless and dizzy till lunch.
I just don't eat more than I need each meal.
Depends on what is meant by a meal. You could simply eat smaller meals to get less calory intake.
Not everybody is blessed with a super metabolism CATE. Check your privilege.
For real.
I did try not to eat for a week and nothing happened, yes I lost a bit weight but minimal.
You actually have to expend calories, too
Why, does the calorie economy depend in it? Who are you working for, Big Food?
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)
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.
Im just extremely depressed :3
I used to think I was the same way but started omad to lose weight and you do get used to it. As long as there’s enough protein and fiber and the meal is big enough then I’m completely fine for 24 hours at a time.
Most of us are fuel by hatred towards something/someone.
You'd be amazed at how filling spite can be.
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.
I feel sick if I skip a meal
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
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.
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