I was thinking about this because the way my body reacts to hunger is pretty weird, or so I think anyway. I know we're not all the same with this, hence the question. What happens to me when I get hungry:
1. Tummy growls (no shit)
2. If I ignore it or forget to eat, I get shaky and feel nervous. This is VERY much like withdrawal like when I was on heavy painkillers and stopped, it feels a lot like that. It's
3. I get headaches

Then food cravings - my body gets VERY specific when it feels I need a certain type of food. I get cravings for just about anything and everything if I haven't had enough of it - from salt to sugar, fish to fruit and veggies. It kinda feels good when you get a craving and realise it's for cucumber and tomatoes instead of candy or chips. Not so good when it's the other way around though.

So, how does your body work?

Teacher said:

Sounds like you have hypoglycaemia

I almost never have those normal body responses like hunger pangs, stomach growling, etc. I do like a fruit or a bowl of cereal in the morning which I eat more out of force of habit than anything else. But I often have to remember to eat something in the evening. I rarely eat lunch.

mdiver said:

Doctor says no, since before I started losing weight they've tested everything a million times and it's spot on now, I've been like this forever.

1sexymf said:

Shut the fuck up damnit! Skinny schminny j/k

Thanks, I wish your sentiment was shared by all.

Teacher said:

Have you tried testing sugar levels when you feel that way? Just wondered.

I got back on my diet as of this past Monday and I'm hungry right now. My stomach growls and I become a bitch. I'm already a bitch anyway but when I'm hungry I become a real bitch. I try drinking a Diet Coke or some tea sweetened with Sweet-N-Low and then smoke a cigarette to get my mind off of food. It works a little but only short term. If I didn't smoke, I would be an absolute bitch.

The best way to get your mind off of food is to argue. Hell, go to your favorite section of the org and get into a big disagreement with someone that lasts three pages long. That will get your mind off of food for a good while.

vainandy said:

Don't diet - eat right. No hunger, good feeling.

Teacher said:

mdiver said:

They gave me one of those little thingies that you prick your finger on and stick the paper thingy in the sugar lever meter and measure, I used it for two weeks before and after every meal, nothing out of the ordinary. However, it stands to reason that it's not good for the body to let it go that far, I've been way better over the past year while losing weight/eating right, but lately (over the damn holidays ) I've been doing it again. A fruit and perhaps a sandwich will do the trick, so I'm trying to do that.

1sexymf said:

I've got to diet and get these pounds back off because I really put on some pounds last year that I had gotten off years before. The smaller the waist, the more men to taste. Hell, I used to be having four and fivesomes. Now I'm lucky to even have a onesome.

Teacher said:

Protein helps, slow release

Oh no, it's much easier to just be hungry than exercise. I lost lots of weight like that a few years ago. If there were some good ass shakin' clubs out there, that would be great exercise but music is too slow these days to shake ass to unless you shake it by yourself at home and that's no fun.

Teacher said:

1sexymf said:

A few years ago, I lost 100 pounds by cutting down cutting out as much fat as possible by buying low fat products, eating lots of vegetables, eating only baked fish or chicken for meat. I ate only one meal a day but it was a big meal. The rest of the day, I drank diet coke or tea with no calorie sweetener. It was pure hell but in less than one year, I had lost 100 pounds and kept most of it off for years until my mother died in mid 2007 and that's when I started eating whatever, whenever, and as much as I pleased. It's getting back up there and if I don't do something, I'll be back up where I was before.

A few years ago, I lost 100 pounds by cutting down cutting out as much fat as possible by buying low fat products, eating lots of vegetables, eating only baked fish or chicken for meat. I ate only one meal a day but it was a big meal. The rest of the day, I drank diet coke or tea with no calorie sweetener. It was pure hell but in less than one year, I had lost 100 pounds and kept most of it off for years until my mother died in mid 2007 and that's when I started eating whatever, whenever, and as much as I pleased. It's getting back up there and if I don't do something, I'll be back up where I was before.

I was thinking about this because the way my body reacts to hunger is pretty weird, or so I think anyway. I know we're not all the same with this, hence the question. What happens to me when I get hungry:
1. Tummy growls (no shit)
2. If I ignore it or forget to eat, I get shaky and feel nervous. This is VERY much like withdrawal like when I was on heavy painkillers and stopped, it feels a lot like that. It's
3. I get headaches

Then food cravings - my body gets VERY specific when it feels I need a certain type of food. I get cravings for just about anything and everything if I haven't had enough of it - from salt to sugar, fish to fruit and veggies. It kinda feels good when you get a craving and realise it's for cucumber and tomatoes instead of candy or chips. Not so good when it's the other way around though.

So, how does your body work?

vainandy said:

What part of "eating right" is hard to understand? It's elementary understanding of metabolism that to keep up a steady burning you need to eat at regular intervals divided throughout the day - otherwise the body will start saving up instead of burning the energy. Eat the right amount of carbs, protein and fat from good sources and exercise, and you'll feel good as well as lose weight. There's nothing you can't eat at times, as opposed to all the shitnamed diets that exclude whatever. It's simple really.