EmeraldSkies said:

I literally can't even understand this.

I never, ever forget to eat. My stomach growls, it's hard to concentrate, all I can think of is food when I'm hungry. And unless I go to a buffet or otherwise eat a massive quantity of food, the hunger pangs start at most two hours after I've eaten, usually sooner.

Breakfast-skipping I can't even fathom. I NEVER leave the house without breakfast, no matter how late I am - even if it's just grabbing some peanut butter crackers on my way out of the house. How can you function without some food?? I wake up ravenous!

And no, I'm not hypoglycemic. I've been tested for all that stuff. I just burn fuel like a gas guzzling SUV.

dance4me3121 said:

You are a freak of nature.



Yes, and yes.

I eat when I'm hungry. No rhyme or reason.
But at 1:00 in the morning, I usually always eat Ramen.
I have no idea why, but I crave it.

PunkMistress said:

I know, there are totally two camps on this. I've known lots of people who have that reaction.

If I'm busy, I can easily forget to eat. It's not like I don't feel it eventually. I get cranky, I just don't stop to think about WHY I'm cranky.

But I never reaaaaally feel like eating before about 10am (it makes me nauseous to think about it, often), and going 8 hours without eating is no big deal.

I have also come to realize that I just don't like food as much as some people. I believe that I like food, but then I listen to some people talk about it and realize that I don't LOVE it, I just appreciate it, and there's a difference.

In related news, why the fuck am *I* fat and *you're* skinny, eh? Life is unfair.

I also have an inverse reaction to most girls I know with depression. I can't eat when I'm down. I can't tell you how many nights I've gone to bed on just a glass of soymilk to keep my stomach from yelling at me long enough to go to sleep, cuz I just don't want to eat.

Given that, and considering how much of the last 5 years I've spent battling truly fierce depression, again, it just pisses me off that I'm fat.

tackam said:

Eh, who the fuck knows. I was scolded by my midwives and sent to nutritionists throughout my pregnancies for insufficient weight gain, even though I was eating like a champion.

I definitely fall into the food lovers camp.

In the way that Tame falls into the Prince lovers camp, Tiger Woods falls into the ho lovers camp and Bobby Brown falls into the crack lovers camp.


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PunkMistress said:

I'd love to cook for you.

PunkMistress said:

Let's go out to lunch.

tackam said:

I love love love all the foods you cook.

Greens give me a visceral and tangible feeling of GOOD that I can't even explain.

tackam said:

This is true for me too.

The only time I have no desire to eat is during a bout of depression.

PunkMistress said:

I know what you mean. Greens are beautiful, soulful food.

PunkMistress said:

And it sucks, right, because the last thing your body needs is to be starved when you're feeling bad.

PunkMistress said:

I just do. If I become really concentrated on something,or busy trying to get many things done,time just flies,and before I know it,it's almost dinner time. I don't do this daily,but occasionally it happens.

PunkMistress said:

I am SO with you on that.

CarrieMpls said:

It's why, trust me when I say this, I FEEL for you that the genetic hand you've been dealt means you have to be so strict with yourself with food.

As someone who is in love with food, I know how incredibly difficult that must be and the amazing level of discipline it must take.

Honestly, it depends on how hours a day this Chinese dude is working down at the restaurant I frequent. If he's only doing the morning shift, I might only eat one meal that day.

If he's pulling a double, I'll take 3 or 4 meals thanks.



Look, I don't like too much structure, ok?

tackam said:

Same here. I cannot think about food before 10 am or I want to vom.
I do the cranky thing too and last week I almost passed out in the grocery store at about 1pm because I forgot to eat.
I too cannot eat when depressed, I have to force myself to nibble on something.
When I am anxious or PMS'ing, I am the opposite.

I love food some times.

PunkMistress said:

Thanks, lady. It will truly be a struggle forever for me. Sometimes I give up and give in for a while, sometimes I soldier on.

Harlepolis said:

about the same.

about 1pm i eat a small meal or a sandwich. then about 6 or 7 i eat the same thing.

i drink tea or coffee or organic juices with minimal
or no sugar throughout the day.

i will eat 1 or 2 grapefruits before bed if i feel like it.

If we're talking about real "meals", I only have that once a day, which is sometime in the afternoon usually.

In the morning, I usually just eat an apple or - sometimes - I do have some cereals, but I'm not that hungry in the morning, usually.

In the evening, I tend to get quite hungry, but too lazy to actually cook, so I only take a snack and/or a yoghurt.

I always have dinner and I try always to eat something for breakfast. There's no regularity beyond that.

Once.

tackam said:

You said something once that I really liked. "My body is absurdly efficient" or something along those lines. It was a totally nonjudgmental analysis of the variety of sexy body shapes humans come in.

peb319 said:

sometimes it almost feels like another chore,and I just dont feel like doing it.

During the work week.....I really only eat one big meal at the end of the day. I don't eat before work.....just no time. I'm always in a rush before work. I'll eat granola bars or snack on something at my desk once I'm at work. They just don't give us enough time to really enjoy a decent lunch at work without feeling rushed. After I get off, then I eat a decent sized meal. On the weekends I eat more.

PunkMistress said:

Yes, and if only the rest of the world agreed with our analysis, the unfairness wouldn't even occur to me.

tackam said:

Girl, you sexy!

Lately, once a day. I'm just not hungry. When I'm at work, I'd do one of those diabetic shakes just to put something on my stomach to take my meds but I can easily skip lunch and force myself to eat something for dinner. On weekends, it's way worse. I won't eat anything at all until about 5 in the evening. I do believe it's tied to my depression though.

Vendetta1 said:

What pills you popping?