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Do you 'forget' to eat lunch?

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  • Sassafras106
    Sassafras106 Posts: 73 Member
    I put it off constantly while I'm doing other things, but I've never forgotten. In fact I think about lunch from lunch time until the point that I eat it.
    When I had thyroid cancer and had my thyroid removed the first thing I did upon waking up was eat
  • GrumpyHeadmistress
    GrumpyHeadmistress Posts: 666 Member
    If I'm very busy (driving, mad day at work) I'll often forget. But normally I'm watching the clock.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    tomteboda wrote: »
    If I'm programming, I have been known to miss meals because my awareness of anything except the coding puzzle in front of me disappears.

    Well, yes, but ... you just Dew it.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I have not gotten hungry until it was so late that I decided to just wait for dinner, which I guess is sort of like forgetting to eat lunch. That doesn't happen often though because I don't eat breakfast.

    I didn't have a weight problem for over 40 years, then I did, now I don't again.
  • annaskiski
    annaskiski Posts: 1,212 Member
    JeromeBarry1 wrote: »
    tomteboda wrote: »
    If I'm programming, I have been known to miss meals because my awareness of anything except the coding puzzle in front of me disappears.

    Well, yes, but ... you just Dew it.

    Every place I've worked has free food for engineers. Lots of junk, yes, but jeez, worst case some greek yogurt with extra protein powder mixed in hits the spot.
    'Forgetting' to eat, I still can't fathom, even if I'm busy....
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    At one point forgetting lunch definitely contributed to my overeating, because due to busy schedules, I'd forget lunch often and then after 3-4 days, just go all out and overeat dramatically.

    Putting myself on a feeding schedule helped arrest my weight gain at that point. Other thing at other times contributed to the remainder of my gain.
  • drgnfyre
    drgnfyre Posts: 45 Member
    I forgot to eat a lot in my 20's , I think it's just your bodies way of telling you you don't need to eat yet. I never force myself to eat if I am not hungry. I wasn't too thin or fat then so I didn't see a reason to mess with it.
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