What does your hunger feel like?

Mgtei
Mgtei Posts: 56 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Since I've been logging my calories I've become more attuned to my hunger signals (since I'm not eating as much and they get a chance to work). Often they're similar, an empty stomach feeling, but every now and then they'll throw me a curve. E.g., today I needed a snack (a rarity for me; I like big meals) and felt a mild weakness in my legs and arms, but my stomach felt fine and full enough. I tried drinking some water, then had a half peanut butter sandwich/cup of milk and felt better. Maybe it's a diabetic (type 2) thing, or maybe everyone's hunger signals vary. Just curious.

Since it's close to lunchtime on the East Coast, I was curious how your hunger signals feel today. Feel free to reply in gifs or text. ;)
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  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    Mine are nausea and rage, and headache.
  • slaite1
    slaite1 Posts: 1,307 Member
    sofaking6 wrote: »
    Mine are nausea and rage, and headache.


    Same here. Angry, headache, cranky and tired. This is only when I'm really hungry, though. When I first have a little hunger I just a get pissy
  • Mgtei
    Mgtei Posts: 56 Member
    Huh, interesting. I've not experienced those symptoms. Wonder if that'll change as I lose weight.

    Thanks for sharing!
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    Mgtei wrote: »
    Huh, interesting. I've not experienced those symptoms. Wonder if that'll change as I lose weight.

    Thanks for sharing!

    I doubt it, I'm sure it's some kind of blood sugar thing although my fasting levels test just fine. I've always been that way - my family used to call me Dr. Jekyll because they said they could never tell when my evil side would come out, then finally they realized it was whenever I was hungry. I don't get growly stomach type of signs very often. Usually feeling nauseated is my first sign that I need to eat. Trying to kill someone is the second :) And if I miss a meal, I'll get a killer headache.
  • Mgtei
    Mgtei Posts: 56 Member
    @sofaking6 Ha ha, gotcha. I get sleepy I'd I miss a meal but have never had a hunger headache. So many varieties of human!
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    edited July 2015
    depends on how hungry I am- time of day and what I'm doing- but this is typically what it's like:

    930 AM- I"m going to puke
    1 PM- JESUSCHRISTWHYHAVEN"TIEATENYETIHATEALLOFYOU
    <oh look food!!!>
    3:30 PM- FAK- I can't eat this early- I'll be dead at 7 PM.
    4:00ish... FINALLY FOOD.
    405- DAMNNITI"MSTILLHUNGRY
    <goes to gym>
    7 PM- at the studio- I NEED A SNACK!!!!
    dance- get glassy eyed and tired- dance some more- then go home
    11 PM- OMG EGGS_ I"M GOING TO DIE IF I DON'T EAT.


    about like that.
  • _incogNEATo_
    _incogNEATo_ Posts: 4,537 Member
    My hunger is mistaken for gas by coworkers. My stomach growls sound like the nastiest farts. It's weird.
  • sadiebrawl
    sadiebrawl Posts: 864 Member
    sofaking6 wrote: »
    Mine are nausea and rage, and headache.

    yup. and in that order actually.
  • Codilee87
    Codilee87 Posts: 509 Member
    Starts with a little gurgling or clenching in my stomach, then a while later I start to get light-headed and unable to focus. If I wait even longer than that, I get this horrible ache in my throat that is really hard to describe.
  • mcampbell795
    mcampbell795 Posts: 20 Member
    Mine starts off with a dry mouth, then I feel a headache, then lack of concentration. Hydrating I have found helps. If your desperate eat fruit. It generally brings up the blood sugars right away :)
  • Noreenmarie1234
    Noreenmarie1234 Posts: 7,492 Member
    stomach growling and feeling like its eating itself and cramping
  • maillemaker
    maillemaker Posts: 1,253 Member
    Dry mouth, stomach cramps, being cold. And pee smells funny.
  • BethClicks
    BethClicks Posts: 61 Member
    My stomach feels like a yawning black pit from which not even sunlight can escape. Also, I feel desperate and frantic like I've lost something important and have no idea where to find it, finally cranky and rageful with a pinch of melancholy. It's really quite fun to be with me when hunger strikes...
  • nvmomketo
    nvmomketo Posts: 12,019 Member
    Stomach growling and extra saliva.

    When my blood glucose is low I get tired weak, shaky and cranky. That would happen about 2 hours after eating for me (with mild reactive hypoglycelia and prediabetes). Low blood sugar can happen without being hungry.
  • lesslerz2014
    lesslerz2014 Posts: 24 Member
    BethClicks wrote: »
    My stomach feels like a yawning black pit from which not even sunlight can escape. Also, I feel desperate and frantic like I've lost something important and have no idea where to find it, finally cranky and rageful with a pinch of melancholy. It's really quite fun to be with me when hunger strikes...

    The best. lol
  • BethClicks
    BethClicks Posts: 61 Member
    :smiley: My husband always asks me if I'm really mad or if I'm just hangry...
  • Noodle797
    Noodle797 Posts: 366 Member
    Headache, lightheaded/dizziness, growling stomach/stomach pains, weakness, extreme crabbiness, difficulty concentrating.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,151 Member
    Noreenmarie1234 wrote: »
    stomach growling and feeling like its eating itself and cramping
    Same for me. If I go too long without eating after getting the growling, I get horrible back pains that take several hours to stop.
  • gothchiq
    gothchiq Posts: 4,590 Member
    Cramping/gnawing under the breastbone. Weak and shaky. My blood sugar crashes fast if I don't eat when I'm hungry. I'm prediabetic. So I break up meals into many little snacks, as recommended by the doctor.
  • Alluminati
    Alluminati Posts: 6,208 Member
    I get the shakes.
  • ValerieMartini2Olives
    ValerieMartini2Olives Posts: 3,024 Member
    Angry, agitated, headache, stomachache
  • mommyof4cpa
    mommyof4cpa Posts: 82 Member
    BethClicks wrote: »
    :smiley: My husband always asks me if I'm really mad or if I'm just hangry...

    ^^^^ This exactly!

  • noobletmcnugget
    noobletmcnugget Posts: 518 Member
    I always think it's crazy how urgent hunger can feel, despite knowing that you're going to eat at some point later. The same with cravings for a particular food... it feels so urgent, despite the fact you'll probably eat it thousands more times in your life.
  • ThatMouse
    ThatMouse Posts: 229 Member
    Mild hunger is actually a pleasant feeling for me. My stomach feels... err... "light and airy"? I guess? Not gaseous, but it doesn't hurt and it isn't cramping. It just feels lighter and "smaller". I find I focus easier in this state and it's easy to stay on top of things mentally. I prefer this feeling to being full and will eat slowly because of that.

    Actual "I need food" hunger is pretty much hangry for me. I get easily irritable and short with people and feel a sort of tingling in my upper shoulders and neck. It makes me feel like I'm raising my hackles or something. However, it's not an uncontrollable feeling and it usually passes after about 20 minutes with water.

    I found fasting really helped me figure out what hungry was like and get back to terms with being mildly hungry as a normal state.
  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    ThatMouse wrote: »
    Mild hunger is actually a pleasant feeling for me. My stomach feels... err... "light and airy"? I guess? Not gaseous, but it doesn't hurt and it isn't cramping. It just feels lighter and "smaller". I find I focus easier in this state and it's easy to stay on top of things mentally. I prefer this feeling to being full and will eat slowly because of that.

    Actual "I need food" hunger is pretty much hangry for me. I get easily irritable and short with people and feel a sort of tingling in my upper shoulders and neck. It makes me feel like I'm raising my hackles or something. However, it's not an uncontrollable feeling and it usually passes after about 20 minutes with water.

    I found fasting really helped me figure out what hungry was like and get back to terms with being mildly hungry as a normal state.

    Did it help with the hangry? Mine just gets worse and worse until I punch myself in the face.
  • ThatMouse
    ThatMouse Posts: 229 Member
    sofaking6 wrote: »
    Did it help with the hangry? Mine just gets worse and worse until I punch myself in the face.

    The fasting? No, I had to power through the hangry, ha ha! But after those 20 minutes and enough water, it's okay. It comes and goes after that every few hours, though. The only time it doesn't is when I'm playing a video game - then I'm engrossed in playing and can go through most of the day without eating if I have water nearby.

    Then rage-quit-hangry happens and I devour a half carton of eggs in the most glorious breakfast-for-dinner omelette ever.
  • jensquish1
    jensquish1 Posts: 499 Member
    Hell- oh look chocolate!
    Must have all the carbs!
  • dlgallian
    dlgallian Posts: 8 Member
    ThatMouse wrote: »
    Mild hunger is actually a pleasant feeling for me. My stomach feels... err... "light and airy"? I guess? Not gaseous, but it doesn't hurt and it isn't cramping. It just feels lighter and "smaller". I find I focus easier in this state and it's easy to stay on top of things mentally. I prefer this feeling to being full and will eat slowly because of that.

    Exactly. Then when it gets past this point the stomach feels more gnawing, then I start to feel shaky, weak, and unable to concentrate. I try not to get past this point, because from here it goes pretty quickly into tunnel vision (feeling like I'm going to black out) and unable to make any decisions, even feeling unable to acquire food to eat. I get very confused and helpless. Interestingly, I don't get irritable or "hangry," just like a lost little mouse.

    When I've been consistently overeating, I can't stand the way hunger feels. If I'm eating less (like now), it's way more tolerable (after a few weeks of adjustment, of course). I actually do prefer being slightly hungry throughout the day, but it's also mildly uncomfortable (just a different uncomfortable than being overly full all day).
  • arditarose
    arditarose Posts: 15,573 Member
    It's nagging. My stomach hurts and I get frustrated (when I'm on a deficit), angry. Very unpleasant, and it happens about every 3 hours.
  • uconnwinsnc1
    uconnwinsnc1 Posts: 902 Member
    I am the Incredible Hulk when it comes to hunger. "I'm always hungry."
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