issue with paycheck has made me not eat for a few days now...

chriistie
chriistie Posts: 8 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
only was able to eat about 4-6 oz of mashed potatoes yesterday... that and one cup of coffee in the morning... this is my third day of this and the hunger pains are subsiding but I know I gotta eat... Is it weird that the hunger goes away after a few days?

First 2 days since we ran out of money and food was one cup of coffee in the morning and one cup of tea at night... no worries i supplement with lots of water. My bf is worried cause he is still eating but I don't have any co-workers who just buy me food when I'm struggling... So he made some potatoes cause its all we have left and I was able to eat something yesterday but I didn't even feel like cooking at that point, nor was I hungry. He kinda forced it in front of my face and watched me eat it... I'm hoping that this is normal and tomorrow I'll go get groceries and everything will be back to normal. I guess I'm afraid that since i didn't eat for a while that when I do eat, I'll gain more weight to supplement what I lost. Unsure how that works...
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  • toxikon
    toxikon Posts: 2,383 Member
    Yikes. Do you have any friends or family that could help you two out?
  • chriistie
    chriistie Posts: 8 Member
    yeah dude... i'm not joking... i get paid tomorrow. we get paid every 2 weeks but at the beginning of the month they just didn't send my bf's paycheck as normal... He has reapplied for another paycheck which should be sent with his next check. the question is like... I'm losing the hunger pains at this point and I don't know if that's a bad sign cause I've never just "gone without" like this before... Even if we didnt have anything to eat we still actually had something to eat like crackers etc but we ran through all that over these past 2 weeks... no cans of veggies no nothin left
  • musicfan68
    musicfan68 Posts: 1,143 Member
    You will be fine. Yes, you might have a couple of lbs gain once you start eating more.
    Have you thought about going to a church or food pantry? They are everywhere, and you should be able to get enough to get you through to your next paycheck.
  • chriistie
    chriistie Posts: 8 Member
    Also i will be grocery shopping tomorrow and eating again tomorrow, i guess i'm like what did i do to my body?
  • chriistie
    chriistie Posts: 8 Member
    You will probably gain weight when you eat solid food after basically fasting for three days. This will not be fat, assuming that you are eating under your maintenance calories, but will be the result of the food physically moving through your system, and possible water retention as you are probably quite low on sodium. Your body gains fat when you eat over the number of calories it takes to maintain your body and daily activities, and loses fat when you eat under that. Clearly you've been under that for the past three days, but eating at a normal, healthy rate won't make you gain extra fat to compensate.

    COOL TY but as long as I eat tomorrow which I will, everything will be just fine. Cool. My bf got me worried was all this kinda was...
  • jemhh
    jemhh Posts: 14,261 Member
    chriistie wrote: »
    Also i will be grocery shopping tomorrow and eating again tomorrow, i guess i'm like what did i do to my body?

    You have done no permanent harm, if that is what you are asking.
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    chriistie wrote: »
    yeah dude... i'm not joking... i get paid tomorrow. we get paid every 2 weeks but at the beginning of the month they just didn't send my bf's paycheck as normal... He has reapplied for another paycheck which should be sent with his next check. the question is like... I'm losing the hunger pains at this point and I don't know if that's a bad sign cause I've never just "gone without" like this before... Even if we didnt have anything to eat we still actually had something to eat like crackers etc but we ran through all that over these past 2 weeks... no cans of veggies no nothin left

    I know people who fast for religious reasons and they say the hunger often does wear off, so that's pretty normal too.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    Not sure what country you live in but have you considered seeking out assistance programs. Most countries provide some kind of food-stamp type program for people who literally do not have the money to purchase food. You should do your best to provide yourself food to eat, even if that requires swallowing some pride and seeking help.
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited November 2017
    JaydedMiss wrote: »
    I feel like your making excuses to starve yourself, You had potatoes and just chose not to eat them and now your worrying about "damage"? So when we tell you there is none is that in your mind us telling you its okay? And to lazy to cook is one thing but when someone makes you food after 2 days not eating to have to be forced to eat is worrying.

    I feel similarly to JaydedMiss here in that I also worry about how much of this is literally having no means with which to eat and how much of this is an excuse to actively avoid eating because you are concerned about your weight. There are ways of getting food if you commit to pursuing them (I don't mean stealing, I mean legally). You have to want to eat though.
  • twinkles4
    twinkles4 Posts: 124 Member
    In case it hasn't been said, eat really slowly when you start again. After fasting for that long, you may throw up if you start eating again to quickly.
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  • JaydedMiss
    JaydedMiss Posts: 4,286 Member
    Aaron_K123 wrote: »
    JaydedMiss wrote: »
    I feel like your making excuses to starve yourself, You had potatoes and just chose not to eat them and now your worrying about "damage"? So when we tell you there is none is that in your mind us telling you its okay? And to lazy to cook is one thing but when someone makes you food after 2 days not eating to have to be forced to eat is worrying.

    I feel similarly to JaydedMiss here in that I also worry about how much of this is literally having no means with which to eat and how much of this is an excuse to actively avoid eating because you are concerned about your weight. There are ways of getting food if you commit to pursuing them (I don't mean stealing, I mean legally). You have to want to eat though.

    OP literally admitted to having food (potatoes, fries yum) And choosing not to eat them. Its not even like they had nothing
  • twinkles4
    twinkles4 Posts: 124 Member
    suzannesimmons3 wrote: »
    twinkles4 wrote: »
    In case it hasn't been said, eat really slowly when you start again. After fasting for that long, you may throw up if you start eating again to quickly.

    After 1 day?

    I read this as multiple days. I take it back if that is not the case.
  • MegaMooseEsq
    MegaMooseEsq Posts: 3,118 Member
    edited November 2017
    aeloine wrote: »
    Are you telling me you don't have an emergency credit card?

    Get one ASAP. It's not a good idea to get into financial debt but this truly is an emergency. You can literally walk into a bank and walk out with a credit card.

    Get your financial house in order. Get your pantry staples in order.

    Getting a credit card is not necessarily as easy as you think - my spouse makes well above the US median household income and can't get a credit card because of bad credit. We have no idea whether the OP can walk into a bank and walk out with a credit card.

    ETA: For that matter, I was declined for a credit card earlier this year even though my credit rating is excellent because of the amount of debt I have (student loans FTL).
  • Aaron_K123
    Aaron_K123 Posts: 7,122 Member
    edited November 2017
    Assuming you live in the United States you can apply to have a debit card given to you with a balance that you can then use to buy food with. Called the SNAP program.

    https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/eligibility

    It requires that your household income is below a certain level, but honestly if your household income is above that level then you should be able to afford to buy some food for yourself so I'm going to assume it is low enough to qualify.

    Assuming your household is two people you would get $352 a month for purchasing food and since it sounds like it is only you who is going without that should be plenty for buying enough food to support yourself.
  • laurenebargar
    laurenebargar Posts: 3,081 Member
    Also at two different jobs my paycheck was messed up, and both times accounts payable just cut me a check. Being paid bi-weekly can they really make you wait four weeks to get paid? Something doesnt sound right about that.
  • aeloine
    aeloine Posts: 2,163 Member
    edited November 2017
    MegaMooseEsq wrote: »
    aeloine wrote: »
    Are you telling me you don't have an emergency credit card?

    Get one ASAP. It's not a good idea to get into financial debt but this truly is an emergency. You can literally walk into a bank and walk out with a credit card.

    Get your financial house in order. Get your pantry staples in order.

    Getting a credit card is not necessarily as easy as you think - my spouse makes well above the US median household income and can't get a credit card because of bad credit. We have no idea whether the OP can walk into a bank and walk out with a credit card.

    There are programs to address this. When I lived in the Boston area, I was a part of a group of volunteers that provided financial counseling help to women from a couple of different shelters. We taught them how to request hardship assistance [credit cards] from banks or get on payment plans that had lower interest payments and/or waived fees. We then met with them regularly to go over their budgets, help them monitor (and build!) their credit scores, and work towards saving their money so that they could get into their own (or subsidized) housing.

    We worked with women who were not able to secure lines of credit for a number of reasons, including ones where family members had taken advantage of their names/identities and ruined their credit scores. Dealing with credit agencies, collections, and creditors is difficult but they all have systems in place to be able to provide some relief.

    If your spouse is having issues acquiring a line of credit, look into a secured credit card to start out with. If your credit score is poor, a bank is more likely to extend a line of credit If it's backed up by a small sum in a checking account designated to cover costs if a payment cannot be made on the credit card.

    This is all part of getting one's financial house in order.

    Again, this is not me promoting getting into credit card debt. This is me advocating for being prepared In case of an emergency. More than anything, I'd suggest having an emergency fund, but clearly that's not an option right at this moment.


    ETA:
    Aaron_K123 wrote: »
    Assuming you live in the United States you can apply to have a debit card given to you with a balance that you can then use to buy food with. Called the SNAP program.

    https://www.fns.usda.gov/snap/eligibility

    It requires that your household income is below a certain level, but honestly if your household income is above that level then you should be able to afford to buy some food for yourself so I'm going to assume it is low enough to qualify.

    Assuming your household is two people you would get $352 a month for purchasing food and since it sounds like it is only you who is going without that should be plenty for buying enough food to support yourself.

    This is definitely something else to look at.
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,222 Member
    If going a few days without eating caused permanent harm, most of the people in the world would have permanent damage from having gastro at one time or another.

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