How does one "forget/not want to" eat?

bribucks wrote: »

Please excuse my poor attempt at dark humor.

For a real answer, when I am depressed & anxious, I don’t “forget” to eat but I simply can’t bring myself to do it.

When I am really busy, I sometimes DO forget to eat, at least within a time window. Sometimes I’ll be so caught up on something at work that 2:30 will roll around before I realize I hadn’t eaten lunch yet.

On the reverse, there are days where I am so bored that I can think of nothing other than stuffing food in my face!

I don’t think I’ve ever forgotten to eat.

ceiswyn wrote: »

Meelisv wrote: »

I don't have an answer for you, but I have always wondered the same thing. What also baffles me, is that the same people who say that they forget to eat or simply aren't hungry or say that they struggle to eat 1000 kcal per day, have somehow found their way here, because they need to or want to lose weight. People don't get to a point where they want to lose weight by barely eating 1000 calories per day. Still it's a story that repeats itself over and over again.

I used to eat over 3000 calories a day and be constantly hungry. Then I completely changed my attitude to food and found myself struggling to get to 1000 calories some days. It seems that a drastic change in eating habits messes with your hunger and satiety signals. This shouldn’t be as difficult for people to comprehend as apparently it is.

Yes, whenever someone starts a thread indicating their hunger cues are off, the first thing that comes to my mind is that they went from calorie dense, hyper-palatable food to high protein/fiber/volume.

But we are clearly in the minority.

Personally, I think it's great to eat every couple hours, keeps your blood sugar more level. I'm a person who doesn't LOVE food, my husband does tho. I used to eat twice a day before mfp, then I started eating several small meals a day but kept going back to only wanting 2 meals/day, so I found my "normal" I eat brunch, have a small snack halfway to dinner & snack in evening. it's hard for me to snack, we're all different. Find whats best for you & don't force yourself to be something you're not, but modify some things that are better for you. My question ( if it hasn't already been answered) is are you eating enough? Asking because you said you were hungry. I cook in the late mornings for the day. I always worked PM shift so I'm able to do that. I can't imagine cooking in the evening when I'm already sleepy & tired

My husband is the type that forgets to eat or gets too busy to eat. He doesn't like to eat any breakfast, and says it gives him heartburn if he eats too early. Then he ends up getting too busy for lunch but will eat a large meal for dinner.

I can't do it. I can usually skip breakfast but then I want lunch. I tend to eat more in the afternoons too for some reason. Like right now. I want my afternoon snack but I'm forcing myself to hold off a hour to eat it or I may want something more later. Plus I'm not exactly hungry, I just want to eat.

If I have a busy day I will forget to eat. But i try to make my next meal make up for the missed calories.

My appetite is enormous, but I've had times where I did not eat at regular time. Almost always, it is because there is something important that I must get done. Recently, I "ate" nothing but coffee and water for about 42 hours to accomplish a medical test. So I know it can be done. In all honesty, my appetite is not even close to being as enormous since I've been eating very low carb... and my appetite used to be so enormous that many people simply can't even fathom how much I could eat.

I dont have have huge hunger feelings either. I got over weight because ilike the taste of food. Hungry or not. This is still a problem for me.
I envy people who dont get this way. My bff. For instance, she likes food but she doesnt love it. She could easly not eat if her stomach wasn't growling. She just dont care that much for food of any sort..

When I’m engrossed in a project, especially when I’m on a deadline, it’s my norm to forget to eat. I get in the flow of the work and don’t register feelings of hunger until they’re really strong, which is usually 8+ hours later.

Even then when I finally “remember” to eat, if I’m not yet done or want to finish a specific part before I take a break to eat, I’ll ignore the hunger signal to finish.

Part of this is I’m not in the habit of snacking, and physiologically I seem prone to eating less frequently than other people. I notice this when I travel with someone else or spend a whole day in someone’s company. The other person typically wants more frequent eating than I do. Meanwhile, I’m good on two big meals a day. It’s not that I necessarily eat less than them, just less often.

Some people have mentioned having a meal and already thinking about what they’ll eat at their next meal. That’s really foreign to me! Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE food. I appreciate food, enjoy my meal as I’m having it, and like picking out restaurants to try/recipes to make. I find food an interesting academic subject too, learning about nutrition and different cultures’ cuisines and food history. So I do think about food probably much more than the average person bc it’s a hobby I enjoy and value. I don’t have eating on the brain much though, usually just when I’m getting hungry. Eating next is the last thing on my mind as I’m finishing up a current meal because my hunger is gone.

The only time I couldn't eat was when I first started on antidepressants and they made me feel sick. That went away after a month though.

I have workmates who "are too busy to eat" and I don't get it. As soon as I get slightly hungry my entire body refuses to work properly. To me, eating and sleeping are basic human needs that you should never be "too busy" for.

I'm an at-home, homeschooling mom. I just get busy with stuff and I forget to eat constantly. Sounds great, but when I finally get hungry, it's not normal, have-a-turkey-sandwich-and-you're-okay hungry. Nooo, I get voracious. I can out-eat my 6'3", 225 lb. husband when I get that hungry. So, being able to go without food is really not a good thing.

I was the girl who would forget to eat. I never liked food when I woke up, so my parents battled with me to eat fruity pebbles, LOL for years before going to school. Eating after waking up made me feel sick. In high school I have a vivid memory of waking up one day, skipping breakfast, as usual, then being in school all day, and then running straight to my after school job. Working until 11pm. Going home and falling into bed and sleeping, then getting up and repeating the same day again. Except on the second night at work, I suddenly felt super weak and dizzy, and realized I hadn’t eaten in 2 days. It’s not that food didn’t cross my mind, I was just way too busy to stop and eat.
I don’t have that problem 40 years later, as food just seems to taste so much better. LOL. But I do use that ability to go long periods without food by using intermittent fasting to help me create a deficit by condensing my eating time.

Sometimes when I get emotional, I will turn food away. As a female that has PMDD, it can be a struggle FEEL like eating sometimes. I have to force myself to eat something, because if I don't I'll just become weak and dizzy the next day. Sometimes I forget to eat meals from being too busy (which is usually lunch), so I'll rearrange my logging and have a huge dinner.

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When I’m anxious or extremely depressed