My body is being weird.

[vvvexation]

I haven't eaten a damn thing today, and yet I can barely make myself shove food in my mouth. This is unusual, but not terribly so; my appetite's been fairly erratic these days, and it's not surprising that after stuffing myself last night I should be less hungry today, but it is surprising that I'm apparently not at all hungry although I feel I ought to eat.

The problem is, I just don't trust my body to tell me what it needs. I figure I shouldn't go a whole day at a time without eating, and if I don't feel like eating then my body must be giving me the wrong signals...but then I end up being unsure if it's ever giving me the right signals, while at the same time feeling I ought to try and trust my instincts more than I've been doing.

It's very confusing. I have no idea whether I indulge my id too much or not enough.

Comments

[stollman.livejournal.com]

I don't trust my body to tell me what to eat; instead I eat what is available. For example, here's what I've had today:

A peach.
Some bread with some kind of cheese on it.
1.5 ears of corn.
A rather large amount of tilapia, maybe 6-8 ounces.
About 1/4 gallon of ice cream.

Now I'm considering eating some summer squash, but I can't decide if I should cook it or not first.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Doesn't the "eat what's available" strategy only work when you don't have more food around at the moment than you can eat?

My problem, in any case, is more with deciding whether to eat than what to eat.

[adamchristopher.livejournal.com]

Eh, I say if you don't feel like eating, don't eat. It's natural and healthy to have an occasional day of fasting or very light eating. On the other hand, if you go longer than a day or so, that's wearing on your body, so at least pop some fruit into the works. :)

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

The thing is, I have this dizzy spells from time to time and I worry that if I don't eat, I'm just asking to pass out in the middle of the street or something.

[adamchristopher.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, in that case, do try to get some small nourishment into yourself then, just to cover your bases. But depending upon the source of the dizziness, it may be that food won't make a difference.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

It usually seems to. But I'd much rather take preventive measures in advance, anyway. Obtaining food once I'm already fainting is difficult.

[lintqueen.livejournal.com]

Argh

Just lost my post.

Sometimes I feel this way too, but it usually turns out that just 'cause I wasn't hungry didn't mean I didn't need to eat. Sometimes I get "past" the point of hunger, and will think I'm fine, but then I get dizzy or tired (yet still not "hungry" as identified by pain-in-the-tummy)..

eat something (pref. carbs + protein) and all is well with the world again.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

Exactly. My body doesn't always seem to know what signals it should be giving me, but still has needs it's just not communicating.

[shipofools999.livejournal.com]

For me, hunger has gotten disconnected from needing to eat. When I get past time to eat, it becomes really hard to force food into me. The signals I watch for are irritability, shakiness, dizzy, weak, tired, frustrated. Life just becomes harder. At times like this I will eat whatever I can even if it isn't good for me, (McDonald's hamburgers for example). It gets something into me and allows me to eat real food. Another trick I have is food bars (Atkins, Powerbar, Balance). I can eat it while being distracted and it is over before I notice. Fuel is in the system and I am functional again. I try not to eat more than one of those a day.

[vvvexation.livejournal.com]

I've been carrying protein bars and the like with me when I can manage it; the problem is it's hard to find ones I like. But I'm also trying to actually schedule real meals a bit better so that I don't get to the point of needing "emergency fuel" too often.