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

[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.