Too lazy to eat food
Anyone else have this problem? Swear I'm not depressed in the slightest. I feel like if I'm hungry and just don't eat all day -> go to sleep -> next morning I'm not hungry again... by like 5 pm I get a bit hungry again but can just repeat the process of not eating.
Yes, I am too lazy to eat food. I'd prefer to be doing work, doing my hobbies, or anything else.
To prevent myself from dying or rapid weight loss, I generally do catch up on meals. I do what I described above maybe 1-3x every week. I've been doing this for a few months now. Have lost around 5 pounds.
I am a very healthy weight and I don't feel any side effects from not eating.
Are you trying to eat more or no? If so, lift.
How the hell have you lost only 5 lb?
Dunno. I'm 5 10 and 165 lbs. I was 170 lbs a few months ago. My body "composition", at least from a look in the mirror, looks about the same. As in, I don't think I necessarily lost 15 lbs of muscle and gained 10 lbs of fat (for a net loss of 5 pounds) if that makes sense.
To keep your health, perhaps get on an intermittent fasting diet. You'd be able to do it quite easily.
Thanks. I think the comment below touched on a version of intermittent fasting as well. Looks like it's a practical next step for me.
I wish I had this problem
same
you’re probably underweight, skinny fat, or weak already. the thing is, you’re not doing anything wrong in my opinion- eating when hungry is better than being conditioned to eat like most Americans and generally overeating. my suggestion is that you’re fine but make sure you eat some nutritious food first before ‘catching up’ - learn to balance eating good stuff first and then eating whatever you want.
Make a filling nutritious staple everyday and eat that as a core part of your day. I haven’t been working out (other than knocking out 100-200 pullups when I feel like it, getting 6-10k steps a day, foam rolling) and have already lost 10-15 lbs of water and muscle from not working out, gaining lots of fat from eating junk because i was around friends. But now I’m back losing it again because I’m not around friends and am like you don’t feel like eating but the trade off is I’m getting incredibly weak real fast (which I’m ok with, I’ll get it back in like 3 months of gym) going from like doing 25 pullups at 195 to now 15 at 180.
so we’re in a similar situation and this is what I do. basically I fast 16-20 hours and the first thing I eat is 2 chicken breasts and a plate full of veggies which tastes amazing after not eating, then making a fat smoothie with a bunch of fruit, Greek yogurt, pb, spinach, etc. and tastes really good. if I want to eat out I just eat out whatever I want that day, have some veggies/smoothie or also drink a protein shake or something. both end up being at least 1500 cals if not 2500 when eating out and since I’m not really doing any activity is good.
point is, you need to balance good habits with healthy foods that are nutritious but you don’t have to be like most other humans who are programmed to eating when they’re not hungry at all. find a balance, tbh what you’re doing may not even be bad necessarily, but when you ‘catch up’ you’re likely eating high calorie dense foods that taste good since you crave them and I’m just suggesting even when you do that eat nutritious/good food first or figure something out where what you eat everyday is small but tasty too and not leftover pizza or cereal for breakfast, etc.
This was extremely helpful. thanks for taking the time to write all this out. I think you identified what's probably happening. 90% of what I eat is pretty much very high calorie, low nutrition foods (Mcdonalds, chips, frozen food that doesn't appear too nutritious from the looks of it, etc.). That's probably why I haven't lost much weight via a weekly/monthly calorie in-calorie out basis.
Also, happy that you called out the fact that most people are "conditioned" to eat several meals everyday. While I haven't been intentionally fasting, I've taken some time to learn the pros / cons of one meal a day, intermittent fasting, fasting for extend periods, etc. While there can be cons, I think bottom line is that it can be efficient on a productivity basis to eat fewer meals and obviously would prevent people from overeating.
For example, paired with my own experiences, I learned that there is a biological thing that makes you the least hungry after waking up from sleep. However, many people are conditioned to eat breakfast, regardless of hunger. Taking a sample size of all of America, I wouldn't be surprised if things like this add up and contribute to obesity.
How did you maintain doing IF? I've tried it for maybe 2-3 days but usually tend to get back to a normal schedule because I have a tendency to snack a bit throughout the day
I was like that, I also thought I was at healthy weight. Wrong. I was supper skinny, underweight lazy....
Denial is strong here. Post your weight, height, lifts and how many miles you can run in an hour and then we can start talking about your bad habits ;)
hahahaah ok fine I'm not the most fit person... Don't lift don't run. When I mean healthy weight I generally mean I feel fine, definitely look fine, etc. Pretty average college student looking weight (not too skinny, not fat). At 5 10 and ~165 pounds I definitely don't think I'm "super skinny." My body looks the same if not better than my roommates that eat 2-3 meals a day, if that makes sense...
I do not want to offer unsolicited advice so I will just say that it all works like that because you are young and that is a feature with an unspecified but strict expiration date. When you will do any kind of regular physical activity then your body will tell you how much it needs to eat, and you will look great and girls will want to fuck you ... but I guess that is not something you need either :D
Health is definitely not just height and weight. I would highly recommend working out (including lifting AND cardio) while your body is best conditioned to receive the benefits of exercise.
Then drink water.
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