My metabolism is similar, unless i am eating something (like pasta) that causes my blood sugar to seriously spike, I will not feel hungry, I will just kind of s

My metabolism is similar, unless i am eating something (like pasta) that causes my blood sugar to seriously spike, I will not feel hungry, I will just kind of start to drag as the day goes on. The key is to train yourself to pick up on when you are starting to drag, and then go eat something. (I'm still working on this, it is something I have to consciously recognize). I kind treat my diet as a dynamic programming problem. You have a few variables to think about: Price of food Speed of digestion Ease of preparation Nutritional content You can give different categories of food different values, and kind of estimate what things have better min/max heuristics. Eggs are a very good morning food, for example, they're cheap, high in protein (therefore nutritionally good and digest slowly), and they're easy to prepare. Plain yogurt is similar. You can do different things to get your ease of preparation and get price down. I can make a fairly healthy chili with lean ground beef and various veggies. It is mostly meat and fiber so it digests fairly slowly, and is high in protein. Normally it is relatively intensive to make it (takes me a couple of hours of time). However, if I make a big batch of it at the beginning of the week, I can freeze part of it (in reusable serving size containers) and eat it whenever. The preparation difficulty becomes similar to that of a tv dinner but it is cheaper/healthier. (Similar can be done with other soup/stew like concoctions). I also keep a tin of nuts on my desk next to the computer if I need a quick pick me up.