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Eating is a top five reason for me to travel, maybe top three. I know, not everyone's like me, that's fine. "Just don't eat, it'll make your vacation easier" i

Eating is a top five reason for me to travel, maybe top three. I know, not everyone's like me, that's fine. "Just don't eat, it'll make your vacation easier" is nonetheless one of the stranger life hacks I've seen proposed. I think you're saying this with a straight face?

pengaru 4y ago
> I think you're saying this with a straight face? I'm definitely saying it with a straight face, but I also ceased abusing food as entertainment and a primary source of short-term happiness over a decade ago. Except what I'm referring to is traveling, as in, actually in-transit. If you're boarding a plane to spend just one night somewhere, then yes I suppose I'm suggesting just fast the entire trip. That's not a form of travel I engage in. Obviously while visiting a foreign place for months I'm not suggesting you abstain from eating the entire time - it's impractical and missing the cultural experience. What I am saying is when you're hoofing it days with a backpack, or boarding a 52-hr train ride, or bikepacking a couple days, it's substantially more pleasant in a fasted state. No bulky food to carry and you won't have a dirty bum/as much want for a bath. For example I'll be riding the Zephyr from IL to CA (~2.3 days) at the end of the month, followed by a 60-mile bike ride from the Sacramento Valley train station, east up into the Sierra Nevada. I'll eat a few whole chickens in the days leading up to the train ride, and won't eat again until arriving at my destination in the Sierra Nevada. The train ride won't require #2 bathroom breaks fasted, and the bike ride will be 100% adipose-fueled, light, and way more fun in that state. Of course I'll be eating meals with friends in CA over the following months though.
- samatman 4y ago
  Oh! Ok. Yes I frequently fast when traveling, if you don't count the tomato juice I take with coffee on planes. Usually don't eat until sunset. If you model enjoying the fuel that we require to live as abuse, well, you must have reasons for that. I decline.
  - pengaru 4y ago
    > If you model enjoying the fuel that we require to live as abuse, well, you must have reasons for that. I decline. Nothing wrong with appreciating food. It's when one can't refrain from eating something rewarding for a few days without a substantial deleterious effect on mood/happiness for lack of the frequent short-term dopamine hits that it becomes an abusive relationship resembling drug addiction.

pengaru 4y ago

> I think you're saying this with a straight face? I'm definitely saying it with a straight face, but I also ceased abusing food as entertainment and a primary source of short-term happiness over a decade ago. Except what I'm referring to is traveling, as in, actually in-transit. If you're boarding a plane to spend just one night somewhere, then yes I suppose I'm suggesting just fast the entire trip. That's not a form of travel I engage in. Obviously while visiting a foreign place for months I'm not suggesting you abstain from eating the entire time - it's impractical and missing the cultural experience. What I am saying is when you're hoofing it days with a backpack, or boarding a 52-hr train ride, or bikepacking a couple days, it's substantially more pleasant in a fasted state. No bulky food to carry and you won't have a dirty bum/as much want for a bath. For example I'll be riding the Zephyr from IL to CA (~2.3 days) at the end of the month, followed by a 60-mile bike ride from the Sacramento Valley train station, east up into the Sierra Nevada. I'll eat a few whole chickens in the days leading up to the train ride, and won't eat again until arriving at my destination in the Sierra Nevada. The train ride won't require #2 bathroom breaks fasted, and the bike ride will be 100% adipose-fueled, light, and way more fun in that state. Of course I'll be eating meals with friends in CA over the following months though.

samatman 4y ago
Oh! Ok. Yes I frequently fast when traveling, if you don't count the tomato juice I take with coffee on planes. Usually don't eat until sunset. If you model enjoying the fuel that we require to live as abuse, well, you must have reasons for that. I decline.
- pengaru 4y ago
  > If you model enjoying the fuel that we require to live as abuse, well, you must have reasons for that. I decline. Nothing wrong with appreciating food. It's when one can't refrain from eating something rewarding for a few days without a substantial deleterious effect on mood/happiness for lack of the frequent short-term dopamine hits that it becomes an abusive relationship resembling drug addiction.