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Yes but not on purpose. It's just the natural way of living when I don't buy snacks and my fridge is usually empty. I feel way better living like this than whe

Yes but not on purpose. It's just the natural way of living when I don't buy snacks and my fridge is usually empty. I feel way better living like this than when I'm home for the holidays binging on cheezits and having three meals a day. I like the hunger pangs; it feels like my body is doing useful work, and it makes the eventual meal all the more satisfying.

vipa123 4y ago
Same here
j_crick 4y ago
For me it’s also that at some point I stopped wanting snacks in the evening because with the right diet eventually the cravings went away. I also got used to falling asleep on an almost empty stomach, and trying to sleep right after a meal now feels simply uncomfortable.
- rinka_singh 4y ago
  > because with the right diet eventually the cravings went away Could you talk a bit about your diet?
  - j_crick 4y ago
    Generally eat more proteins and fats and less stuff with outright sugar, including fructose. Get your carbs from pasta and such, and don’t overdo fruit juices. Eventually your body learns that you’d better grab some tuna and avocado instead of some insulin-spike inducing crap with high glycemic index. And stop eating about 4 hours before sleep or earlier, that’s pretty much it.
yowzadave 4y ago
> Yes but not on purpose. It's just the natural way of living when I don't buy snacks and my fridge is usually empty. Same--I've never set about intentionally doing so, I just developed the habit of not eating breakfast, and as a result my body just doesn't start feeling hungry until 1-2PM anyway. I have a late-ish sizable lunch, and then usually only need something snack-size in the evening. It was different when I used to work in an office that had an endless supply of catered pastries; the temptation was too great, and it always seemed like a small amount, one at a time. It's hard to be prescriptive about this, though--other people in my family have a much more intense relationship with food, and feel weak/ravenous if they skip a meal. For whatever reason I'm lucky enough to not feel it in a very physical way.
- JohnFen 4y ago
  > feel weak/ravenous if they skip a meal I have a hypothesis about this. Lots of people have never experienced what it's like to actually starve, so the baseline that triggers their survival instincts is higher than it should be. So when their body is signaling "not full", they incorrectly interpret it as "hungry". And when their body is signaling "hungry", they interpret it as "starvation". We are evolved to live on subsistence diets punctuated by occasional feasting. Feeling "full" all the time is not a normal or healthy state for us. I see this most easily when I tell people about the survival "rule of threes": you can survive three minutes without air, three days without water, and three weeks without food. So if you're lost in the woods, say, finding food isn't even close to an immediate priority. People often react to this with disbelief.

vipa123 4y ago

Same here

j_crick 4y ago

For me it’s also that at some point I stopped wanting snacks in the evening because with the right diet eventually the cravings went away. I also got used to falling asleep on an almost empty stomach, and trying to sleep right after a meal now feels simply uncomfortable.

rinka_singh 4y ago
> because with the right diet eventually the cravings went away Could you talk a bit about your diet?
- j_crick 4y ago
  Generally eat more proteins and fats and less stuff with outright sugar, including fructose. Get your carbs from pasta and such, and don’t overdo fruit juices. Eventually your body learns that you’d better grab some tuna and avocado instead of some insulin-spike inducing crap with high glycemic index. And stop eating about 4 hours before sleep or earlier, that’s pretty much it.

yowzadave 4y ago

> Yes but not on purpose. It's just the natural way of living when I don't buy snacks and my fridge is usually empty. Same--I've never set about intentionally doing so, I just developed the habit of not eating breakfast, and as a result my body just doesn't start feeling hungry until 1-2PM anyway. I have a late-ish sizable lunch, and then usually only need something snack-size in the evening. It was different when I used to work in an office that had an endless supply of catered pastries; the temptation was too great, and it always seemed like a small amount, one at a time. It's hard to be prescriptive about this, though--other people in my family have a much more intense relationship with food, and feel weak/ravenous if they skip a meal. For whatever reason I'm lucky enough to not feel it in a very physical way.

JohnFen 4y ago
> feel weak/ravenous if they skip a meal I have a hypothesis about this. Lots of people have never experienced what it's like to actually starve, so the baseline that triggers their survival instincts is higher than it should be. So when their body is signaling "not full", they incorrectly interpret it as "hungry". And when their body is signaling "hungry", they interpret it as "starvation". We are evolved to live on subsistence diets punctuated by occasional feasting. Feeling "full" all the time is not a normal or healthy state for us. I see this most easily when I tell people about the survival "rule of threes": you can survive three minutes without air, three days without water, and three weeks without food. So if you're lost in the woods, say, finding food isn't even close to an immediate priority. People often react to this with disbelief.