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Note, though, that people with eating disorders can easily not feel hungry for days at a time for no reason or conversely never not feel hungry no matter how mu

Note, though, that people with eating disorders can easily not feel hungry for days at a time for no reason or conversely never not feel hungry no matter how much they have eaten. Some people with depression or C/PTSD can sleep 14+ hours a day and not feel rested. Many people are so dysregulated that "listening to their bodies" and "embracing what is natural" are potentially self-destructive activities. So, keep your own body's limitations in mind. If you are affected by something that has pushed you off the track, at the very least, be aware of it before you go charging full steam ahead.

rramadass 2y ago
First, see some of my previous comments linked to here for background - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42138469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42138469 What you are pointing out are extreme cases which is generally a small subset. So before jumping to this conclusion one should first setup one's daily life around circadian/natural rhythms and in general establish a healthy relationship between ourselves and the environment we are embedded in. This is fundamental to everything else. In fact many doctors themselves are now saying that drugs are overprescribed and you don't need them for most (not all) cases. Watch the following documentaries; 1) The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs (Medical Documentary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ggnhpGvvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ggnhpGvvA 2) The Truth About the Medical Industry | The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs | Part 2 | Documentary Central - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33RuKhr9pag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33RuKhr9pag
- BizarroLand 2y ago
  I'm not going to take unsolicited homework from this site, especially one that is pushing an agenda in response to a statement that is clearly positive but cautious in response to your previous statement.
  - rramadass 2y ago
    You misunderstood. There is no agenda here but merely sharing something which for some reason doesn't seem to be more commonly known/understood. When it comes to "General Health" (both Mental/Physical) people forget that one can do a lot with what is already known (from empirical practice over generations and modern science) and with the exercise of a little bit of commonsense.
s1artibartfast 2y ago
I think better advice would be poor people to boldly explore and challenge their bodies limitations, and discover what they are capable, and what works for them.
- BizarroLand 2y ago
  I think we are saying the same thing, only my statement is more cautious and yours is more gung-ho.
Modified3019 2y ago
This is me. I can easily eat nothing for a day or two, though my longest was 3 days. Working out has been helpful because now I have an intellectual need to ensure I get enough calories and my macros. I can also way overeat if I have things I like available because there’s never really a “stop” signal that’s not being physically full. The only times I experience a “yeah ok I’m good now” is with extremely rich cheesecake sickening me (having still overeaten it) or 70% dark chocolate boring me. The later along with green apples are the only snacks I dare to keep around, because I’m not all that interested in eating them lol. If I tried to go to bed when I’m tired, I’d end up doing so 2-4 hours later than the previous day, end up being awake at night and sleeping (poorly) during the day until it cycles back around and the insanity repeats all over again. Even if I’m extremely tired for some reason, it still takes at least an hour to actually fall asleep, followed by waking up multiple times during the night to toss and turn. The phenomenon of my head hitting the pillow and the next day showing up happened once when I was traveling, and was wonderful. I’ve historically been very poor at recognizing when I’m being emotionally affected by things or stressed, which I would describe as feeling more like an android that a human, though that’s improved these past few years. Listening to my body is still important, but I can’t intuitively just understand what it’s “telling me”, rather I need to track the consequences and intervene. Incidentally, I am both autistic and spent much of my childhood trying to manage that hazards of my parent’s unstable emotional states rather than my own.
- vundercind 2y ago
  Every so often—maybe once a quarter—I wake up just feeling like a million bucks, like I can do anything, and I go through the whole day like that. I get so much done, and feel awesome the entire time. I have wondered, at times, if other people feel like that more often (and some, maybe never!). I’m pretty sure I’d be emperor of the planet if I felt like that even one day a week.
  - hackernewds 2y ago
    Motivation is fleeting. Discipline and habits can sustain. Unfortunately there is a feedback loop there which is consistency that is very hard to maintain to get over the proverbial hump first.

rramadass 2y ago

First, see some of my previous comments linked to here for background - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42138469 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42138469 What you are pointing out are extreme cases which is generally a small subset. So before jumping to this conclusion one should first setup one's daily life around circadian/natural rhythms and in general establish a healthy relationship between ourselves and the environment we are embedded in. This is fundamental to everything else. In fact many doctors themselves are now saying that drugs are overprescribed and you don't need them for most (not all) cases. Watch the following documentaries; 1) The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs (Medical Documentary) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ggnhpGvvA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_ggnhpGvvA 2) The Truth About the Medical Industry | The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs | Part 2 | Documentary Central - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33RuKhr9pag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33RuKhr9pag

BizarroLand 2y ago
I'm not going to take unsolicited homework from this site, especially one that is pushing an agenda in response to a statement that is clearly positive but cautious in response to your previous statement.
- rramadass 2y ago
  You misunderstood. There is no agenda here but merely sharing something which for some reason doesn't seem to be more commonly known/understood. When it comes to "General Health" (both Mental/Physical) people forget that one can do a lot with what is already known (from empirical practice over generations and modern science) and with the exercise of a little bit of commonsense.

s1artibartfast 2y ago

I think better advice would be poor people to boldly explore and challenge their bodies limitations, and discover what they are capable, and what works for them.

BizarroLand 2y ago
I think we are saying the same thing, only my statement is more cautious and yours is more gung-ho.

Modified3019 2y ago

This is me. I can easily eat nothing for a day or two, though my longest was 3 days. Working out has been helpful because now I have an intellectual need to ensure I get enough calories and my macros. I can also way overeat if I have things I like available because there’s never really a “stop” signal that’s not being physically full. The only times I experience a “yeah ok I’m good now” is with extremely rich cheesecake sickening me (having still overeaten it) or 70% dark chocolate boring me. The later along with green apples are the only snacks I dare to keep around, because I’m not all that interested in eating them lol. If I tried to go to bed when I’m tired, I’d end up doing so 2-4 hours later than the previous day, end up being awake at night and sleeping (poorly) during the day until it cycles back around and the insanity repeats all over again. Even if I’m extremely tired for some reason, it still takes at least an hour to actually fall asleep, followed by waking up multiple times during the night to toss and turn. The phenomenon of my head hitting the pillow and the next day showing up happened once when I was traveling, and was wonderful. I’ve historically been very poor at recognizing when I’m being emotionally affected by things or stressed, which I would describe as feeling more like an android that a human, though that’s improved these past few years. Listening to my body is still important, but I can’t intuitively just understand what it’s “telling me”, rather I need to track the consequences and intervene. Incidentally, I am both autistic and spent much of my childhood trying to manage that hazards of my parent’s unstable emotional states rather than my own.

vundercind 2y ago
Every so often—maybe once a quarter—I wake up just feeling like a million bucks, like I can do anything, and I go through the whole day like that. I get so much done, and feel awesome the entire time. I have wondered, at times, if other people feel like that more often (and some, maybe never!). I’m pretty sure I’d be emperor of the planet if I felt like that even one day a week.
- hackernewds 2y ago
  Motivation is fleeting. Discipline and habits can sustain. Unfortunately there is a feedback loop there which is consistency that is very hard to maintain to get over the proverbial hump first.