Sometimes I'm just not hungry... and skipping then is easy. Emotional stress is useful that way, too, as it both adds lots of metabolism-boosting adrenaline while killing my appetite.
Meal-skipping... calories are calories, on a daily basis. And it is easier to, say, skip breakfast and then go out to lunch with friends, than to try to eat two tiny meals.
Most of my meals in the Arctic... I was cold, and it warmed me. Gave me extra calories to generate heat, since we were in unheated tents. In Spain, it was more social/situational, hard to lead a group while disappearing from them at mealtimes. After awhile, I started just skipping much of the food offered.
real hunger... I feel pangs, discomfort, a bit of nausea. Trivial compared to the stuff you have to put with, but more than just reflexive stress-relief.
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Date: 2004-10-17 07:21 pm (UTC)Meal-skipping... calories are calories, on a daily basis. And it is easier to, say, skip breakfast and then go out to lunch with friends, than to try to eat two tiny meals.
Most of my meals in the Arctic... I was cold, and it warmed me. Gave me extra calories to generate heat, since we were in unheated tents. In Spain, it was more social/situational, hard to lead a group while disappearing from them at mealtimes. After awhile, I started just skipping much of the food offered.
real hunger... I feel pangs, discomfort, a bit of nausea. Trivial compared to the stuff you have to put with, but more than just reflexive stress-relief.