"oops i forgot to eat"

people who say this: did you really "forget" to eat? did you make a conscious decision not to eat or to postpone your eating?

food: never forget

I kind of wish I would forget to eat once in a while. As it is, I'm very conscious of mealtimes. I suspect that most people that genuinely forget have irregular schedules.

this is so sad when it happens

I think people sometimes forget to make time to eat which isn't quite the same thing. Nowadays I make a real point of always eating breakfast and lunch on a work day cos I know my head goes to shit if I don't.

I always forget to eat. I hate food. When I was a kid I couldn't wait for the day when we really did eat all our meals in pill form.

i've only ever heard it being used in this manner:

"here's your homework?"

"Sorry I forgot to do it"

"Do you ever forget to eat?"

^^ this is proof that people who "forget" to eat have some sort of disordered relationship with food

i asked this b/c last night at work dinner three out of three female coworkers said that they hadn't eaten anything yet that day (it was dinnertime ) and it was because they "forgot"

i, on the other hand, had eaten breakfast, lunch and a snack

that ^^ was xp

if i'm transcribing, i can get deep into it and before i know it, its almost midnight and i haven't had dinner, and may have forgotten lunch.

those people who have never experienced "oops i forgot to eat" has obviously never played "master league", or recently "become a legend" modes on pro evo soccer

or any of the following games:

civ series
the sims
fantastic contraptions

sorry
no game is going to keep me from my lunch

ken c otm (i guess?)

i do this at least once a week and i don't have a disordered relationship with food. i usually end up making up for it by eating double at night anyway.

My Civ addiction is well-documented but wasting your life playing computer games and snacking like crazy are not exactly strangers to each other.

you genuinely FORGET or just found eating inconvenient and so you skipped?

don't these people have blood sugar levels they have to maintain?

yeah like when i start getting hungry i go oh i should eat but let me finish this homework or note taking or whatever and then the time goes by so it's like oops, i forgot and it's dinner time

maybe that is more of an inconvenience thing

so it's the latter
a decision

your belly is saying one thing, and you're saying another

(note: this is not forgetting!)

i've had a pretty heavy cold for the last few days, all i've managed to eat has been iboprufen, cough sweets and toast. drank gallons of orange squash, tho.

gonna have to eat something substantial because i feel dizzy and weak, but i just really don't feel like eating at all.

the people who "forget to eat" are the same people who bang their head agaisnt the wall in frustration when they can't "decide what to eat"

what is wrong with these people

btw there is an exception for being sick. of course that would affect one's appetite.

i think the only time i have ever forgotten to eat was when i took dayquil b/c of a cold and it was like 3 and i still wasn't hungry. but that was because there's speed in that stuff, not because whoops i forgot to eat (under normal circumstances)

I suspect there's a mentality? personality type? that's more prone to being consumed with an activity or an idea, to the extent that physical demands are only noticed on a really low level and are drowned out by the bigger flow of work.

Most people don't spend very much (if any) time in that mode, though, apart from mad geniuses. And they always seem to end up needing a house-keeper for the everyday stuff, or a friend who stops by and reminds them to bathe.

The rest of us, if we get caught up in something, I suspect are doing exactly what LaLe says: deciding to put off eating til another time.

can i ask why it matters if people want to forget to eat

PEOPLE WHO DON'T THINK ABOUT CORN DOGS ALL THE TIME ARE THE FUCKING ENEMY BRAH

i forget to eat when i start getting hunger pangs way before an actual meal time, eg 10.30 in the morning, and by the time lunchtime rolls around i've basically gotten used to the hunger. it's more b/c i rarely know what the time is though. i don't ever feel like i'm unable to function if i don't eat.

a couple of friends of mine always trot out the "i forgot" line, but generally they're skipping meals on purpose. it's slightly irritating - just admit that you're dieting!

i do this and usually its because i am lazy and i only have crap food left in the house

don't these people have blood sugar levels they have to maintain?

― shiitake maki (La Lechera), Monday, December 15, 2008 9:38 AM (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

lol other end of the weirdo food delusion spectrum

i think there are two types of people who say they forget to eat:

1. women who don't actually forget, but decide it's better for their figures to not make time for it and don't want to admit that
2. people who play a lot of computer games. after living with three guys who've all simply played through lunch or dinner and only said, "hey, I think I might be hungry" hours later, i really do think they forget. current roommate: "i'm in a lot better mood on weekends now that i've started trying to remember to eat lunch."

I don't understand, jho? Are you saying you don't think blood sugar levels are a consideration in scheduled eating?

oh dear, i am on the "other end" (though i don't know about blood sugar)! i get hungry pretty much every three hours, which is way too often considering the amount & type of food i eat and that i haven't exercised in like two months. it's really annoying at work because i don't have the kind of job where you can take breaks to get coffee or a snack.

my eating schedule towers over my entire day

im saying i think that meal to meal blood sugar maintenance outside of those w/legit medical conditions is a whole fabricated psychological phenomenon

yeah but what if you forget to eat lunch and you eat a 1000 calorie dinner to make up for it AND you are not playing computer games. i guess i never say i forgot to eat though, i just do it and not say anything.

a whole fabricated psychological phenomenon

Is it going to be one of those challopsy days? This is a good thread for it tho probs not what Milkmaid had in mind.

how about not forgetting to eat you aspies

I've gone through exceptionally busy days at work where I'll only realize around 4-5pm that I didn't have lunch. This really only happens when I'm dealing with something unexpected - if I know I've got meetings that won't allow me a lunch break I get incredibly hungry.

I sometimes get mega shakey and light-headed if I'm hungry. I guess that's probably the blood sugar thing. Doesn't happen very often though.

this is a challopsy thread

I like food but sometimes I just don't have an appetite at all and just drink tea all day. I forget to eat because I don't have an appetite so my body forgets to tell me to eat.

Lately I have a proper meal every two or three days, the other days I'm just having toast or soy milk or cereal.

If I'm really concentrated on one specific task (most often video games, but sometimes work (c++ programming)), I sometimes just won't notice that I'm hungry.

It's happening less and less as I get older though.

i don't think i've ever forgotten to eat. the only thing that comes close is when i'm doing something absorbing like editing drum tracks on the computer and i realize i'm really hungry, but don't want to stop. then it's an hour later and i'm like "oh shit i better eat something now."

but usually i'm planning my next meal hours in advance.

a couple of friends of mine always trot out the "i forgot" line, but generally they're skipping meals on purpose. it's slightly irritating - just admit that you're dieting!

― lauren, Monday, December 15, 2008 8:55 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

this is why i started the thread; three out of three coworkers trotted this one out to somehow make up for the fact that we were eating a gigantic meal?!?!

skipping meals is a terrible way to diet

but usually i'm planning my next meal hours in advance.

i do this before the previous meal is even finished

Well I mean, somewhere in the middle is the fact that most of us eat way more than we need (or way more of some things) so it's not crazy to say that we could prob all eat SMALLER meals or HEALTHIER ones.

But skipping completely is terrible for you in so many ways.

for the most part, aside from the occasional giant burger or whatever, i eat extremely healthy food in normal sized portions.
but I EAT.

so do I (plan the next meal), but there's still been occassions where I truly forgot to eat. Usually it's because I eat work lunches late, and it seems absurd that the human body needs to be stoked so often.

Too bad the rat didn't forget to eat.

i don't want to forget to eat, but yeah, it's like okay, i know i'm hungry, i should eat, what do i eat, where is the food - and then i'm too rushed or busy to answer those questions and get involved in work or whatever too much and then am basically spun out on low blood sugar, yeah, forgetting to eat. which is awful and basically why i have a box of granola bars in my desk. it's easy to forget abt food when it is really not as interesting as other things.

Ditto.

Sometimes I literally forget to eat, in the "oh man it's already TEN-THIRTY? when did that happen" kind of way. But mostly I'm just too occupied, too far from food, and not hungry enough to take care of business. I don't think this is disordered -- it possibly just says that you either snack a lot or that your body can go a decent while without a real meal.

One day last week I "forgot" to eat anything until about 8pm, and even then I only ate dinner because it seemed like something I should do.

what it says is that i am skinny.

xpost

yeah for me it's always just a function of being too busy -- not so much "forgetting" as delaying over and over until it suddenly occurs to me i haven't eaten all day. these days this is usually a function of parenting duties.

xpost - Yeah, living someplace where I remember to eat has already added an inch to my waist size.

But honestly I think the "remember" in that sentence is faulty -- it's not remembering, half the time it's eating more and more often than my body really demands. (Also drinking like a half-gallon of grapefruit juice a day, I don't think that's helping.)

I'm only allowed to take my lunch between 12pm and 3pm, and I tend to lean towards the 3pm side. So, when I get really into something I'm working on I forget to eat lunch. This combined with my conscious decision to sleep through breakfast = multiple "forgettings to eat" per week. The more I do it the more my body gets used to it and it's easier to "forget" in the future.

omg thread so long, me so lazy.

i can be anal-retentive about planning things in advance, so if i know i'm going to be working for a long time on a project, i make sure to eat beforehand, or bring a snack, or schedule a break during project time where i can go have a bite to eat and stretch my legs. even if i'm not hungry, thinking about the logistics of mealtime can be distracting when i need to focus on something else, so i just figure it out beforehand and put it out of my mind.

today i guess i "forgot" to eat b/c i had a very early breakfast, got on a plane, fell asleep for most of the ride, landed two hours late but gained three hours because of time difference, waited forever at the baggage claim, rode several miles to drop my stuff off at home, and finally ate again at around 7pm pacific time. i should have planned to bring lunch. but i did make a point of eating breakfast when i knew a long stressful day was ahead.

i can be anal-retentive about planning things in advance, so if i know i'm going to be working for a long time on a project, i make sure to eat beforehand, or bring a snack, or schedule a break during project time where i can go have a bite to eat and stretch my legs. even if i'm not hungry, thinking about the logistics of mealtime can be distracting when i need to focus on something else, so i just figure it out beforehand and put it out of my mind.

also regarding this, with my ADD i need to take breaks... i can never really woodshed uninterrupted for several hours at a time. i start to burn out. so if i can get up and go have a snickers bar, i'll be raring to go when i get back.

Wasabi Funyons? Now that is what I am goddam talking about! Must. Find. Now.

Seriously, though, are they any good?

they are obsolete

so much for my dream

It happens. But only since having two kids. Life becomes very busy.

I sometimes forget to eat because I'm not hungry.

Since I started working in a restaurant again I very rarely eat actual meals...I just sort of graze/taste all day at work then snack on things when I'm hungry in my free time. Full-on meals are almost an extravagance right now.

I guess there could be a debate though over whether sandwiches count as meals or snacks.

I can't think of a time where me forgetting to eat has been a conscious decision not to eat; it is always because eating is a lower priority to whatever task I'm currently focusing on. I regularly don't each lunch until around 3:30 because of this.

Basically, I don't notice I am hungry until:

a) I have finished whatever I was concentrating on; or
b) I get really fucking hungry.

Until one of those two conditions is met, eating is nowhere near my radar.

Once upon a time I would specifically skip meals before drinking because I wanted to get more drunk for less $$$$. ha.

i have intentionally been eating well today so i have a good base for the company christmas party. yay free booze!

i think we've all done this

xp

I forget to eat the salt I put on my tips while throwing them out of a car window.

i never forget to eat, but i'm a bit of a "couple small meals a day" person. example:

- small bowl of granola w/ milk and a coffee.
- a can of chicken soup
- 1/2 two-slice ham sandwich
- salad and an inordinate number of olives
- approximately 6 beers.

that's a typical day.

i'm going to not forget to eat right now

Same here. And rather than risk forgetting, I'm going back for seconds.

http://media.graytvinc.com/images/we+will+never+forget.jpg

i am not gonna start reading all of this thread now, but i wanted to say that this week so far i have eaten six chili dogs (since sunday night.)

wait, seven chili dogs.

You done good, son.

Jordan, a friend and I have discussed how one of the things that we like about you is your appetite.

"a friend"?

damning by faint praise

i was a little disappointed when i went out to lunch w/ian that he just ate normal quantities

My roommates are driving me crazy by clearly not forgetting to eat and "forgetting" to do anything about the dishes they leave behind. If I were living alone, I'd do that too, but I feel like the standards are higher when you live with others and it's turning me into a crazy kitchen vigilante constantly choosing between passivity (doing everyone's dishes), passive aggression (selectively leaving them in the sink as long as I can stand), and aggression (wash your damn dishes, people!).

ok sorry that went longer than was appropriate for this thread

this thread has reminded me to eat twice since it started.

tl;dr but sometimes i forgot i ate and eat again. zat count? anybody made that joke yet?

"oops i forgot to laugh"

thx jesse, i'm a very good eater.

Just to throw this out there, I don't "forget to eat" per se. It's just that (say) I'll start the day hungry, maybe grab some lunch when it starts to affect my mood, and then decide whether or not to eat dinner based on how I'm feeling when I get home. On average I eat two meals a day, sometimes it's just one with some snacks throughout.

I don't necessarily stay hungry enough to eat 3 meals a day.

me t(h)oo(s)

fuck you skinny people

Don't even talk, man, I had to go out and buy fat pants the other day

you don't stay hungry enough because you've srsly fucked your metabolism with your eating habits

Yah for real I've started going to the gym again cause I'm right at my "I will stay below this #" weight for 2008 and I'm not gonna get skinnier over the holidays.

that was an xp

I totally just forgot to eat dinner, literally. Friend came round at 6pm then went out for drink like an hour later then came back by 9 and just tinkered around and chatted and now it's nearly eleven and I was halfway through a box of chocolates before remembering.