Eat Food Today!

PerplexedMan wrote:

Holodeck wrote:I eat pretty healthy in general, and don't drink. More so now that I'm no longer allowed to have foods that fuel my mania, I've lost a quite a bit of weight and wound up sleeping a bunch due to what's likely low blood sugar. The other day I ate a small breakfast then basically forgot to eat. My boyfriend asked what I had eaten near evening when I complained of being dizzy. I wasn't hungry either. I realized I hadn't had anything since 5 in the morning.

I may have to set an alarm or two...

What kind of food fuels mania?

High levels of caffeine, sugar, alcohol salt and fat are pretty known to make mania more likely to happen. I'm allergic to soy (which is in practically everything), and it's a fast trigger for my mania. Basically if I eat fast food I'm not allowed to operate heavy machinery till the next day (I haven't wrecked my car, but have gotten tickets for speeding after mania started for instance.) Since I am rather low on energy when I'm stable, I unfortunately have quite a bit of an addiction to getting manic high. I finally had to swap cards with my bf and have him carry my cash, so I couldn't buy food I shouldn't without him knowing. So far it's worked.

UK SPD wrote:Well, the police report on my arrest described me as 'a middle-aged man with a large gut'.

It seems I have no hunger trigger. I can go through the better part of the day without eating. It's only when I feel weak or sluggish do I realize that I need to eat. Once I get the food in front of me, I eat ravenously, but eating is a still a chore for me. I resent the time it takes out of my day.

It's something I just fail to understand, as I basically live up from meal to meal, while most likely still being the skinniest 'zoid around. Food is one of the very few things I can derive a genuine sense of pleasure from.

Dulcet wrote:

naps wrote::D

I don't get it. What is your deal with SS and the schizoid forum?

I've learned you all forget to eat. Not just from one Zoid, but several! I'm helping!

Awwwwwww! Thanks, Dulcet! I had the impression your emo was "Stab all the people, shoot my gunz, murder is cool, yaaass, kill all the people, destroy the people!....(except for my hair and bewbs because sex!)"

...Have you changed? I have to say its nice to see this softer side of you! Yay! We're being helped! Keep it up!

Oh no.

ElephantEyes wrote:Awwwwwww! Thanks, Dulcet! I had the impression your emo was "Stab all the people, shoot my gunz, murder is cool, yaaass, kill all the people, destroy the people!....(except for my hair and bewbs because sex!)"

...Have you changed? I have to say its nice to see this softer side of you! Yay! We're being helped! Keep it up!

I didn't change. I wasn't that. You're just selective in your realities.

naps wrote:Oh no.

LOL!!!

ZonedOut wrote:It's something I just fail to understand, as I basically live up from meal to meal, while most likely still being the skinniest 'zoid around. Food is one of the very few things I can derive a genuine sense of pleasure from.

I think it's cool you have a thing though. There is some joy in being thin as well, even if you don't experience it right?

Dulcet wrote:

ElephantEyes wrote:Awwwwwww! Thanks, Dulcet! I had the impression your emo was "Stab all the people, shoot my gunz, murder is cool, yaaass, kill all the people, destroy the people!....(except for my hair and bewbs because sex!)"

...Have you changed? I have to say its nice to see this softer side of you! Yay! We're being helped! Keep it up!

I didn't change. I wasn't that. You're just selective in your realities.

naps wrote:Oh no.

LOL!!!

ZonedOut wrote:It's something I just fail to understand, as I basically live up from meal to meal, while most likely still being the skinniest 'zoid around. Food is one of the very few things I can derive a genuine sense of pleasure from.

I think it's cool you have a thing though. There is some joy in being thin as well, even if you don't experience it right?

You're empathetic now?

These reminders from Dulcet have gotten me to eat at least 1 meal a day since she started them which is more than I was managing to remember beforehand. Appreciated.

solemnlysworn wrote:These reminders from Dulcet have gotten me to eat at least 1 meal a day since she started them which is more than I was managing to remember beforehand. Appreciated.

She should make it an app.

Concerning body image, I always wished I was bulkier, but any attempt to gain weight always settles in my gut and nowhere else.

Since most posters here are reclusive, I'm curious to know how important body image is. Do any of you never bother looking in mirrors? Do you forgo certain hygienic or grooming rituals if you know know you're not going to be seen for days? Any dysmorphic tendencies?