It's also one benefit of being super busy at work. When I'm teaching (college) I often don't get a chance to eat lunch until maybe around 2:30-4pm some days and I usually don't even notice I'm hungry and until I stop for a minute.

[–] funchords@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

“Hunger is the best sauce in the world,” wrote Miguel de Cervantes in Part II, Chapter V, of Don Quixote, (1615).

I don't think regularly feeling hunger is very desirable or necessary, let alone sustainable. It takes a long time to lose weight and being miserable makes it less likely you'll see it through. Being a little hungry just as the meal is being served, fine. Living in a frequent or constant state of hunger is not a successful path to healthy and sustainable weight loss.

[–] kephalos@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

For me what was valuable is to recognize that there is a difference between having appetite for something, being hungry and “almost starving”.

So what is the bodily need and what is the emotional need / craving

[–] Knoll0114@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think that for me it is sometimes good to feel proper hunger because I often just eat so frequently that I won't feel it for a long time. Allowing myself to feel hunger is then a healthy thing because it allows me to redistinguish between actual hunger and my stomach just having more room. I wouldn't want it on a regular basis though.