Tips for Someone that NEVER Feels Hungry
Tldr; I dont feel any degree of hunger. Does anyone else experience this??? Is there a fix? If not, what do you do to help with regularly eating?
I have seen some posts on this subreddit where people say they rarely feel hungry or that they only feel a little hungry at very specific times of the day/night. However this is not what I'm talking about
I don't feel hunger...at all.
I'm 27 (M) 6'2" and 150 lbs on a good day. I also have pretty gnarly ADHD (borderline Dory level) so forgetting to eat is EXTREMELY easy. My default for knowing that I haven't eaten for an extended period of time has always been feeling hunger pains in my stomach or passing out. The only problem with the former is that when I'm stressed I also have stomach issues so I often unconsciously associate stomach pains to stress. This leaves only the latter as my indicator 😅
You might be thinking "maybe it's just a diminished version of hunger that you feel." Absolutely not. I know this because I have felt hunger before, but only once. 5 years ago. My gf at the time surprised me with a Penn Station philly cheesesteak sub as I was coming back home from class. And the moment I took a bite...I remember the feeling so well. It was like this otherworldly primal sensation where nothing else mattered except for that sub. If a gorilla walked in and tried to take it I would've gladly died trying to fight it and I probably would've tried to eat it too. I remember still being hungry after I ate. I saw her eating her sub and I felt some of the most ancient primordial emotions conflicting between self preservation and ensuring the health and welfare of my tribe (i.e., making sure she was fed). I think she noticed because she gave me half her sub lol. But if that's what people feel on a daily basis then I totally understand why such a large percentage of the first world is overweight...I would be too.
(This post is not sponsored by Penn Station btw)
Anyway, besides that one instance I feel absolutely nothing. I think I've gotten better about setting reminders and getting the basic caloric requirements in for vital functionality but it's usually not enough for significant weight gain (if any). But I really want to know if anyone else experiences this COMPLETE absence of such a necessary signal for sustaining life. If anyone does have this issue, is there anything I can do that will make me feel hungry to make gaining weight easier?