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Title: Go to bed hungry .....
Post by: paul.fr on 23/04/2007 05:14:32
If you go to bed feeling hungry, why are you not hungry when you wake up?
Title: Go to bed hungry .....
Post by: another_someone on 23/04/2007 07:24:44
If you go to bed feeling hungry, why are you not hungry when you wake up?

Are you not?

Sometimes, if I am hungry for a long time (not necessarily going to bed between), I will forget that I am hungry (I seem to go into starvation mode, where I begin to shut down my systems, particularly my digestive system, to conserve energy), but then as soon as I have the first whiff of food, or the first food begins to hit my digestive system, then I remember how ravenous I am.

Usually, a good indicator of whether I am hungry, even if I am not otherwise conscious of it, is a heightened sense of smell.
Title: Go to bed hungry .....
Post by: paul.fr on 23/04/2007 13:30:44


Are you not?

Sometimes, if I am hungry for a long time (not necessarily going to bed between), I will forget that I am hungry (I seem to go into starvation mode, where I begin to shut down my systems, particularly my digestive system, to conserve energy), but then as soon as I have the first whiff of food, or the first food begins to hit my digestive system, then I remember how ravenous I am.

Usually, a good indicator of whether I am hungry, even if I am not otherwise conscious of it, is a heightened sense of smell.

No, i don't feel hungry when i wake up. maybe I'm just weird! ( rhetorical question, no answers please ) Then again i eat very little, for instance. i came off a night shift this morning at 6am, i last ate at 10:30 the previous night. i will have a bowl of cereal in and hour or so then nothing more until i have something about 10:30 again tonight. this will more than likely be just a bag of chips.

if i do feel hungry or peckish, this does not make me actually want to eat. partly due to laziness, and possibly due to smoking. if it is an appetite suppresant.
Title: Go to bed hungry .....
Post by: ichnos on 23/04/2007 13:37:45
i've noticed the same thing... hmm? diet pill revolution?!!
Title: Go to bed hungry .....
Post by: neilep on 23/04/2007 14:12:50
I wonder if you are really hungry when you go to bed or (like me) you might just be greedy ..LOL....or it could be a craving !..often I go to bed wishing I could eat the rest of that pie in my fridge !!...and I find the next morning the craving is gone the...........!!

hmmmmmm..mind you...I never wake up refreshed and am so knackered that I wouldn't want to eat until I have been up a while !!...hmm *sheepy ponders*....probably best scrap what I said then !!.....I'm not sure it applies !!
Title: Go to bed hungry .....
Post by: paul.fr on 23/04/2007 14:16:39
I wonder if you are really hungry when you go to bed or (like me) you might just be greedy ..LOL....or it could be a craving !..often I go to bed wishing I could eat the rest of that pie in my fridge !!...and I find the next morning the craving is gone the...........!!

hmmmmmm..mind you...I never wake up refreshed and am so knackered that I wouldn't want to eat until I have been up a while !!...hmm *sheepy ponders*....probably best scrap what I said then !!.....I'm not sure it applies !!

erm...apple pie.. now im hungry!
Title: Go to bed hungry .....
Post by: neilep on 23/04/2007 14:18:38
I wonder if you are really hungry when you go to bed or (like me) you might just be greedy ..LOL....or it could be a craving !..often I go to bed wishing I could eat the rest of that pie in my fridge !!...and I find the next morning the craving is gone the...........!!

hmmmmmm..mind you...I never wake up refreshed and am so knackered that I wouldn't want to eat until I have been up a while !!...hmm *sheepy ponders*....probably best scrap what I said then !!.....I'm not sure it applies !!

erm...apple pie.. now im hungry!


Hmmmm..as long as it has no cinnamon !!..which as we all know is the devils scrotum fungus !!!
Title: Go to bed hungry .....
Post by: paul.fr on 23/04/2007 14:22:04
I wonder if you are really hungry when you go to bed or (like me) you might just be greedy ..LOL....or it could be a craving !..often I go to bed wishing I could eat the rest of that pie in my fridge !!...and I find the next morning the craving is gone the...........!!

hmmmmmm..mind you...I never wake up refreshed and am so knackered that I wouldn't want to eat until I have been up a while !!...hmm *sheepy ponders*....probably best scrap what I said then !!.....I'm not sure it applies !!

erm...apple pie.. now im hungry!


Hmmmm..as long as it has no cinnamon !!..which as we all know is the devils scrotum fungus !!!

im thinking apple and rhubarb crumble, fresh from the oven with piping hot custard...im drooling now
Title: Go to bed hungry .....
Post by: neilep on 23/04/2007 14:57:58
I wonder if you are really hungry when you go to bed or (like me) you might just be greedy ..LOL....or it could be a craving !..often I go to bed wishing I could eat the rest of that pie in my fridge !!...and I find the next morning the craving is gone the...........!!

hmmmmmm..mind you...I never wake up refreshed and am so knackered that I wouldn't want to eat until I have been up a while !!...hmm *sheepy ponders*....probably best scrap what I said then !!.....I'm not sure it applies !!

erm...apple pie.. now im hungry!


Hmmmm..as long as it has no cinnamon !!..which as we all know is the devils scrotum fungus !!!

im thinking apple and rhubarb crumble, fresh from the oven with piping hot custard...im drooling now

Oh gwwwwwwwd !!..I have to say I'm generally a savoury person...but Rhubarb and Apple Crumble with custard !!....I'm getting wet just thinking about it too !!