Waiting too long to eat.

@jillhill (37354)
United States
March 3, 2008 9:01am CST
Have you ever waited too long before you ate that you almost felt sick? I did that this morning. I was busy on the internet and didn't want to take time to stop and eat. By the time I made breakfast I was almost sick. So have you ever done this or been someplace where you couldn't eat right away and almost got sick?
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• United States
4 Mar 08
No.I haven't been that hungry. But then again I only have one big meal a day and I usually don't have it until about 4pm on non work days and 5pm on work days.
• United States
5 Mar 08
Practice. I never could eat breakfast. If I eat too much too soon, I would be sick.I always thought that I shouldn't be a good student because they said " Breakfast is the most important meal of the day" and "Students that have a good breakfast do much better in school."But I did well.These days I just can wait out of practice.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
4 Mar 08
I could never go that long without eating! How do you do it?
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• China
10 Mar 08
seldom,but it happened to me yesterday,after having breakfast,i began to chat with my friends online.time flied away,i was not hungry even it was time to have lunch,till afternoon,i was starving,felt sick,lukily,there were some foods in my study room.to eat with no more consideration.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
10 Mar 08
I am so glad you found something to eat!
@angelface23 (2494)
• United States
4 Mar 08
I used to do it alot. I would wait until I felt like I was gonna puke. Then I would have to force myself to eat. I don't like that feeling so I try to always eat breakfast or pack a snack to take to work so I am not stuck without.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
4 Mar 08
That's a good idea to pack a snack. Sometimes we get too busy and that is not a good thing!
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
5 Mar 08
i have done this several times.. that even if i was so hungry at the time.. i have not done something to have food. hehe i can get really lazy at times :D
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
5 Mar 08
me too or sidetracked and not want to quit what I am doing!
@secretbear (19448)
• Philippines
8 Mar 08
that happens to me every now and then. i get so absorbed with internet surfing that i tend to delay my meals. that's one thing why my mother gets angry with me for staying in front of the computer for a long time. i also experience the same thing sometimes when i'm on a travel. like i'm riding a bus home and i suddenly get hungry and it won't be until after two hours or more before i can get down and buy some food. or when i'm at work and there's so many things to do and we have to wait for our boss to get hungry too before we can eat because she would eat together with us. its really bad when it happens because its either my appetite would pass away or i would eat and my stomach would be shocked and it will hurt after. ^__^;;
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
8 Mar 08
Yes. And you eat so fast that it doesn't sit right!
• China
10 Mar 08
rember that i waiting too long before my ate some food.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
10 Mar 08
Hope you remembered so you don't get sick!
@academic2 (7000)
• Uganda
3 Mar 08
Yeah, sometimes I skip meals, say when am traveling and cant see a convenient eating place along the way-when that happens, for the whole day appetite generally disappears and food ceases to make sense!
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
3 Mar 08
That's for sure!
@deebomb (15304)
• United States
3 Mar 08
It is so easy to get so involved on the internet that the time really goes so fast that we don't realize the time. I have gone so long without eating that I have gotten a headache and not realized that I haven't eaten.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
3 Mar 08
Time flies by and I don't think we realize how long it's been since we ate! LOL
@carolbee (16230)
• United States
3 Mar 08
Yep this has happened many times but eventually the feeling goes away whether I eat or not. I'm not a big eater anyway. Sometimes the medicines I take in the morning make me feel awful and grabbing a light snack or something seems to help. Other days I don't have a problem. I know breakfast is the most important meal of the day but have never been a morning eater. I do like my coffee first thing in the morning.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
3 Mar 08
I got to the shakes..And I know how you must like the coffee....I used to be that way too!
@cripfemme (7698)
• United States
4 Mar 08
I do that, way more often than I should. I can't eat first thing in the morning or I'll vomit, but then if I wait too long I'm sick again from that. My tummy is a delicate animal, just like the rest of me (tough butch chick I am not)!
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
4 Mar 08
I know others that can't eat right away in the morning! The only thing I can't do is to drink orange juice..that makes me vomit!
@Sissygrl (10912)
• Canada
4 Mar 08
Usually if i dont eat before too long i'll start to get a headache and then it'll turn into a migraine. Same thing as if i dont drink enough fluids. When i had my wisdom teeth out and i couldn't eat though i got sick, literally, because i couldnt eat solids for like 2 days. then i tried mashed taters and they did the trick.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
4 Mar 08
My sister gets migraines too if she doesn't eat....I guess they are horrible!
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• Singapore
4 Mar 08
Not really for me. I normally have just brunch and dinner. I will have the brunch cooking and eat when I wake. The dinner - would be served so I won't miss it.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
4 Mar 08
That's a good thing...that you have it ready! Thanks for posting!
@lightningMD (5931)
• United States
3 Mar 08
I have done this too. A few weeks ago at work the pool was so full of kids that I couldn't take my lunch break on time. By the time the birthday party was over and the pool empty I had a headache and was feeling light headed and had an upset stomach. Then I ate to fast since I was starving and felt bad from that. At least the headache went away though.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
3 Mar 08
It's a good thing eating would take away your headache! I know...I shoveled the food when I finally got down to make it!
@KarenLO (238)
• United States
3 Mar 08
Yes, I have done the same thing. I get too hungry and then feel "peuky". I think it is from low sugar...don't know. I eat and then I am fine. I notice it especially if I have had a heavy meal the night before....hmmmm....tummy must be asking to be full again...haha.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
3 Mar 08
Yes either a heavy meal or eating too late at night! then I wake up famished!
@tyc415 (5706)
• United States
3 Mar 08
Yes this happens to me at times. Don't eat when hungry and start feeling sick or shaky and even sometimes later on don't feel hungry at all after awhile. There have been times when just a piece of bread will make the shakes go away.
@jillhill (37354)
• United States
3 Mar 08
I got to the shakes this morning..I should have eaten right away but didn't want to tear myself away from the puter...glad to know others do it too!