I do it all the time...bad bad bad.

There are quite a few days that I will look at the clock and it will be 3:00 and I'll realize that I haven't eaten anything yet...then my tummy starts shouting loudly.

Zeff -- You have an infant. It's normal if you forget things. I've never forgotten a meal. My 4' 11", 102 pound sister 'forgets' all the time. It's just not right!

chelby, im a big girl and i forget to eat all the time lol... i get doing something and think "hmmmm im freaking hungry! when was the last time i ate?" its usually hours b4 lol... you cracked me up about the eating till you were satisfied comment, aint it the truth!! we were all on a triple date one night... my brother had this thin little thing on his arm... we went bowling then out for wings.... we all ordered.. lots! then the waitress got to her and said what'll ya have? she says "oh im not hungry" i just about choked! my hubbys best friend Tommy (true true redneck) says, without skipping a beat "i'll let ya lick the grease off my lips if ya want ta" we all cracked up, my bro starts laughing then realizes what Tommy had said and dang near died!! it was hilarious!! just had to share that with ya, redneck humour is the BEST!

have a great night ya'll

stacy xxx

:lol3: You have a good point, though, Chelby! I do find it to be true that my friends who are naturally skinny often eat until they are satisfied and then stop. (forgetting meals regularly, however, can set you up for some major metabolism problems...so you won't stay skinny for long...though it does seem to be something realllllly skinny people brag about. ;) ) Like the leader of Weigh Down once asked, "Who among us would get through half a candy bar and throw the rest away because we were satisfied?" The skinny people! They do (I remember my tiny best friend doing this on several occasions with food that I would have gladly consumed for her...).

I do think that if I could learn to stop when I'm satisfied, I'll have beat the majority of my addiction to food. Of course, much of the time I keep eating because it feels good at the time, not because I'm still hungry. :shrug: So there's emotional stuff to work on in order to learn to be better satisfied. Have any of you read Geneen Roth's When Food is Love? I think it deals with this issue very well.