Forgetting to eat?

[gateofselidor]

Sometimes I wind up eating a little later than usual (say, an hour) because I'm busy drawing, but I could never forget to eat altogether. My metabolism is super fast, so if I don't get regular meals and snacks, I quickly start feeling really weak and ill until I eat again. It's a nightmare staying with my parents, because they don't have much I can snack on and eat later than I'm used to, so I start feeling dizzy an hour or two before dinner. I end up too hungry to draw.

[ashriott]

The thing is I never forget to eat. I can't ignore the grumbliness of my stomach D: There are some occasions where I'm in the zone and I just push my mealtime backwards, so technically didn't forget.

[yvettegustafsson]

My life is wound tightly around me eating lunch at 12 o'clock every day (at least during the week, the weekend is different), so I have to adapt every other meal to that. If I eat breakfast at 10, then that's just time that I've wasted and I have to eat lunch when not hungry. There are worse OCDs, right?

[getsuart]

It happened one time, and I almost fainted.
I can't forget to eat, since liek a lot of people here, my stomach just says to me "let's go eating, dude !". But those days i'm always hungry, so it's not a good indicator. D:

[ghostnxs]

Its not like its a problem, the reason I don't follow it is because I usually do something else or I work longer than expected. I don't have a set schedule nor do I care if I follow it, I still get my work done so I don't see the point.

[abbastudios]

As long as that's your choice and you don't desire to be on a schedule, then there's nothing wrong with that.

You get your work done. The OP is trying to figure out how to do that.

[ghostnxs]

.....pssst I am the OP

[ghostnxs]

I just wanted to know people's experiences

[abbastudios]

Ha ha. I'm answering too many threads at once. I lost track.

[ghostnxs]

Ha Ha, I've noticed you are pretty active in the forums.

[scullpanda]

I do this too once went an entire day forgetting to eat it dawned on me late at night that i was hungry

[wbparham247]

Always! But as soon as my stomach yells at me I have to force myself to get food... 20 to 30 minutes later. Lol

[TetheredComic]

I used to be like this, but I got pretty sick because of it. Plus concentration levels drop drastically if you don't eat properly. I have gone to setting timers for myself to remind me or I will still forget. Or alternatively, have some fruit/healthy snacks near you to keep your energy up gotta take care of yourself!

[Kura]

I have gone to setting timers for myself to remind me or I will still forget.

Ah yes. The "stop forgetting to friggen eat" alarm. Very helpful, I have them set on my phone (though I should probably turn them back on... which explains why I have been forgetting to eat more often lately)

[AnnaLandin]

I sometimes get so into drawing that I forget the time, yes - but luckily, my stomach is a little monster that will not be denied, and when I get to hungry, I simply lose the ability to draw. Thus, I eat regularly.

One thing I have consciously had to do, though, is to take regular breaks. Once every 20-30 minutes, get up and walk around, stretch out my shoulders and my wrists, etc. While I have never had any carpal tunnel syndrome-symptoms (due to the way I hold the pen, I assume; it's kind of odd and different from most people, and thus does not put the same kind of strain on my hands), I do have issues with muscle-cramps in my shoulders - and to keep those from bothering me, I have to get up and move around.

Speaking of carpal tunnel syndrome - this is a very serious issue, and EVERYONE who spends a lot of time drawing should pay attention to it. Stretching and relaxing your wrists is super-important. Getting CTS will not only ruin your ability to draw, it will seriously incapacitate you. I mean, you use your hands for a LOT of stuff!

[Zannen00]

This remind's me of a news on the net I read.

A guy is so absorbed with playing MMORPG (I think it was World of Warcraft)
for long hours
the guy just died right there on the net cafe due to dehydration/starvation or something to that effect ...

MORAL? MMO IS EVIILLLLL!!!! no wait I mean always take a break to eat
cause you can't produce quality work with empty stomach!!

[Ayumi]

When I was highschooler, I had enough time to spend on my comics plus I had holidays. There were times that I spent whole days to draw or color, so yes!... Sometimes I forgot to eat, but usually just ate later than others. But... you can't work on your things when you're actually starving XD So having such breaks is a must do thing.

[insomniascrawl]

If I'm writing or drawing I tend to forget everything else around me. Seriously zombie apocalypse could happen around me while I'm working and I probably wouldn't notice, so my stomach's protests? I don't notice them at all anymore, though I do suffer my stomach's hungry wrath once I'm done whatever I'm working on... It's a bad habit I guess, I have to work on this, fairly sure it's not healthy.

[TristanJensen]

All the time... I once managed to go the whole day without eating because I was too adsorbed in drawing to care
I probably ate WAY too much the next day though

[SandraMJ]

I unfortunately, in this aspect, live with my boyfriend nowadays, so he makes sure to interrupt me way more often than I'd care for and take me back to reality (food and going to the supermarket) far from artistic creativity ;n;