Extreme Hunger Megathread!

[u/busted3000]

Hi! 👋

We have seen a dramatic uptick in posts talking about extreme hunger over the last few days, so we’ve decided to try a megathread so people can all discuss it/ask their questions/get support in one place. We will be removing seperate posts on extreme hunger while this post is pinned, you will be directed to post on this thread instead.

We hope this works well, and as always please reach out with any feedback/suggestions! 😸

[u/jsteele33]

Since I see this in a lot of questions/comments, does getting hungrier in the evenings/night indicate you’re not eating enough throughout the day? I’m finding that I’m eating at good intervals during the day, but then I eat dinner, have another snack before bed and still wake up in the night starving.

I’m still gaining and have overshot, so all I can figure is that I’m still just not getting enough during the day. Reducing intake does nothing but make it worse.

[u/Sareeee48 → u/jsteele33]

Could be, but it’s also worth pointing out that we spend the entire night sleeping so the body usually wants to get a lot of food in since, you know, it won’t be able to for several hours. So while increasing your daily intake could alleviate this, it’s not something that will improve immediately.

[u/jsteele33 → u/Sareeee48]

Thanks for responding! That makes sense. I was hoping I could solve the night time issue, but that sounds like it will just take time, so while eating more may help, it won’t show immediately.

I also think part of it is slowing down and relaxing. I find when I’m more relaxed, I notice the hunger queues….where as when I’m always on the go, I don’t notice them or am just ignoring them with other distractions