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Eldrad must live ([personal profile] gogmagog) wrote2007-05-05 06:02 pm

PUT IT IN YOUR MOUTH

Wow, I can tell I've hit finals paper-writing time, because since I'm at the computer pretty much 24/7 I'm making like 3 gazillion LJ posts a day.

I've been trying to eat healthy for the past week and a half or so, and have actually been doing a pretty good job, all things considered. Today is a lost cause, though, I think, given that my response to the stress of paperwriting is "GOM GOM MUST EAT EVERYTHING IN SIGHT." In semi-related news, I totally found E.L. Fudge cookies today...I remember them well from childhood, but I didn't think they even made them anymore! :9

[identity profile] shisochou.livejournal.com 2007-05-06 05:22 am (UTC)(link)
When I'm in work mode, I'm the opposite, I just don't eat. And if it's a huge paper that I'm finishing, it's typical for me to just skip meals entirely and then gorge in between writing sessions. I probably would eat a lot if I kept snacks around the house, but in general I don't buy "snack" foods. So instead, I drink insane quantities of coffee or diet coke, not so much because I need the caffeine (I'm basically immune to caffeine now) but that consuming beverages helps stave off any hunger pangs I feel. It has gotten better lately, when I realized that a protein shake or a smoothie could satiate my body and actually provide needed calories, without the need to physically sit down and eat a meal.

[identity profile] yoshitsune.livejournal.com 2007-05-06 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Well, when I'm in SERIOUS paper-writing mode (like, we're talking when it's the night before it's due and I have a shitload of work yet to do), I'm the same way; occasionally I've gone an entire day overcaffeinated, without eating anything or even drinking much, in my frantic efforts to get things done. I try to avoid that when at all possible, though, because it's really bad for me and I end up feeling like complete and utter crap all day until I can come home and go to bed. D: