# I hate food. Are there any other options? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 30, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731 "2003-09-30T17:39:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/1 "2003-09-30T17:39:59Z")
Well, that’s not entirely true. I just hate eating. I hate having to go through the process. Specifically for breakfast and lunch; taking an hour to make dinner and another hour to eat it is a pleasure. But I don’t care about breakfast and lunch, mostly because I don’t have the time to make them pleasurable experiences. So – what would people suggest? Should I start with the breakfast shakes? One can for breakfast, another for lunch? What do other people do? ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/2 "2003-09-30T17:57:02Z")
I’m right there. Mother of a friend had something wrong with her pancreas and had to spend 8 days in the hospital on IV. Couldn’t eat. Sounded good to me, except for the fact that she couldn’t _drink_ either. I like drinking. I recommend: really high protein stuff because you don’t have to eat as much of it. EAS Advantage–it’s not just for breakfast anymore. A semisweet Dove bar and a hot drink will keep you going for awhile. A Snickers bar and a Pepsi will hold you until dinner. Calories + caffeine, that seems to be the rule. (I guess it could be decaf or tea as well. Obviously IANA dietician!) I prefer “fresh” shakes that you mix with water on-the-spot, even though it’s easier to open a can they taste icky to me. Not that the other kind tastes great or anything. Stir for 1 minute, drink it fast. (PS I have not had a lot of sympathy for this condition among my friends. They think I’m strange.) ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/3 "2003-09-30T18:01:16Z")
I used to be like that. Peanut butter sandwiches. They take 10 seconds to make, they’re chock full o’ protein, and they’re yummy. ---
**Author:** ![WhetherMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@WhetherMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhetherMan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/4 "2003-09-30T18:08:13Z")
I once had a colleague tell me that he hated eating. But instead of using your reasoning, he explained that he just hated to chew. I’d never heard that one before. I recommended that he make smoothies. They’re very quick to make, even quicker to drink and with a little creativity they’re made interesting with all the possible combinations. I have what’s called “The Super Smoothies Deck,” which is a little box that contains 50 recipes in individual card form for smoothies. The title of the box is _Super Smoothies_, by Mary Corpening Barber. Although some of the recipes are a little too different for my taste, I do like many of them. ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/5 "2003-09-30T18:09:28Z")
**Q** : What does **Little Plastic Ninja** make for dinner? **A** : Reservations. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f07891/32.png) [@Little\_Plastic\_Ninja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Plastic_Ninja)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/6 "2003-09-30T18:20:15Z")
Heh. 🙂 I actually love cooking, but I just don’t care about breakfast and lunch. Dinner, though…tonight’s going to be pork roast, if I can swing it. I need to get a meat thermometer… One meal a day would make me happy. I just get hungry if that’s all I do. ---
**Author:** ![Magickly\_Delicious](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magickly\_Delicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magickly_Delicious)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/7 "2003-09-30T23:59:02Z")
I have a banana and some milk for breakfast when I’m late or can’t be bothered. It seems to work very well. ---
**Author:** ![Nightsong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nightsong/32/3083_2.png) [@Nightsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightsong)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/8 "2003-10-01T01:34:28Z")
I go for those meal-in-a-can (shakes), or insta-breakfasts (Carnation, etc.). There are a lot more opions in cereal bars these days: just had a “Nature Valley” Chewy Trail Mix (the fruit and nut one) which was just nummy, and just enough to get me from lunch to dinner. I like to cook, on occasion, but the problem is that I’m more of a grazer (lots of small meals scattered throughout the day) than a 3-meals a day person. It seems almost silly to spend 10-20 mintues cooking in order to get what amounts to a small snack. * * * \<\< Bad command. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaay… \>\> ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/9 "2003-10-01T01:56:34Z")
I have to stay after myself to eat enough. I really do wish we could do it with pills. In the morning I eat a piece of fruit (generally favor pears, plums and nectarines). Lunch is strictly protein - lots of Tyson chicken pieces find work at Casa Ringo; also nuke bacon, can of tuna, etc. It keeps me goin’ without slowin’. Carbs are forbidden until the evening meal. ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 9:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/10 "2003-10-01T09:23:18Z")
I hate breakfast and lunch as well. So I don’t bother. I haven’t for years. Dinner I enjoy, as well as my late night snack. ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/11 "2003-10-01T09:38:51Z")
Bananas are good. I ate stacks of them when I was on a job which meant I had no time to eat proper meals and it didn’t seem to do me harm. ---
**Author:** ![Stonebow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Stonebow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stonebow)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/12 "2003-10-01T14:56:23Z")
Given my preference, I’d like to stay on solid foods as long as possible. never know when that option will get taken away from me. If I were to try and forego the eating experience (though I am a classic hedonist, Epicurean glutton), I’d probably opt for some sort of ‘bar’ item. At least that way, you keep your teeth working. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/13 "2003-10-01T15:38:04Z")
Once again, TV and the movies have provided us with answers: Soylent Bachelor Chow ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/14 "2003-10-01T23:59:53Z")
Quaker has come out with some kind of breakfast bar thing that has “the nutritional value of a whole bowl of oatmeal.” Yea, real appealing sounding, right? It’s actually pretty good for breakfast. ---
**Author:** ![athene1765](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/67e7ee/32.png) [@athene1765](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/athene1765)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/15 "2003-10-02T00:44:46Z")
I actually rather like oatmeal…I may give that one a shot. Once I can afford to buy…um…anything, at least. Stupid paycheck. Stupid bills. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/16 "2003-10-02T00:52:37Z")
Could I possibly be the first to mention…\*\*\*PEOPLE KIBBLE \* \*\*? ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2003, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/17 "2003-10-02T03:14:09Z")
I eat People Kibble all the time, only around here we call it “handful of dry cereal.” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/18 "2003-10-03T04:13:16Z")
I’m not much of a breakfast person- I’m not hungry when I first get up in the morning, the tummy growls usually don’t set in until around ten, but that’s not a real convenient time to eat because I’'m usally in class. I’ve found that a soy protien shake first thing gets my blood sugar up and keeps it pretty steady for a few hours until I have a break in class. Then a banana is a good thing, preferably accompanied by a glass of milk. I’m also kinda fond of soybean butter. It"s actually fairly similar in flavor to peanut butter only a bit lighter. It’s also somewhat lower in fat and higher in protien. Make sure you get Trader Joe"s brand, though. Accept no substitutes. ---
**Author:** ![cichlidiot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cichlidiot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cichlidiot)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 4:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/19 "2003-10-03T04:58:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by WhetherMan \* > \*\*I once had a colleague tell me that he hated eating. But instead of using your reasoning, he explained that he just hated to chew. \*\* I just did the biggest belly-laugh at this. You know, the kind where even sound stops coming out, just little blats of air. :::wipes eyes::: To the OP, I second **Kalhoun**. Even if I’m not hungry, but know I need to eat, I grab some peanut butter. Sandwiches, crackers or with fruit, it’s pretty versatile and keeps me from getting a headache or jittery. As far as the shakes, I think some of them taste pretty good. I do feel like I swallowed a bowling ball after drinking one though, and then oddly enough, about half an hour later feel hungry again. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2003, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731/20 "2003-10-03T05:55:01Z")
I’ve tried the Quaker oatmeal bars and the cinnamon flavored ones are good. I’m going to try other flavors too. Really tasty. I also like the honey-peanut SlimFast bars. I used to wonder how people could _not_ enjoy eating. A couple of months ago my shrink put me on zonegran which is an anti-convulsion drug, I think. But somewhere along the way they’ve discovered that it also interferes with compulsive behaviors such as eating and shopping. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-hate-food-are-there-any-other-options/204731.md?page=2)