Does it annoy you having to eat?

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I have to constantly remind myself that I need to eat, so yes, I'd say it is a minor annoyance

If i could go without eating for life,i would so i have more time to game and psot.

I agree totally. Eating is just a diversion from something more interesting.

I wanted to add something to what I previously said. I have to distract myself when eating so I can eat the entire meal, otherwise I can only get a few bites of it before my stomach tells me it is full. I usually distract myself by watching TV, or if I am at work, by reading. If I am eating with other people, like at a restaraunt or for the holidays, I talk during the meal, and usually don't end up eating everything. If there is a lively conversation I am following but not actually a major part of, then I can eat it all.
Anyone else have to do this?

Sometimes, breathing sucks. I'll just hold my breathe as kind of a symbol to God that "breathing sucks and I'm against it."

Fingers blow. The ring finger constantly gets stuck and tangled up with the thumb, its ridiculous.

Skin sucks. It sometimes scratches. We should have none.

The time it takes for my brain to "tell my hand to pick up a pencil" is too long. "Instantly" is not quick, enough.

I love eating but I'm terrible at deciding what to eat. So is my boyfriend so I end up eating biscuits while we have a little think.

I don't understand the question why would eating be annoying? I could see it has being a bother when I would want to pay more attention to what I do I'm laptop that I'm on now.

the bother is that you must do it as a human being, no choice, if you don't eat you die, simple as that, and you have to do it quite often too, and to think about it whether it's balanced and all.
and if you have too much it's unhealthy,
so if you want to do it correct (and this might be the aim of many aspies) then it's a big energy absorbing issue.

of course it's a terrible thing to say as well, because there are a lot of people who don't have enough to eat. but that's a different topic, also a very interesting one if you ask me.

Are you kidding? I love eating. Life without eating would be dull.

(no i'm not kidding)
and you are lucky then

I was replying to the topic in general.

ow, ok, i rewind bzzzzzz

For me, the food aversion comes from two things. A) Food just flat grosses me out. I don't want to touch or look it and most of it is bizarre in my mouth. I absolutely won't eat it if I have to touch it so forget preparing it. I can't even stand to go into the grocery store because it's full of it and the smells overwhelming me. Then, if I make it past that, I see it and I have to pick it up - that's it. I want nothing further to do with it. I throw it away at that point.

B) I want to write all the time. All the time. This means that I will do it for hours and days on end. I used to be really bad and not sleep or eat for days, but I've since learned how to stop writing and come back to it without losing the story. Still, once I'm going, I won't quit unless something stops me and hunger won't. I don't hear, see or feel anything around me when I write. I'm in that zone where nothing else exists except what's in my head. Food completely irritates me in those scenarios because it means I have to stop.


My husband is good at putting it in front of me and telling me to eat. He makes sure I don't starve. At least once it's cooked and no longer resembles food I am okay with it.

I enjoy having to eat, and it shows.

I can relate to this! I don't like food that resembles food. Chicken fingers, delicious. Chicken as a naked bird?? Ew! Also, I can't stand the sight, smell, or touch of food cold, even if I like it hot. Like, I love spaghetti, but I need to wear a respirator or hold my breathe to open the sauce cold out of the fridge.

Eating annoys me most when i'm painting. I try to be in the studio 8 hours a day, so I typically get rudely interrupted by hunger at least twice. Luckily I can't ignore my hunger too long so I usually do eat. I just do it with a grudge to my anjnoying body which always needs to eat and go to the bathroom when i'm busy.

Likewise, my parents make sure I'm fed properly. Living at home is nice so I don't have to eat macaroni and cheese for every meal just to avoid touching and smelling gross things. Eventually I hope to marry someone who cooks. Sometimes I wonder how I'll convince my children to eat properly when I don't, but I suppose that's something to worry about when it actually happens.

I really wish there was a food pill!

Before I had him, I used to have roommates in college who were wannabe moms. They would pretty much make sure I didn't starve. I used to travel a lot for work and that was bad until I started travelling with a guy who worked for me. He's just like my husband (even looks quite a bit like him) and he would make sure I ate. He was also good at pulling me back if I tried to walk into traffic or something else. I called him psuedo husband. Thank God I don't have to travel anymore!

If I'm starving and can't stand it, the most I will do is take a tablespoon and get some peanut butter. I've never cooked, even in a microwave. I wouldn't have any idea how to do it.

I'm with you. I like the pill idea, although smoothies also work for me as long as someone else makes them and brings them to me.