appetite perception

[ratcreature]

I'm wondering how many people are familiar with the situation that you are moderately hungry, but none of the food you have seems appealing in any way, and worse, you have no idea what you'd rather eat just now, even if the food of your choice could appear by magic.

I find this really frustrating. When this happens to me I either don't eat, and wait until I'm hungry enough that I don't actually care much about what I eat (but that sometimes leads to bad eating choices, also it is unpleasant to feel hungry for the time it takes for me to not be finicky anymore, usually about two skipped regular meals) or I just force myself to eat something that I have available. However that is unpleasant too, because I often start to feel sick of the taste of the food I have prepared way before I've consumed the usual amount of food I eat during a meal. Which maybe wouldn't be so bad, my weight being what it is, but then I actually go back to feeling hungry for that elusive unspecified thing not too long after. And it is the same thing all over again with the next meal.

This is really annoying. Also it takes any joy out of eating. :/ Besides, it seems messed up to feel appetite without it being either for something or just indiscriminate for somewhat tasty food. So do others have any strategies for this besides just waiting for the own wacky appetite to become normal again at some point?

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[ratcreature]

I will try that, though often I seem to be just at a loss.

I like it much better when I have specific food cravings. For example once or twice a year I tend to desire brussel sprouts really badly. Which is just weird because I don't like brussel sprouts all that much normally. I mean, I'll eat them when offered and don't dislike them per se (unlike say fennel), but I don't usually want them all that much either. But at least that has a solution built in, i.e. get some brussel sprouts, and I'm done with it.