Does forgetting to drink water and eat food make you more angry and emotional over things? Cause random outbursts and random mood swings?

Me, staring at the unopened biscuits in my desk drawer:

(Context: I’ve had 2 moderate meals today already and have something planned for dinner.)

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Meal prep fiber/protein rich food is my best attempt at this. I usually do brown rice with toppings and egg every single day; twice per day. Very hard to get bored because you can vary the toppings - eggplant, beans, curry, soy protein, stir fried stuff - and brown rice is fiber which is hard to be bored of smaller carb/glucose-spike footprint.

Just don't freeze it, the crystals will mush the texture and you'll get bored of the slop feel very quickly.

That is how i know i need food, i am going for the coffe, it has gotten cold or the cup is empty, so I check the time "ah it is lunch time", works every time.

I got diagnosed at 52, i only discovered that forgetting to eat and being shaky wasn't normal when i turned up that way to a therapy session and my therapist pointed out that, that wasn't a normal thing.

I see you haven't experienced "doing something with tunnel vision for 16 hours before realising that you're shaking because you forgot to eat and that your last meal was dinner yesterday around 26 hours ago". I don't think you need the beetus to experience that.

One meal?

It does if you only have one (1) meal a day.

i have most appetite when i'm in a good mood, so that checks out

Makes sense 10% to 20% of people on them report weight gain

why does lightheartedness feel so good but lightheadedness so bad

I've maladapted into calling my eventual meal after forgetting to eat multiple meals in a row 'intermittent fasting'

If you don't get the proper amount of calories for your body (especially if you're still growing) you'll be in a lot of trouble.

Even as a fully grown adult, not eating enough and physically exerting yourself could mess with your bone density among other things. Happens to thru hikers on the Appalachian trail when they don't eat enough.