[bovermyer]

On personal projects I have entered a flow state so deep that, when my wife interrupts me to remind me I skipped breakfast and now it's lunchtime, it takes me a few moments to actually be able to understand her. It's like she's speaking a foreign language.

I have never had that happen at a day job.

[keanebean86]

I've done this to lesser extents a few times. Last week I read the comment below and it legit scared me. I've been getting up and walking a lot more because of it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19699955

[bovermyer]

Yeah, that's a problem that I haven't had yet, but I really need to work on avoiding. I spend way too much time sitting.

[cik2e]

This is a perfect way to get into intermittent fasting!

[bovermyer]

Accidental fasting is not a good thing. I know this from personal experience.

[jklm]

What happened out of curiosity? Asking as someone who’s been doing this for ~20 years.

[barry-cotter]

You can get tired, cranky and angry easily and fast. It’s much worse if your sleep has been bad recently. You can make really poor decisions and offend people or do stupid things you’ll regret because of non-existent willpower. You can also faint which is dangerous even if you fall down relatively safely, never mind if you crack your head open or if you’re in the middle of doing something even moderately dangerous.

Start fasting by skipping breakfast and work your way up to skipping lunch and then doing a full day fast if you’re going to do it and always stay hydrated. If you’re doing a long fast make sure you’re getting salt too, even if it’s not hot enough that you’re sweating much. Take it easy and go slowly like with starting a new exercise regimen.