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Re:The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving by Reedx on Friday September 13, 2019 @02:16PM (#20964797)
Interesting. For a lot of gamers and programmers it's the opposite. Intense focus and engagement often results in forgetting to eat and/or sleep. This is well known in the gaming community.
Re:The grandmaster diet: How to lose weight while barely moving by partialrecall on Friday September 13, 2019 @02:25PM (#20964898)
Gaming is an activity that I filed under mindless, I don't play many games these days but I have in the past and generally noticed myself eating less. Typically when I play games these days I listen to an audiobook or podcast at the same time and my attention is on the audio more than the game, for which I'm basically on autopilot.

I never been big on puzzle games though, I prefer games like doom or quake. Fast games that focus on reaction time and spatial awareness, rather than problem solving. If I were playing something slow and complex (chess, minesweeper, etc), I expect I'd probably be more aware of my hunger.