Surprisingly, what is most strongly predictive (of the things I’ve looked at) of my happiness is how much exercise I have gotten that day (even more so than how much I have eaten).
I don’t think that’d be much of a surprise if you read much literature on exercise—exercise improving mood & cognition is a pretty common result.
Apparently I am more energetic (Significant at alpha = 0.05) when I eat more than average than less than average.
Or vice versa? (I feel very hungry on modafinil—does hunger cause me to use modafinil?)
Yes, that’s the problem—my appetite is initially suppressed and then I wind up incredibly hungry. I try to eat in advance (from my nightwatch days I know how much I should eat by 3 AM etc), but again, appetite suppressant.
Yes, that’s the problem—my appetite is initially suppressed and then I wind up incredibly hungry.
That makes sense. And given how degree of hunger influences what kind of food we desire you’ll end up craving a bunch of carbohydrates later rather than whatever healthy food you had planned at the meal times.
I don’t think that’d be much of a surprise if you read much literature on exercise—exercise improving mood & cognition is a pretty common result.
I knew of the literature you mention (well, not the specific literature, but that’s not the point) - which is precisely what caused me to look at it—but I thought other factors would still be more correlative. I would have thought sleep, stress, recreation time, or social time would be more predictive. But those barely correlate.
Or vice versa? (I feel very hungry on modafinil—does hunger cause me to use modafinil?)
I quite intentionally didn’t say one caused the other. But I wouldn’t expect the primary causality to flow from energy to eating, as opposed to from eating to energy. (Or, yes, from a common third cause)
I don’t think that’d be much of a surprise if you read much literature on exercise—exercise improving mood & cognition is a pretty common result.
Or vice versa? (I feel very hungry on modafinil—does hunger cause me to use modafinil?)
You do? It’s supposed to have the typical appetite-suppressing properties that most stimulants share.
Yes, that’s the problem—my appetite is initially suppressed and then I wind up incredibly hungry. I try to eat in advance (from my nightwatch days I know how much I should eat by 3 AM etc), but again, appetite suppressant.
That makes sense. And given how degree of hunger influences what kind of food we desire you’ll end up craving a bunch of carbohydrates later rather than whatever healthy food you had planned at the meal times.
FWIW, I feel pretty hungry on modafinil, too. But that’s maybe caused by sleep-deprivation which is correlated with modafinil-consumption.
I knew of the literature you mention (well, not the specific literature, but that’s not the point) - which is precisely what caused me to look at it—but I thought other factors would still be more correlative. I would have thought sleep, stress, recreation time, or social time would be more predictive. But those barely correlate.
I quite intentionally didn’t say one caused the other. But I wouldn’t expect the primary causality to flow from energy to eating, as opposed to from eating to energy. (Or, yes, from a common third cause)