Not hungry but can't stop thinking about food

[celioops]

Recently, I've been finding that I get episodes (several days long) of forgetting to snack outside of mealtimes. I eat small meals to avoid gastro discomfort, so I'm having to force myself to eat in order to have enough energy to continue through the day. 

While I'm in these non-hungry spells, I find myself obsessed with *finding* food. I'll waste hours looking at recipes or new products online, but have little desire to eat any of it. Typically, my appetite balances out within a few days and I'll stop thinking about food so intently as my appetite comes back. Does anyone else experience this? The whiplashing I experience between periods of high and low appetite/satiation after diagnosis really blindsides me sometimes. I'm about 6 months gluten-free.

[Scott Adams]

Sometimes this can be related to vitamin and mineral deficiencies, especially if you are a newly diagnosed celiac. Are you taking a good multivitamin and mineral supplement?

[Wheatwacked]

I do it. I will mull for hours over what I am going to eat next, while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes to keep me going. I can put off the coffee and cigarettes but then I don't eat and don't function. All of my breathing problems from smoking went away with the gluten. Lucky for me my wife picked up on my anorexia years ago and gave me the behavioral solution: Just eat. I found the TV show "Chopped" to be helpful. On the other hand, sometimes, partial fasting has its benefits. I take about 10 different vitamins every day to ensure I get at least 100% RDA of them regardless of what I eat (always GFD). A daily food log keeps me accountable.