When should I eat food?

[CrypticPassage (Is/Eum)]

Only when my food meter turns yellow? When my food meter is on white but it's been a certain amount of time without me eating anything?

When should I eat food? I want to know approximately when I should be eating so I don't just waste food by eating it when I don't need to

[M0F0]

Eat and then lay down and dont move until the bar starts to go downward. Thats the best way to get the most out of your food.

[Topher]

Eat at every opportunity. If you are maxed out, that is when the chevrons flick between 1 up and 1 down they yes you do consume the energy at a slightly higher rate but unless you rally wan to max mine the game then just east everything at every opportunity if you can afford to. The only food worth holding onto for emergency is my opinion are the single slot spreads as they pack the most calories per slot and can be a life save to you or another player you find.

When you reach yellow that is the signal really to be hunting and cooking otherwise if you start to sprint you will be red and descreasing health in about 10 minutes. Sure you can still survive for a good 30 minutes from there but if you rely on loot food at that `point you are leaving it to luck and to be picked off by another player whereas if you go kill and animal and cook in a secluded spot you will be fill health in no time.

To max mine the calorie intake jut eat to the icon changes to full apple an then stop, But then you need to keep carrying food around so take up inventory and stamina

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Originally posted by Jiggahertz ↣ ♠ #SaveTF2:

Only when my food meter turns yellow? When my food meter is on white but it's been a certain amount of time without me eating anything?

When should I eat food? I want to know approximately when I should be eating so I don't just waste food by eating it when I don't need to

I eat whatever I find, whenever I find it. If I killed an animal and have a lot of food on me, I'll keep stuffing it in until it's gone, I hate lugging food around.

[abundancebomb]

No reason to hoard, that's just food for whoever kills you. Try to keep your meters as full as possible, for a healthy immune system and a vigorous constitution!
But don't eat or drink too much at once or you'll vomit and waste all those good calories.

[Luca NK]

I do all the above. Only ever stop eating only if you max out on the apple. Carrying food takes up space and weight.

Of course one plays the way they prefer, one might want interactions so saving some steak or a can or two could work.

[LastMedjai]

Originally posted by Jiggahertz ↣ ♠ #SaveTF2:

Only when my food meter turns yellow? When my food meter is on white but it's been a certain amount of time without me eating anything?

When should I eat food? I want to know approximately when I should be eating so I don't just waste food by eating it when I don't need to

I eat to the point where my food icon doesnt give arrows up anymore, that means you are at your maximum food limit, and then at that point i kill an animal and get a full inventory of food.
That way i dont need to bother thinking about food for many many hours of real life time.

[Ranceed]

As soon as you finish cooking it.

Food goes further the lower your food stat becomes but that's no reason to limit when you should eat.

When it comes to food the best advice I can give is to cook fruit/mushroom/vegetables for 3x more nutrition.