7 Scientific Ways That Falling in Love Affects the Body (3 of 4)

You want to be the guy getting all the ladies at the party, but….

You see your crush at a party across the room. The Chad side of you is saying, “Go up to her, brah,” while the loser side of your brain wants to run home so that your mommy can wrap you up in a blanket and serve you a nice cup of hot cacao. It really isn’t that you’re adorkable, it’s your body instinctively unleashing its flight or fight response. Although you aren’t exactly a tiger on the Serengeti Plains fending off a troop of baboons for prime cuts of antelope carcass, the mating game feels pretty much as dire. 

You lose your appetite

According to those highly decorated love experts at eHarmony, one of the first symptoms you’ll experience when falling in love is lack of hunger. When you’ve got a serious case of butterflies, it’s pretty much impossible to eat. You know things are pretty crazy if you can’t even be tempted by a plate of delicious nachos! Nachos rule, after all. The upside is an increase in libido. Who needs that piece of cake when your crush makes for a far more scrumptious dessert?