Hunger Bar depletes so fast, when Im running 2 or 3 minutes it's almost empty.. Here is the list of plugins that I have. Plugins (29): worldUnload, Orebfuscator, WorldBorder, WorldEdit, NoCheatPlus, IP Compare, VisitCounter, PlayerLogger, Vault, PermissionsEx, CombatTag, FigAdmin, SimpleVIPPerks, VillageProtection, PerformanceMonitor, iConomy, AuthMe, CoreProt ect, BKCommonLib, ZavAutoMessager, ClearLag, WeatherMan, Essentials, EssentialsP rotect, EssentialsSpawn, VanishNoPacket, NoLagg, EssentialsChat, Factions
Ive heard the water bubbles is server lag but also appreantly NoLagg and NoCheat+ are causing some of the problems but they are fixed in the latest version. Also for food levels keep in mind that each food gives you a limited time of hunger as shown here on the wiki: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Food