So, I started my diet last week. According to the scales in the nurse's office, I've not lost any weight. The good news is that my rings (those on my fingers) are very loose. Something must be happening. I'm guessing that it is because I have started drinking water by the bottle. Since I have difficulty drinking as much water as necessary, I pour one of little sachets of drink mix in each time. (I discovered that Dollartree carries sugar-free Wylers in several flavors that I like. And at $1.00 for 10 sachets, that is an sweet deal.) With little effort I can and will drink 5 or 6 bottles a day. And, I've not had a Diet Coke in days! (applause!)
I plan to stay away from the scales for awhile, to avoid disappointment.
For the last few workdays, I have eaten breakfast about 6pm and then dinner about 8pm. Bad plan! Today I managed to eat my breakfast about 10:00am (by that time I had been on the move since 5:30am) and lunch about 12:30. All healthy and with correct portions. I was hungry when I got home for dinner, something that I am not when I skip meals.
Which brings me to another point. Why is it that when I eat breakfast and lunch I arrive home ravenous, but when I get busy and don't have time to eat during the day, I am not hungry. Doesn't that seem backward to you?
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susan said so said...
Oh, oh, I know the answer!!! Mee!! Miss Spears, me, over here!!!
You're hungrier after you've eaten than when you haven't because when you eat breakfast, and then lunch, you've turned your metabolism back on. If you don't eat, your metabolism stays on "idle" - eating kicks it back into gear. Makes sense, yes?
And how do I know that? YOU told me, when I asked that same question 15 or so years ago.
Thanks for the tip about Dollar Tree.
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"Overly enthusiastic and delusionary" - which is Yoda-speak for "Don't think for a millisecond that this is going to be easy". It took seven or eight years to gain this weight, so shedding it will be tedious and slow.Particularly considering what I ate today.
Confession follows: For some reason, by about 3:30 I was absolutely famished...you know that, OMG, I feel a little yucky and I am HUNGRY! Did I think to eat the pear that I had for that type of emergency? Well, what do you think? Absolutely not! I managed to wolf down three packages of single serving graham crackers and two (or was it three?) packages of Fruit Treats. I daresay there was everything in the world in the latter, with the exception of fruit. Then, I ate the pear, too. At the professional development meeting I was scheduled to attend from 4:30 until 6:30, there was popcorn and a Diet Coke. Then home for two average size slices of Margarita pizza. I declined the Guinness, even though I am confident that Guinness qualifies as "real food"...just think of those whole grains - barley, hops, etc. Yummy!
Continuing to count the positive choices, I did NOT stop at Wendy's for a burger with lots of mustard, lettuce, tomato, onion, and pickles - accompanied by French fries with catsup (oh, yes--I love carbs!), and a vanilla Frosty.
So, the two pounds that I had lost have probably been "found" yet again! (Such a peculiar way to describe it..."lost" weight.)
I will climb back on the wagon tomorrow. And weight again next week!
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