Ok yesterday was a really tough day. As you may have read I *really* struggled all morning and tho I tried to avoid eating too much, I ended up having Cauliflower and bean soup for lunch, I ended up accompanying it with two pieces of toasted bread with a piece of bacon inside. That kept me going and I felt fine for several hours.
I then ate a “Muscle Chef: Black Bean and Noodle Stir Fry” for dinner, with a cup of tea, at around 6:00 and felt ok… for an hour or so but by 8:00 I was ravenous again. Tried to hang on for the hour before bed but ended up ‘snacking’ on a tomato, and several sticks of celery… all dipped in mayo which is always high in calories, even for a tablespoon!
I paid for it a little this morning because I weighed myself to see what damage I had caused but luckily was only slightly heavier at 152.0 as opposed to yesterday’s 151.6. Still, it has taught me that perhaps I need to increase my calorie and water intake if I’m to avoid the snacking that has caused my diet downfall many times in the past! Or maybe eat the same amount, but on a real schedule.
I have no evidence, other than subjective experience, to back up the theories I have about my eating habits and requirements, but I keep trying to see what regime suits my needs best. For example, my current thinking is that I should keep to a proper eating schedule, as follows. I should try to maintain a system that gives me breakfast at 7:00, snacks at 11:00, lunch at 2:00, dinner at 7:00, and supper (if needed) at 9:00. Hopefully this will give my body sufficient fuel to keep going and avoid the violent hunger pains of yesterday.
One thing is sure, dwelling on food is *not* the way to go. The ideal, is to use food as fuel and focus on other things. The real problem with that suggestion is experiencing *real* ravenous hunger which is hard to fight. Anyway, the regime described above will be the next trick to use in the effort to retrain my system.
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