I made myself eat breakfast, and found that when I sat down, I wasn't necessarily hungry but I did want to eat the meal. It seems like my body is getting quieter on the messages being sent about being hungry. Very subtle. So I had a somewhat later breakfast and then hit the road for my orienteering. It was one of my longer outings - it took me almost two hours and it was relatively warm so I found I was sweating a bunch and not running a lot.
About half way through, I don't know if it was the heat or what, but I did feel like I was running on a different energy. I was getting worn down and I think I'm used to the sugar fueling the exercise. This time it felt like maybe it was fat/muscle at work. But I could be making this up based on what I was reading. Can you really feel the difference of what energy source your body is using? I had a great time, and found I was thirsty half way through so drank my water when I got back to the car. But I want hungry at all so didn't touch the labar bar I had brought.
When I got home, I really wasn't hungry. After some cooling down time I had to make myself make lunch (glad I had a chicken breast cooked in the fridge - I'm learning that is a good go to). Again, not hungry, but when I sat down to eat I found I was eating my plate of food. What is going on? Was it the heat of being out and exercising? I know I usually lose my appetite when it's hot, but that doesn't mean I'm not hungry.
I do have a headache this afternoon, but I think that has to do with not drinking enough water earlier today. I didn't want to chug a bunch of water prior to the event and then have to use nature when nature calls if you know what I mean. But in retrospect, maybe I should have.
I made my weekly grocery run today. It's really strange checking out and only having produce and meat. Considering the store is 90% packaged products. They were out of anchovies* - I was going to try a new salad dressing for the arugula I picked up. Maybe sardines will work.
*the store did have anchovies but only the super expensive ones that were like $3 per bottled anchovy. Couldn't bring myself to spend that much.
The food budget is getting up there. But I just keep thinking it's not like I'm splurging on expensive treats. I'm just buying good produce and meats. And I'm used to a food budget where I rarely buy meat and eat a lot of cheaper foods like rice and beans. So it's just that my food budget has been under all these years.
As a treat I did pick up cantelope and proscito. I'm using it as my special treat to think about and look forward to in these coming days that are reportedly the hardest and are when people fall off the wagon.
I did spend some time in the icecream aisle trying to find a sorbet that was sugar free. But no luck. I found a bunch of great recipes on line but almost all of them require an icecream machine. I'm still unpacking if I need the sorbet as a cooling devise, like I think I do all these years, living without AC. Or do I have sorbet on hot days to also quench the sugar craving. Because if it's the first reason, I'm good to go, but if it's the second, then even if I make a sugar free sorbet, the sweet taste of fruit is going to keep my brain hooked. Luckily I still have time to figure this out.
Now, it's close to 8 PM and I feel like I should go make something, even if small, for my third meal. Apparently, even if you're not hungry, skipping a meal messes with your metabolism and throughs everything off - because the body doesn't know when the next meal is coming. Nothing like a schedule to keep things happy.
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