It was a strange night last night. I was not at all hungry, but I ate my salad knowing that I would be hungry later. Sure enough, around 9:00pm I was hungry. My bedtime snack of choice is nuts, almonds or cashews. Last night I had both with a bottle of water. It had been many weeks since I was hungry that late at night. I have been reflecting on what I have done differently and I have not come up with a single thing that would change my eating pattern. I will chalk this up to natural variation of a human being.
My water consumption is holding steady at around 3 liters per day, not including what my food intake would add. Typically a .5 liter bottle in the am, 2 at lunch, 1 in the afternoon, and 2 in the evening. I have not noticed any difference in my body, but I haven't been drinking any diet soda which is a good thing.
My exercised went well last night. I did not realize that the hotel removed the dumbbells from the exercise room. I will start using my own weights when I find them at home. One more thing to haul around with me.
A positive for taking my fiber regularly. I have a spoonful in the morning and one in the evening. It is easy to keep on schedule when I am on the road, but not when at home. This weekend, I made a conscious effort to keep on schedule. I have been able to do my business with almost no effort and am very efficient at it. Enough said.
At my favorite local cafe, I had my regular eggs, bacon, and sausage. It will keep me full enough that I am not hungry at lunch. I need to get some bars that I can munch on during the afternoon otherwise I am famished when I get back to the hotel.
My menu has been high protein and fat in the morning, low starch veggies with a little protein for lunch, and low starch veggies with a little protein for dinner. Two things I have been trying to do when I eat is to stop when I am full and slow down when I eat. If I am not hungry, I need to realize that it is OK not to eat just because the clock says I have to. Then I need to have some snack(s) available when I do get a little hungry. Just keep telling my self it is a journey, not a destination.
Meanwhile, with all that said, I still take my supplements every morning. I take a over 50 multi-vitamin as a catchall for nutrients that I might miss. I take krill oil to get the omega 3 fat, vitamin D for multiple reasons. Melatonin more for the antioxidant properties, and magnesium for my brain. The multi-vitamin had the 100% RDA of magnesium, but a little extra is not causing loose stool. And the RDA is as far as I can tell, a "best guess" at what the body needs.
L8r,
Kenn
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