So I had my yogurt and granola for breakfast, and for lunch had a whole hummus and tomato sandwich, and at 5:30pm, I had some grapes. But THAT IS IT. I am okay with that. I wanted to only eat half the sandwich, and I didn't want to eat the grapes, but I have been really hungry all day. Not the craving type of hungry; the legitimate, I-am-going-to-faint-and-the-room-is-spinning-right-now type of hungry. Maybe my metabolism got kicked into high gear from Easter? I don't know, but I would like to be a little less hungry tomorrow, please. Hungry I can deal with. Room spinning almost fainting hunger is a bit harder, and I don't really feel like fainting in front of all of my friends. I am hungry again right now, so hopefully I will wake up thinner than I was this morning, which was 124lbs.
So a few interesting things I found out today:
- Being 15% overweight reduces your lifespan by 777 days.
- Feeding dogs a restricted diet decreased their chances of having degenerative joint disease by 67% by the time they reached 5 years of age, and the restricted diet gave them two more years of health over dogs fed a free-choice diet. I would assume figures would be similar in humans.
Also, I went into the student lounge today at lunch, put my stuff down, and went to use the bathroom. I came back, and sat next to one of my friends on the couch. I pulled out my cell phone and started checking my email. My friend was already eating her lunch, ravioli, and was literally shovelling it in as fast as she could. She looked over at me and asked "No lunch today?" I wanted to say "God, I only sat down three minutes ago and I am obviously looking at my phone. Give me a damn minute!" But I just smiled and said "I brought my lunch. I'm just checking my email." So she goes back to finishing her ravioli in 0.2 seconds, closes the lid of her Tupperware, and proclaims to everyone, "Well, I'm still hungry!" I wanted to laugh and tell her that she should wait fifteen minutes, and then recheck that statement. It amazes me how little people know about nutrition and eating. But I said nothing, and she pulled out applesauce which she spooned into her mouth in three minutes, and then a bag of mixed nuts, which she may have spent six minutes on. She is always one of those people who are SO dramatic over how hungry they are, but still, come on. I am sure if you gave a little time for those ravioli to actually hit your stomach, you would realize you're not actually hungry. LOL I feel mean, because she is one of my really good friends, but I just think it's so funny when people don't know these little things that they do at least one segment per week about on the Today Show. It's common knowledge.
Ooh, my stomach is making the most beautiful sounding growls :)
Love you, Skinnies!
~Sottile
congrats on your intake today! not too bad at all! i know exactly what you mean about the feeling like you're going to faint hunger. that's how i got right before dinner tonight. but i can't control myself like you do. i binged. on freaking pasta. ahh. failure. lol.
ReplyDeletethose are some interesting facts! pretty snazzy, in my opinion!
and about your friend.. i know exactly what you mean! it's crazy. i know SO many people like that... and they wonder how i get full on like... an apple. well... and the fact that my stomach has shrunk, but that's besides the point. lol.
keep up the great work! you're doing great. =]
oh my friend is exactly the same way! she's always complaining about how fat she is yet she still goes back for seconds and thirds at dinner. people are just gross lol. i love the 15 minute rule, if im strong enough to hold out for that long it works great :P
ReplyDeletegreat job on your intake!
stay strong
meg
sometimes i think the im going to faint hungry is more a pyscological "i dont want to eat thing" i find right now if i eat something substantial(read over 200-300cals) in one go thats how i feel like sick to my stomach really dizzy and out of it
ReplyDeletemaybe a different thing but yeah
and woah whats up with the lunch police i hate people that are like hurry up and eat
if im eating i like to take my time dammit like ive seen they guys have a competitions on who can finish the sandwhich with the least bites like whats the point you get more taste enjoyment outta eating it slower?
people live to eat insteada eating to live i will never understand them lol
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I hate it when I don't want to eat but feel like I'm going to pass out :( It's very annoying. Good job on the intake though!
ReplyDeleteI find it funny too, I have to bite my tongue from lecturing them like GAHH YOU'RE EATING ALL WRONG YOU'RE GONNA GET FAT D:
ReplyDeleteSomething that might be interesting for you to research is CRON, or Calorie Restriction with Optimal Nutrition. Not only can being overweight decrease your lifespan, but being underweight (and getting all your nutrients) has been proven in ever mammal tested to INCREASE your lifespan! :)
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