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[bzarcher]

Gaah. Despite a fairly reasonable breakfast (coffee + muffin), lunch (cafeteria sandwhich, chips, drink, banana), and eating like CRAZY yesterday (chicken & veg casserole for late lunch / early dinner, cheesecake, then Alex and I getting hungry again at around 9 so we ordered a pizza), I am still -hungry-.

Like, stomach actually sort of hurting hungry. I'm trying to figure out what the hell it wants so I can make it go away.

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[kores-rabbit.livejournal.com]

I'm looking at what you ate and I'm seeing the words SUGAR CRASH/INSULIN LEVELS ON HIGH blasting through my mind.

Eat multiple times a day (six smaller meals)

1. Have an egg or two for breakfast with some fiber (whole grain toast? A whole wheat tortilla?) Have a little fruit with that and you're rip rarin' for several hours.

2. Snackaroo! A handful of nuts, some fruit (mm berries). Maybe that whole grain muffin you're crying for!

3. Greens greens greens and protein. More nuts, some meat, baby spinach (toss with a sexy mustard vinagrette, omg). Have a few croutons! Not gonna kill ya. Eat a bunch of that! It's YUMMY!
Or, make a sammie with good whole grain breads lots of greens, cucuber, sprouts! Make it substantial and lay on some mmm yummy deli meat and a bit of cheese to make it Oh so good!
I also quite fancy whole grain crackers, a can of sardines (packed in oil cause it's GOOD FOR YOU!) and a half an avocado. Man.

4. Yay! Another snack! Can I stop eating now please? Hell no! Nibble some fruit. Have a banana for that burst of energy to get you through the end of the work day. Chomp some more whole grain crackers. Crunch on carrots!

5. Dinner! YAY! Some quinoa with tasty little bits of green peppers and spices. Some chicken or lamb or pork (splurge on some cow now and then!) more dark green veggies!

6. What the crap? I can eat AGAIN?! Go for that popcorn with your evening TV. Have some more crunchy carrots or celery with some pb on it!

Dude. You have to keep your body on an even keel. If you don't your blood sugar will drop and you will get that AGONY of hunger.
The way it generally works is your blood sugar has a plateau where your body says "I have eaten and we're good". When you eat a whole bunch of sugar/carbs/pizza deliciousness in excess your plateau pushes upward. This means the point at which the falling blood sugar sets of the "I AM HUNGRY" alarm also goes up.
It's a vicious cycle and hard to break unless you know it's happening. Fighting the cravings when bringing stuff back to a normal place is hard to do. Eating a bunch of little meals will really help with that, though.
Starting the day with some protein is a great way to feel satiated and get the body going well.
Have I said too much?
Wanna know more? I think this nutrition thing is something I can do.
I'm trying to do it for myself and my partner as well as our poor roomie who likes to eat cans of baked beans all the time. D:

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I'm not a big eggs person, but maybe peanut butter on toast?

Ironically, I've been really trying to cut down on snacking a lot, but you've given me some good ideas here. Thank you!

[kores-rabbit.livejournal.com]

I forgot to mention: stop drinking soda if you do. Have water. Have some lemon or lime in that water.

If you have PB make sure it's the kind made only of ground up peanuts. You don't need Skippy. Eww. Who needs all that crap they put in it?

Eating less, higher quality food will allow you to be healthy, lose weight and feel good.

PS I love love love pizza. I try to make it decadent when I have it so it's better for me. Oh god.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Actually, we already cut out soda...hm. About 6 months ago? A bit before I started using the CPAP. In addition to being, y'know, carbonated battery acid, we realized that we basically had a $30 a week habit on soda, and decided to re-evaluate that...these days it's water, milk, or a lot of fruit juices (and trying very hard to avoid the juices made with HFCS.)

[kores-rabbit.livejournal.com]

You're well on your way to wonderful. I know all this crap about eating well because I'm diabetic and diet-controlled. Without knowing this stuff, I'd be shooting up with insulin or eating glucophage or the like.
The best part about eating in the way I described (I recommend the GI Diet by Rick Gallop) is the grand side effect of becoming oddly SMALLER.
I'm still vastly overweight and things are slow to change but I'm changing, damnit!

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Yaaay!

[mithikall.livejournal.com]

As someone who needs to eat all the time, pb toast for breakfast is fantastic. I'm having pb and honey for lunch.

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

Peanut Butter -is- always fantastic (esp. since we have Krema Nut Kompany in town, so getting good PB is never a problem), but I'm also thinking it might substitute for the protein content of the eggs, some.

[mithikall.livejournal.com]

Yup. Protein and good fats. If you can, try to have a little bit of fat with your three main meals. Fat at the start of a meal keeps you fuller, longer, and it's good for you. Avocado is a great sandwich moistener/source of good fats. Plus, avocado!

I hate you for having such delicious things so close...

[flying-landon.livejournal.com]

Toast can blow it. Toast has nothing on green apples as a peanut butter transportation device.

[degraine.livejournal.com]

I think protein? I couldn't really say, but I recall hearing that if your meals don't contain enough proein, you continue to feel hungry even after meals, so you can inadvertently eat more than you really need to simply because you're not eating enough protein.

[felislachesis.livejournal.com]

The chicken and noodles casserole and the cheesecake already have a good bit of protein in them... hmmm. Thing was, I was the same way, too.

[silentsteel.livejournal.com]

kores_rabbit has it down flat - I applaud her diet design! Mmm, greenery . . :9

[bzarcher.livejournal.com]

I have many wise friends. :)