What's on your Thursday menu?

Nice - on my TJ's list!!

Good morning! I can't believe how time is flying by.

Yesterday was successful for me. Food choices were good. I struggled, but made it to 98 grams of protein. I need to add more. I know that a protein shake would help, but they cause me to struggle with constipation, so I am looking for better options. I did much better on hydration and my hands and the scale show it. 428 move calories, 67 minutes of exercise, 11,061 steps. My walk ended up taking a full 60 minutes and was 3.6 miles and my hips were killing me when I got home.

Today is gym for the EGYM circuit and hitting the treadmill for steps. Not much else on my agenda today. Trying to stay busy at home so I'm not out shopping and spending money for no good reason. I have started gathering things for the Grands for Christmas, and there is a great sale at Kohl's where I usually get them a cute pair of shoes, so ...

QoTD: No disrespect to Grim (who I hope is feeling better today! What a time for a painful injury!!) or QJB, but I do really have food emergencies. If you hang out with me you'll see one eventually. If I get too far past my 3-4 hour window in between meals, I will be sweating and shaking and actually crying. Nobody wants that girl with them on vacation. So when we travel I always have a high quality power bar and individual packs of beef jerky with me. If I am in town and crashing, I will run into 7-11 for beef jerky or El Pollo Loco for grilled chicken. I work hard to plan things out so I don't get in trouble. And this is the only time I eat power bars is in food emergencies.

Bites today

I realized I didn't add my late afternoon snack and evening snack to yesterday's menu, but I made the same choices

B: 1 hb egg, 1 slice bacon, 1/3 cup cottage cheese

L: last of my rotisserie chicken and pop chips. Note to self, go buy another one.

D: sweet italian sausage and a little bit of a TJ's pasta dish

3 pmish snack: greek yogurt with Jello chocolate pudding mix

9 pmish: 1 oz beef jerky

Peace!

I think that's exactly the point Grim has always been trying to make. There are blood sugar emergencies and real reasons why people must eat for medical reasons and to fuel our bodies, but a grumbly tummy and catching sight of a yummy treat is not one of them. It's important to make that distinction and know why we eat, which is not something most obese people really understand.

I agree. But the question of the day was what do you do when you hit "HANGRY". That's not a grumbly tummy or a sudden craving, right? I really don't think I have any medical reason when I hit bottom, it's just the way my body processes energy.

I get that way too if it's too long I haven't eaten. I'm not sure if it's exactly 3-4 hours but I do get the shakes and light headed.

I guess we all have different definitions of hangry. If I haven't eaten in awhile and I want to eat but don't need to eat, that's going to put me in a foul mood, which is my definition of hangry I've just always thought of feeling low energy or having blood sugar issues which require food-as-fuel to be something different.

Here is a great article to explain hangry and the science behind it.

The article Sheila linked could be directly written by me and my experience with food and emotional state of mind and physical reactions. I definitely learned stuff today. Thanks team OH!

I can't ignore real hunger and especially hangry. The point of the question is to share tips for staying on track when you need food and don't have a plan is all.

I've met that girl - somebody please feed Lisa!!! I always forget about El Pollo Loco - great choice!