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Aug. 5th, 2002 06:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tugrikOkay, here's a weird one...
After a few weeks of lunchtime experimentation, I've determined that if I go home and eat something simple and veggie-laden... such as green-beans-and-pasta, or veggie stir-fry... I don't get hungry until quite late in the day. If I eat fastfood at lunch, I'm hungry again by the time I'm leaving work.
The quantity of either type of food doesn't seem to matter. The effect on later-in-the-day hunger is the same. That's the weird part.
This might be one of the keys to my terrible dietary habits. I can eat fast food, and be hungry again quickly, even if it's a big nasty pile of greaseburgers or Taco-bell CHON. It's easy to get fastfood. Combine these two things and you have a way to take in a ton of calories waaaay too often. This is quite the opposite of what I used to hold true... that if I tried to eat veggies/salads/etc for lunch, I'd just be hungry the rest of the day.
Experimentation will continue... but this time more towards other veggie-lunch options. I think I can (and should) let up on the fast-food side of the equation for a good long time. Oh, and for those who read the earlier entry: the no-food-past-9pm thing is working. No acid problems at night, more perky in the morning, and less calories consumed over the day. I'll keep that one up; I really like the results.
After a few weeks of lunchtime experimentation, I've determined that if I go home and eat something simple and veggie-laden... such as green-beans-and-pasta, or veggie stir-fry... I don't get hungry until quite late in the day. If I eat fastfood at lunch, I'm hungry again by the time I'm leaving work.
The quantity of either type of food doesn't seem to matter. The effect on later-in-the-day hunger is the same. That's the weird part.
This might be one of the keys to my terrible dietary habits. I can eat fast food, and be hungry again quickly, even if it's a big nasty pile of greaseburgers or Taco-bell CHON. It's easy to get fastfood. Combine these two things and you have a way to take in a ton of calories waaaay too often. This is quite the opposite of what I used to hold true... that if I tried to eat veggies/salads/etc for lunch, I'd just be hungry the rest of the day.
Experimentation will continue... but this time more towards other veggie-lunch options. I think I can (and should) let up on the fast-food side of the equation for a good long time. Oh, and for those who read the earlier entry: the no-food-past-9pm thing is working. No acid problems at night, more perky in the morning, and less calories consumed over the day. I'll keep that one up; I really like the results.
