Time To Commit To Jars

Friday, February 17, 2023

Glad that it is Friday, it's been a long week.  Dismal weather last evening so many closings today - I'm glad I don't have to travel at all today.  Just a work in the office affair.

Thinking this morning about some of the roadblocks to success that I've been encountering lately.  Of course the big one is just failure of will, but it's a lot easier to avoid that one if there are not some other problems.  I can do a better job of keeping things picked up and cleaned up, especially with the non-dishwasher dishes.  I have been behind on those this week.  I can do a better job of having things prepped/thawed/ready to go.  Which I'll get to in a moment.  I can work on adjusting my daily schedule, work commitments and evening activities so I don't crash so hard at the end of the day.  

But what I decided I really need to do is commit to jars.  The truth of the matter is I don't like cooking things when I get home after work.  If it's 6:30 or 7:00 I'm ready to eat, not ready to start making something to eat.  I have always had a bad habit of eating right away when I get home which meant lots of pizza and fast food.  It's very evident this week as well.  So the solution, I think, is to just stick to a routine of stuff that's premade, frozen, can be plopped on the stovetop and is ready in 10 minutes with zero effort.  Jars.  Lentils, beans, soups, etc.  I can include leftovers like egg casserole that just need to be heated up.  That sort of thing.  I just need to not have these plans that take half an hour or more, it just. does. not. work.

All that said, today will be a bad eating day.  Nothing thawed, nothing ready to go.  Hopefully that can be cleaned up this weekend and I'll get a fresh reboot. 

Also:  I put down some thoughts earlier this week about the struggles I've been having with satiety and the brain on some days not ever getting a signal to stop eating I'm full.  I speculated that low carb alone might not "fix" that -- I know it fixes hunger issues, but that's not what this is.  But maybe I am wrong.  Mr. Michael Eades in his weekly newsletter says:

I think that people going on a low-carb diet get a double dose of good. Limiting carbs reduces the mass that has to be gotten rid of, which is kind of step one. And limiting the carbs also reduces the amount of insulin produced and, in time, gets rid of insulin resistance and hyperinsulinemia. Consequently fat can easily flow out of the adipose cells and provide energy instead of being trapped away, which signals to the brain that there is plenty of sustenance on board. The brain ratchets down hunger, so there is no strong compulsion to eat. Quite the opposite of the vicious cycle of eat less move more, it’s a beneficial cycle.

Maybe it is enough and that over time the system can be repaired to the point where the correct signals are sent and received.  I'm not sure.  But it's something that can be tried.

Breakfast:  Coffee

Yup.

Lunch:  Italian beef, fries, Wendy's choc frosty

Good.  Bad for me.

Dinner:  Reuben, fries, 12 oz Bells Quite Brite, a couple crackers and bar cheese

Forgot I was going out to dinner.  

Also:  Popeyes spicy chicken, apple pie

Sigh.

Exercise:  Nope.  On the plus side I slept through the night (six hours or so) without waking up for the second night in a row, the downside is that means I'm retaining not shedding liquid.

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