Craving!

I thought today would have gone a lot smoother seeing as how it didn't start until 4pm. Woke up, drank 8oz of water and ate 5 almonds. Thought this would jump start my hunger, but it didn't work. So I walked the dogs, goofed off online and then went to get Andrea's dog Katy from the vet office. I'm dog sitting until further notice. When I returned I still wasn't hungry even though it was 6pm. I wasn't concerned and set about chores and playing Words with Friends, reading my friend's blog about her Afghanistan experience and surfing. Yeah, I was being a lazy fart. Next time I'll go walk the trail.

Nearly five hours has gone by without one single hunger pain so I had a Fresca. Now, I am concerned because this is an old habit that leads to binging out at the 6th hour. JC comes home and I asked him to cook the chicken. Tonight will be stir fry night. In prepping the kitchen for cooking and thawing out the chicken I realize that I'm hungry. So I turn to celery and peanut butter to get me through.

After I ate the stir fry (Nappa cabbage, orange/yellow peppers, onions, chicken breast...I used sesame & ginger vinaigrette for flavoring) I felt satisfied enough to take Katy for a walk and finish cleaning up the kitchen. It was a great meal, however, I felt like I was missing something. Usually rice would be served with a meal like that and it wasn't this time. I let the feeling pass. About an hour later I was craving. I know I shouldn't be, so I figured I didn't give myself enough fiber today. Flat bread (this is some very hard, crunchy flat cracker) will have to work as I will use it when I eat the fish.

The thing about working night shift (12 long hours at that) is my eating schedule is the mirror opposite of a normal day. So at 0700 I'm having my dinner, 1800 it's breakfast time (I wake up around 1630-1700) and 2230-2300 it's time for lunch with my co-workers. A few carefully placed healthy snacks keeps me going through the night. The tricky part is keeping that same schedule when I'm off. I sleep a little differently due to me going to bed closer to 3am most off nights and getting up at 1000-10:30a. I see now that eating properly on my days off  will prove to be a tougher beginning challenge.

Tuesday is trail bridge day (want to walk to the bridge in 42-45 min) and swimming. I will do the pool after the sun sets a bit though, since it closes at 2200 (10pm for y'all). Don't get  me wrong, I'm not thinking it will be cooler, just less sun on me. The more I move the more points I gain for later in the week, just in case I need more.