I'll be honest, the first few days I was eating frequently because I was hungry. I'm certainly not trying to starve myself. This is not a diet to lose weight. I really want to be healthier.
That was discouraging, but I also had to remember that if I eat breakfast at 6:00 a.m. then I will definitely start feeling hunger pangs around 10:30. That's natural. My schedule has really messed with me. So I would eat half of my typical breakfast, because I would be full and save the rest for a snack later. That seemed to work well even though I would still find it difficult to make it until noon for lunch.
But today, it was different. I ate my half breakfast (an apple and Green Goodness) and wasn't hungry again before lunch. Not like I was before anyway. Mostly I think it was the delay in my liquid intake (coffee and water) that did it. I drank some water and felt much better.
So much so that I'll make it to lunch without having a mid-morning snack. Sometimes what I mistake for hunger is really a need for water. I hydrate like crazy, so any day that I'm a little slower to get around to it I experience "hunger-like" symptoms.
So now I still have my honey-laced yogurt for my afternoon snack. Which will probably taste better than my Larabar. I think my taste buds still need to be adjusted to regular foods. I'm getting there.
Progress. :)
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