Food For Thought

I love food, this cannot be denied. Why not, really? It is our fuel, preparing it is an art form and above all, it is tasty! What you eat is important as it is what your body will use to create new cells and grow. How much you eat is also incredibly important. If you eat too little, you will not have enough energy to sustain yourself, but if you eat too much you can become sleepy, slow and may even gain excess weight.

I am having a problem with the latter. It’s not that I am worried about becoming overweight, my metabolism is still quite fast enough to mitigate any such fears. However, I do find I have been excessively tired lately and can surmise that it may have to do with the amount of food I put in my body. I certainly eat more than my body NEEDS. I tend to eat too fast for my brain to catch up and recognize when I am full, usually ending up truly stuffed in the end. The energy required to digest this extra food takes away from my brain and limbs and I am not as effective in my day to day activities as I know I could and should. I don’t train as hard and I don’t focus as much at work, this is a big problem.

To address this problem, I need to make an agreement with myself to take time when I eat and savor what I am eating. Don’t eat past a certain time of day, don’t snack so much. When you feel the urge to snack, you are most likely thirsty, drink water instead. I feel this will help me greatly and allow me to take full advantage of the time I have in a day.

Take care everyone.