Not Hungry

Posted by Theresa on January 21, 2014 2 comments
After my first class with Julie, I stopped eating breakfast. For the first few months I didn't even drink coffee. Then one day I discovered hot foamy milk and from that point forward I added coffee back into my morning routine. Once in a while I have breakfast with one of my brother's on the weekend, but most days I'm just not hungry in the morning so I skip breakfast. For three years this has been my routine. That is until a few days ago. My appetite has changed.
Breakfast - it's new to me. Photo by Theresa.
My change of appetite started on Friday morning when I ate a few meatballs at 8am. I had cooked meatballs in the crock pot overnight and when I first got up I turned them off and put the crock on the stove to cool. I decided to have a few meatballs with my last cup of coffee and went on with my day. At noon, as I pulled my car out of my garage, I wondered what I would do about lunch. I wasn't hungry and I knew I wouldn't have another chance to eat until dinner. I decided not to worry about this. I was a little hungry about 2:30, so I had a cup of coffee and I tapped away the hunger.

I first noticed my appetite change on Saturday. I tried to write about this in my piece An Unplanned Day. While writing, I pondered what this change meant. Would it continue or was it just a day off kind of fluke? I thought if I wrote about the details of my day, I might see something that caused this change. I couldn't find the cause, so I kept writing and at the end of the day, I saved my post as a draft. The conclusion I was seeking was not surfacing.

On Sunday morning I made sausage and egg muffins and had 2 for breakfast. Once again I was not hungry until dinner time. Last night was the same - no lunch and I didn't eat dinner until 8pm. This morning I popped the last 2 egg muffins in the oven as I made my coffee. Breakfast once again.

Is this a change in my metabolism? Is this a new pattern for me that I'll be following from now on? I still don't see what triggered this change in my appetite, but I'm embracing this change.  This morning, I am not bringing lunch with me. If hunger hits, I can go get something to eat. I want to run with this new pattern of eating and see what comes of it.

Have any of you experienced this kind of change in your appetite?

2 comments:

  1. Anonymous1/21/2014

    We're told by Julie to change things up, in order to keep our metabolism guessing. Maybe this is you subconscious telling you to switch it up!

    Barb

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  2. Theresa1/21/2014

    Yes, Barb, this is what I'm thinking. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. It's nice to hear this from someone else, as this is what I was thinking was happening!

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