Sometimes my body is strange

[clevermanka]

I've been hungry all week. I have no idea why. I'm nearly always hungry within an hour of eating a meal. I haven't upped my carb intake (which is usually what causes hunger mood-swings like this). In fact, I've been careful to avoid grains, potatoes, etc. for over a week.

All the food I brought with me to work today I ate by 11:45. It's 12:50 and I'm hungry already. Not good.

What's the deal? It sucks.

Comments

[radcliffe.livejournal.com]

Could it be the cold? I know that when I am hungry I get cold, and eating makes my body temp rise. Maybe the cold weather is making your body register hunger?

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I don't know. I'm always bundled up, and I don't feel cold. I'm already up five pounds since faire ended, so this is not a welcome sensation. Boo.

[grnvixen.livejournal.com]

I vote for it being cold too. Maybe you aren't feeling it because you have been feeding it? Might see if high protein snacks make a difference.

Altho if you were a six-year-old I'd say you were headed for a growth spurt :) :) :).

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

if you were a six-year-old I'd say you were headed for a growth spurt

Well at this rate, I'm certainly going to be growing horizontally!

[redheadfae.livejournal.com]

I third the cold weather. Even if I'm indoors and not paying attention, my body *knows* the cold is coming and starts complaining for more food, especially (sux) carbs.

Does tea help your hunger pangs?

I predict more boobs in your future.
Just sayin'. ;)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I've been drinking tea 'round the clock. It helps a little, but not all the time.

And goddammit, I'm going to be back down to 140 by the end of the year. Hmph.

[cmt2779.livejournal.com]

Welcome to my world. I am always hungry. Most of my life seems to be spent trying to ignore my hunger long enough to justify eating again.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Gross.

Have you had all three thyroid hormone levels checked, and consulted with an endocrinologist (not just a regular doctor, who in general doesn't know shit about thyroid issues)?

[cmt2779.livejournal.com]

I wish. I can't afford to see even a regular doctor because I can't afford the health insurance offered through my "part-time" job at UTA.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Rats. I'm sorry.

[nottygypsy.livejournal.com]

Me too with the cold making me hungry, I have been hungry for like 2 weeks. Trying to keep eating the right things though. Also, this is the week "before" and I am usually ravenous that week. Ugh!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

So far the consensus seems to support the weather theory. I just don't remember this happening before!

[cskippy2000.livejournal.com]

I'm going to be contrary and say it's not the weather. Just because. You might have stomach cooties though, and for that you'll have to see a cootie specialist, or a endocootologist. Don't confuse that with an endocooterologist. That's altogether different.

You might try something super spicy. In addition to stimulating endorphins, making you feel good, you'll kill bad cooties.

If that's ineffective, try engaging in some of the "sexual intercourse," or "coital relations" next time you're hungry between meals. Not only will you be distracted from eating, but by the time you've finished "copulating," you'll have made someone very happy (thus strengthening your good karma, which is always good), gotten a bit of exercise, and it'll be closer to meal time.

Sometimes the best solutions so very OBVIOUS.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, I can't skip away from my desk for sex two or three times a day. Otherwise, that would be a fantastic idea. =D

I like your idea of cooties. Lots of problems are caused by cooties.

[cskippy2000.livejournal.com]

On second thought, that much sex could lead to a Pavlovian response of disastrous proportions, leading you to associate food with sex, and before you know it, your dating an avacado and keeping a stalk of celery on the side.

Inconsolable, the avocado, which you've named 'Creamy', breaks up with you after learning about your celery stick, and commits guacamolicide.

So sickened have you become, you feel compelled to dispose of his remains by using your celery stick as a vehicle to scoop him into your mouth to be consumed.

So disgusted and horrified is your celery stick, that he hurls himself into the disposal as you yell "NOOOO! HOGWARTS NOOOOO!" (you call him 'Hogwarts') You mourn for him as you flip the switch on the disposal, but your smile returns as you remember the plum tomato in your refrigerator, because "Once you go red, you don't leave the bed."

So yeah. I recommend abstinence.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I recommend therapy.

...that'd be for you.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Could it be yeast?

I doubt it. I can't think of anything I eat that has yeast in it at all, and my refined sugar intake is crazy low.

I read that is part of what happens to women my age or above

Well, there you have it. I was sorta wondering that. Make that "our age," darling.

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

I think that's super sexy! The gym membership, not the stupid biological conundrum, that is.

I'm thinking I might ask for one of these (http://www.fitnessanywhere.com/) for xmas. An LJ acquaintance has started classes to be a trainer in an TRX gym and she says it's kicking her ass all over the place. I think it looks like fun (difficult, but fun) and since I despise going outside my house to exercise, this is a nice option. I love bodyweight stuff, and this thing is 100% bodyweight movements.

[royal-spice.livejournal.com]

I'm up about 5 lbs in 2 weeks, and I definitely attribute it to cold weather increasing my appetite.

And, like you, I *will* lose that 5 lbs again by the end of the year. :)

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Hey, I'll race ya! Wooo!

[grnvixen.livejournal.com]

Had a mini-epiphany last night: hibernation! You are preparing for hibernation :)!!!!

[clevermanka.livejournal.com]

Oh if only I could sleep the winter away...