I’ve heard people say “oh, I just forgot to eat” and that statement has always amazed me – especially since it usually is uttered by some little twig like Ralph for whom a size 2 is big. I can forget where I put something, or someone’s name, or an errand to run – but I just don’t forget to eat. I was raised on 3 meals a day and my kids know that my mom was pretty routine about when they were served – I’m a bit more lax but skipping a meal is a rarity and forgetting to eat?…….well that just doesn’t happen……….until today.
I realized about 1:15 that my tummy was growling so I got my lunch out of the refrigerator and took it back to my desk where I promptly got engrossed in answering emails. Apparently my hunger subsided because I got my usual 2:00 p.m. diet Dr. Pepper from the cafeteria and settled back at my desk to tackle more work. At 4:45 when I got ready to leave for a haircut, I picked up my lunch tote and realized I now had a cold Bocca burger, a carton of warm yogurt and some room-temp pineapple……….I had forgotten to eat! No wonder my energy was lagging – the chemicals in diet Dr. Pepper can only do so much for you. So on the way to the beauty shop I ate the yogurt and pineapple and polished off with a WW 2-point bar – quite the healthy meal, huh? But it got me over the “hunger hump”! Knowing my body, missing that meal probably caused me to gain 2 pounds – go figure.
