In order to give my metabolism a bit of a kick start, I'd decided to have
an off plan day today. I gave it a bit of thought, making sure that it
wasn't likely to correspond with any major stresses that might lead to
emotional eating, and deciding on a few things I wanted to have.

One of them was a burrito. The dining hall here does really good burritos
and I'd missed the whole burrito experience. So, I went and got one. It
was ok, but it was so messy to eat that I didn't really enjoy the flavors
as much as I'd expected.

Then, even though it was quite large, I was still hungry afterwards. Well,
I won't detail the things I've eaten, but it was quite a lot that I
hadn't planned on and wouldn't have put on my list if I'd been thinking of
them. But none of them were actually satisfying, either in the sense of
making me feel like I'd had enough to eat or in tasting as good as I'd
thought they would. I'm surprised by this. I'd deliberately started with a
burrito because I thought that there was enough protein and fat in it to
provide a solid basis for filling me up. While my stomach is full, there's
none of the satiety that I've come to expect from having a big salad and a
small piece of meat. Strange.

And I don't think it's blood sugar rebound, either. While my BG did spike
up to 147, I was still interested in eating more while it was high, so
it's not like I was self medicating a hypoglycemic episode. I think it's
just that high carbs are literally not satisfying for me.  

Needless to say, it's back on the straight and narrow for me tomorrow
morning. While I don't like the feeling that my eating is controlling me,
I think this is a useful experience to have periodically to remind me
that eating the wrong foods (or perhaps giving myself permission to eat
the wrong foods) can put the wrong element in the driver's seat.

Now I'm just hoping that the kick start to my metabolism will be worth the
extra calories.

Martha