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June 27, 2005
My Long Term Hunger Management Strategy
WARNING: This may not work for everyone. In fact, it probably won't work for anyone but me.
I have been dealing with the issue of hunger: real hunger, not the "I am feeling a bit peckish, need a snack, it's noon and lunchtime, I'm bored so I'll eat" kind of "hunger" but the real thing. The, "I'm at a weight where my body thinks I must be joking when I talk about further CR." kind of hunger. The "don't let me loose in a Quorn factory!" kind of hunger. The kind of hunger where I really, really enjoy my food with a vigor that I never imagined possible pre-CR. Where eating becomes an ecstatically sensual experience.
I have gotten some wonderful advice, most recently from Dan the Man, on how to deal with hunger, and I appreciate all. I have a strategy that I think will work, but it probably wouldn't be the strategy of choice for everyone.
It's a two-fold strategy, involving a) distraction b) accountability.
a) Distraction. It has occurred to me that if I can find something more entertaining to do than eat, I am likely to do it, even if I am hungry. I quest earnestly after entertainment, and if I can have fun doing something that has no calories, why would I consume excess calories???
b) Accountability. We all lost weight at the CRS Conference. Why? Cause we don't like to eat when other CR folk are around. The constant need to fit in with the group, when the group is healthy and focused on good nutrition in as few calories as possible, makes us do what we wish we were doing anyway.
So here's my plan:
In a month, the Orange One is going to arrive on a plane. And he's not going back to Canada till Solstice. And then, if all is going well, we're going to spend Solstice with his family and then return here... both of us... get it?
So in the middle of the night, if I get hungry, I will just roll over and wake up my Orange Angel and demand that he entertain me until the urge to consume life-shortening calories passes.
To do otherwise would be actively killing me. To avoid being a murderer, he must distract me from any late night urges to eat a pile of Quorn.
And do you think I'll be stuffing myself with high cal happy hour appetizers with my friends when I know that my Orange One is waiting at home with a delicious, low calorie, perfectly Zoned, extraordinarily nutritious dinner? Never! I'll have one glass of pinot noir and watch them go crazy on the nachos, content that my reward is just a half a mile or so away in the eternal peace of the Zone, the high protein wonderland of the Orange One.
Just a month to go, and we will move into our new house. A big kitchen, a deck, a porch swing, three bedrooms. Plenty of room for him to set up his office and for my cats to frolick (actually, they mostly sleep) without driving him crazy.
You are all invited to the birthday/housewarming party on Sunday, August 7. It's your big chance to meet Aubrey de Grey, who I am pleased to say will be in attendance. Maybe we can convert him to CR...
I am a very lucky CR girl, to have such an easy solution to the problem of hunger.
Don't try this at home.
Posted by april at June 27, 2005 6:41 PM
Comments
Great, wonderful, happy news! Best wishes to both of you.
-Liz
Posted by: Elizabeth at June 27, 2005 9:50 PM
How fantastic - wishing you both scads of domestic bliss! --Suzanne
Posted by: Suzanne at June 27, 2005 10:15 PM
April,
you and MR have done so much to motivate, educate, and encourage those of us trying to practice CR. I am so happy for both of you!
You both deserve all this joy! And, it's great to be a bystander!
Laura
Posted by: Laura at June 28, 2005 7:25 AM
Congrats to both of you!! :)
You are a great resource for the CR community and a very interesting read, and I'm very happy that you've found your special someone.. may you both have many happy centuries together!
And poor MR, welcome to the 'joys' of the US Immigration process! But it's all worth it to be with the one you love.
Posted by: Gregg M. at June 28, 2005 7:38 AM
Thank you for inviting me to your birthday/housewarming party on Sunday, August 7. But I don't know where it is. Please send me directions. Thanks.
Also, meditation can help you control your hunger management along with many other things.
Posted by: Ugly at July 2, 2005 12:17 AM