Diet by distraction

[ghini]

So, as the semester progressed and responsibility waned, I started sleeping late. When I have five minutes to go from waking up to leaving for work, breakfast is an afterthought. As a result of this, I started consuming a lot of those pre-made Slim-Fast in a can things as a 10 second breakfast. Lunch would follow, either grabbed downtown or brought with me.

Somehow, I think my stomach shrunk a bit. It got used to having less food in it. I spent less time being hungry, and more time not thinking about getting food. This continued on into the evenings, when I would sometimes even forget dinner. For example, last night I heated up a bowl of bolognese sauce for dinner. I think it is still in my microwave.

The end result? I've lost about 10 pounds. Haven't noticed? Well, it's only about 2.5% of my body weight, so it's not a lot, realtively speaking. I just find it interesting that I've found out how to diet by forgetting about food. Odd.

Comments

[weetanya.livejournal.com]

the procrastination/slacker's diet. i like it!

[lische.livejournal.com]

kind of like flying by getting distracted and forgetting to hit the ground?

[quandry.livejournal.com]

I've always found that being a busy person really helped a diet. Boredom just makes me shovel food into my face. It is my number one diet enemy.

[vudiddy.livejournal.com]

I've lost about 10 pounds...Well, it's only about 2.5% of my body weight

hmm, some quick math in my head... you don't weigh 400 pounds!

[reznite.livejournal.com]

Hehe, welcome to the club! The forgetting food club, I'm president. Just don't get yourself into trouble, nearly fainting from not eating is not a nice feeling. Has the way you feel hungry changed at all? Mine did a while back, I don't get hungry like I once did. My body has stopped telling me to eat for some reason, but I get the negative side-effects when my body desperately needs food. Also my golden rule is, beer has food value, but not the other way around. ;)

[tchotchkes.livejournal.com]

You are a lucky bastard. A talented lucky bastard.

[notgruntled.livejournal.com]

Your experience jibes with mine. I previously blogged that I lost 30-some pounds early in the year. The process has stalled recently.

I had a health scare several months back -- what happened was that I would forget to eat for about 12 hours at a time, and my blood sugar dropped. The weight loss is great, but remember to eat a little something every few hours.

Those slimfast/instant breakfast things are great. Even if you don't really feel like eating, you can chug one of those and go on with life.

Another handy snack to keep in a desk drawer are the 1-oz. bags of peanuts. I like the spicy ones. I keep meaning to pick up raw peanuts at the farmer's market and roast my own in my own mix of spices, but I haven't gotten around to it.

[saintb.livejournal.com]

HOORAY! congrats? yay!

but don't starve.