Metabolism

Something very strange indeed has happened. Very strange. Doesn't happen very often. Not very often at all. In fact rarely.

I am hungry. Actually that's not true. I am starving!!!!!!!!

Normally I just dont get hungry that often. You may think that is odd, and I'm not completely sure why. Maybe it's a lifetime of skipping meals, dieting, being totally ambivilant about my food intake. Maybe it's many episodes of literally grazing on goodies whenever I fancied. Maybe it's the regular diet of white wine dulling the appetite.

So what can have made me feel hungry? Is it my new healthy eating regime? Is it trying to eat low fat/low sugar at all times? Is it almost always eating my '5' a day? Is it a month of just about being 'on the wagon'? Is it doing the Paul McKenna thing of listening to my inner 'switches' and eating only when hungry, and stopping eating when full? Is it the recent snow and arctic conditions? Is it my thyroxine medication speeding up my thyroid function and consequently speeding up my metabolism?

I don't know. What I do know is I have eaten better in the last month than in the last three years, and there is a difference. I have lost weight, (not tons, but every ounce matters!!), my skin and hair are in great condition, I feel more confident, and I think that my digestive system has woken up from years of slumber! So the big question is will it last? I am trying to teach myself to learn and remember and stick to it at all times, that this healthy eating lark has to be for life, not just for a few weeks after Christmas.

I have been considering what Paul McKenna has preached, and the one thing that I whole heartedly agree with is........diets don't work. What's for dinner?