Even Nutritionists Have Bad Eating Days…
I am always telling my clients “don’t wait too long to eat … eat something every few hours … once you get low blood sugar (or too hungry), it is likely you’ll overeat not-so-healthy foods”.
I had a client in my office this week who has a crazy schedule. She’s having a difficult time eating on a regular schedule and ends up going too long between meals. This in turn, contributes to some unhealthy dinner choices. She knows I work long hours and asked me how I did it. I told her I usually plan snacks to eat every few hours on my long days. However I shared the following story with her to show what can happen if I don’t follow my own advice!
The sequence of events are as follows…
- I was traveling to Chicago to give a lecture.
- Ate my usual healthy breakfast (Total yogurt, fruit, cereal) around 7:30 am.
- Running late and barely made the flight so had I no time to pick up food at the airport. Didn’ t eat anything on the plane.
- Got to the hotel at 4:30 pm. By that time, I felt quite lightheaded, irriatable and had trouble concentrating. Not a great position to be in 
when you had to give a lecture to 100 doctors in an hour.
- So I ordered in room service from the hotel. I was so hungry that I didn’t make an “appropriate” food selection. A oversized tuna sandwich with a large portion of fries arrived at my door. I know that overeating leads to fatigue, so I told myself I would eat only 1/2 of the sandwich … and no fries of course. However once I started eating, I couldn’t stop. 1200 calories later, I had finished the whole meal.
- Now the food coma started. I had to have several cups of coffee to come out of it.
The story continues…
- Dinner was served to the attendees while I spoke. I wasn’t able to eat dinner after the lecture as I was part of a panel discussion (was able to drink some red wine though!).
- So now it’s 10 pm - no dinner, 2 glasses of wine. I thought it was too late to order room service dinner. So what did I do … went to the gift shop and got a jumbo bag of M&M’s. For some reason, after I have a drink or two, all I want is chocolate.
So that is my “confession”! Even nutritionists are human and don’t always follow their own advice. The point of my little story is to show what can happen if you go too long without eating. Taking the time to plan healthy snacks for in between meals can help to prevent low blood sugar. Not only will this increase your energy levels, it will also help you make healthier meal choices.
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