Lunch, and adapting to change
Jun. 6th, 2021 12:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mtbcFor today's lunch, I shall fry a couple of fresh steakburgers that were on discount at the grocery store, alongside them I have diced half an onion, which I had left over, and sliced one of the leeks I bought yesterday. I also have a potato baking in the oven, I'll probably put butter and cheese in it. Once cooked, I'll save one of the burgers for another day.
At the moment I have an easy time with meals. I work from home and the kitchen's but a few steps away from my desk. Even on weekdays, it is easy enough to prepare all kinds of meals without bothering anybody or much stepping away from work, even while something's cooking I can just step back over occasionally to check on its progress, maybe stir it again.
I am not aware that we yet have any results from the Big Breakfast Study but my general impression of current chrononutrition thinking is that it favors eating earlier in the day, rather than later. I vaguely recall that this may also be true of exercise. Anyhow, I eat breakfast and lunch, then fast for the remainder of the day. It's not as if I can eat much food without becoming overweight, and some degree of fasting seems to help against diet-related disease.
As a high fraction of my colleagues are now fully vaccinated, later this summer I expect to have to work on campus each day. I do not wish to much change my overall diet, it works well for me, but I get to figure when to try to exercise and what to eat when. There are refrigerators and microwaves around the office but, say, frying fresh vegetables and fish is probably no longer the kind of direction to take. There is also a cafeteria, though daily use would cost a fair bit.
I haven't decided what to do. I am not going to get time to fit a decent meal in before work. My inclination is to maintain the evening fasting and cut some of the fresh foods out of my typical diet, use the cafeteria a little, frozen ready meals too, maybe sometimes cold sandwiches, then I can continue to devote the evening to other things. I may need to correct course as I see how the changes affect my weight. At least I have time to think about it.
Update: I ought to have noted that, before theEventpandemic, lunchtimes were during my fasting period so I was already out of the habit of eating at work.
At the moment I have an easy time with meals. I work from home and the kitchen's but a few steps away from my desk. Even on weekdays, it is easy enough to prepare all kinds of meals without bothering anybody or much stepping away from work, even while something's cooking I can just step back over occasionally to check on its progress, maybe stir it again.
I am not aware that we yet have any results from the Big Breakfast Study but my general impression of current chrononutrition thinking is that it favors eating earlier in the day, rather than later. I vaguely recall that this may also be true of exercise. Anyhow, I eat breakfast and lunch, then fast for the remainder of the day. It's not as if I can eat much food without becoming overweight, and some degree of fasting seems to help against diet-related disease.
As a high fraction of my colleagues are now fully vaccinated, later this summer I expect to have to work on campus each day. I do not wish to much change my overall diet, it works well for me, but I get to figure when to try to exercise and what to eat when. There are refrigerators and microwaves around the office but, say, frying fresh vegetables and fish is probably no longer the kind of direction to take. There is also a cafeteria, though daily use would cost a fair bit.
I haven't decided what to do. I am not going to get time to fit a decent meal in before work. My inclination is to maintain the evening fasting and cut some of the fresh foods out of my typical diet, use the cafeteria a little, frozen ready meals too, maybe sometimes cold sandwiches, then I can continue to devote the evening to other things. I may need to correct course as I see how the changes affect my weight. At least I have time to think about it.
Update: I ought to have noted that, before the
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Date: 2021-06-06 07:17 pm (UTC)Fortunately I have been back to regular exercise and I had lost weight when I saw the doctor last week. YAY! So if I can keep getting in climbing time, along with the boxing lessons, I will be fine.
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Date: 2021-06-06 09:08 pm (UTC)