nutrition fact number 8 1/2

[veek]

Some protein every day is an absolute necessity. I keep forgetting this.

I do eat meat, that is, am not a vegetarian; but usually don't buy it, because it seems expensive. Once in a while, though, it is good, like tonight's (smallish quantity of) ground beef in tomato-cream sauce over pasta. With herbs. Balanced? Mostly.

Also ventured into the land of tofu and bought Soy Boy dogs. They claim to have no wheat or dairy, and to provide me with 14g (~25% RDA) of protein per two links. We will see what they taste like tomorrow; between them, the ground beef and eggs, I should be set for a week or so.

All of this was prompted by today's annoyance – again – at being constantly hungry when I work. When I complained about this a couple of days ago, my colleague (and now officemate) C. (no, not that Cee) immediately asked if I'd had any protein. I thought about it and decided that no, not for three or four days. She said, "yeah, I kept forgetting the importance of that too, when I was in grad school. Then I started paying attention to protein in my diet, and didn't feel nearly as hungry between meals."

She's right, of course. I've noticed this before, and seem to have to relearn it every semester.

Comments

[belochka.livejournal.com]

i crave meat if i don't have it for more than a day or two

carnivorous squirrels do exist, i guess :)

food cravings

[duchez.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the body is weird that way. Even though I don't eat meat (much) I get enough protein in from beans, tofu, fish and eggs that I don't have any shortage of them. But there are times when I have been too stressed that I start feeling like a deer and crave a salt lick - so I eat a lot of salty things. I later read and figured out that when stressed, the electrolyte levels go down, which aggravates stress and depression. Go figure.

Listen to your body! It's trying to tell you something. You just have to decode what it says.

Re: food cravings

[veek.livejournal.com]

Listen to your body! It's trying to tell you something. You just have to decode what it says.

Oh, darlin', this is one of the adages I live by.