Jittery

[cjsmith]

It's just past noon and I should probably be hungry. It would be convenient to be hungry now, since in twenty minutes I'm going to leave for an appointment and I'm not going to have another chance to eat lunch until two.

Instead, my stomach feels... not truly bad, but not quite right. It feels almost like stage fright: I'm jittery and almost nervous, I have too much energy but no focus, I want to get up and walk down the hall but I don't know where I'd be going or why, and I can't think. My breathing is shallow until I notice and take a few slow deep breaths; the next time I notice, it's faster and shallow again.

This must be what happens when I have chocolate cake.

I did scrape all the frosting off it. I'm not a complete idiot. And I didn't have much; I took a slice that would, if formed in a different shape, have been smaller than a donut.

This is awful.

Note to self: next time you think chocolate cake at 9:30 would be a spectacular way to have a healthy breakfast, go read this entry, 'kay? UGH.

Deep breaths. There ya go. Again; good. At least you didn't have caffeine. Things could be so much worse.

Comments

[evelynne.livejournal.com]

Speaking from personal experience, try a smaller piece and eat a bunch of protein first (a piece of chicken, or a few eggs) -- have the cake for dessert. Then you might be able to get away with eating chocolate cake at breakfast. :) Protein keeps my body from overreacting with the insulin and giving me low blood sugar, which causes symptoms like you're describing here.

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

Absolutely: protein is key. I just need to remember that when I walk over toward the office break area and there's chocolate cake calling to me with its evil little chocolate voice. "CJ!" it says. "I'm not that bad, really! You could scrape the frosting off; that would be good enough!" It LIES. The cake is (full of) LIES.