In the world of cleansing/elimination dieting, day three starts the period known as "kill all the things". I thought I might skip that phase during this cleanse, by having actual food for dinner, but man-o-man did it hit me full force yesterday. I was in a nasty mood, and really just wanted to work at my desk and be left alone but it was a day full of meetings so no luck there - for me or the people around me. I'm hoping today will be better... at the very least I'm on day four of five, so I'm almost done.
My crappy mood yesterday is what got me to thinking about food and emotions. I've mentioned many times that I use sugar to numb. I think when I have dairy late in the evening it alters my sleep/dreams... I go in to loops dreaming the same thing over and over again. I've also mentioned needing to stress chew before, and I usually reach for sugar when stressed, because of the numbing affect.
When I think of hangry I think of the meal where my avatar was taken. I'd flown on the red-eye and arrived at 7am, my room wasn't available until 5pm (!) so I didn't get a nap (!), and after finally checking in I had to quickly freshen up and run back over to EPCOT to make my ADR at Garden Grill... then I had to wait 45 minutes to get seated. I was out of body tired, and warned the seater/greeter guy that I was HANGRY, and was I ever. He was a real sweetheart and helped to turn things around, and of course as soon as some food hit my belly I was OK, and ended up having one of the most enjoyable character meals of any trip. The experience really helped me to recognize what hangry looks like on me, so I take more care now not to get to that point.