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Bull_Cuts

With my now-superfast metabolism, I'm at least slightly hungry all day.  Not that I should complain.  I get plenty of food, and I eat like 6 or more times a day.  But the times in between, my stomach sometimes feels like it's going to digest itself.

So the 15 minutes after lunch may be the best part of my day, at least so far.  I actually feel full for a little bit. 

I'm working hard to avoid overeating.  Or undereating.  It's a difficult balance, because my brain often takes a few minutes to catch up with the fullness of my stomach.  At the same time, I think all day about the calories that I'm taking in.  I try not to obsess over it, bbut I do try to be conscious of it.  Making it all even more complicated, I can't eat the same every day.  I have to consider what activity I've had already today, and what if anything I'll be doing in the evening or the next morning.  

Like most folks, I don't want to gain weight.  Wouldn't mind shedding a couple more pounds, but I'm happy to maintain.  But at the same time, I'm deathly afraid of having a stingy metabolism.  [Excellent reading on the topic from one of my favorite authors, Robert Sapolsky.]  I would much rather lose a little weight, or at least maintain, by consuming and burning a lot of healthy calories.  So it's tons of food, spread out over the day, and tons of exercise.  Don't want to starve myself thin.  That wouldn't be very much fun at all.

On the upside, I'm starting to look the part a little bit.  While I may be off the back of the race and looking like a slack-jawed yokel in this pic, at least the bike isn't moaning the way it used to.

See you at dinner.  Or in 20 minutes.

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