chickie9999's Journal, 24 October 2015

Ugh, feeling gross today. This morning, I dragged ass getting up and out of bed while drinking my coffee. As a result, time got away from me and I ended up running behind schedule to get to my presentation event. I was rushed and did not have time to eat breakfast. I grabbed a container of cottage cheese and let my husband drive to the event, while I took a few spoonfuls of cottage cheese, en route. The whole trip took about several minutes to get to our destination. Once there, I was busy lifting, moving around, walking, setting up my display area at the event and burning a lot of calories. By the time my producer arrived to start filming, I was already crashing. I did not have enough to eat and did not have time to sit down. It was all go go go. I realized about 20 minutes before I was to start my presentation, I forgot to work the crowd, so I walked the mile around the field introducing myself to people and handing out brochures and inviting people to my talk. By the time I got back we had sun / camera problems and ran about 10 minutes behind schedule. I tried not to overthink the whole process, however I knew that I was not going to be on time. I was so thirsty and chugged 50 ounces of water in a few sips. I finished the first presentation and had to go right into the second presentation without a break. By the time I was done, I was getting light headed and nauseated. I knew that my blood sugar was crashing and there was nothing I could do about it at the moment. I grabbed a few tic tacs, chugged more water, put my big girl panties on a moved onto the next presentation and crowd. By the time we were done it was around 12:30pm and my brain was fuzzy. Got home, had some soup and chips to bring up my blood sugar with not much luck. It dipped right back down after I ate. I am hypoglycemic. When I let myself go too long, all bets are off for the entire day. We went out to get some espresso and that was causing me to surge into awakened and half asleep stages. I needed to get actual sugar into my body to balance me out. My husband got me some chocolate/candy and shared it. As I started to come out of my fog, we came home and are having some tamales. It's a lot of calories, however I feel my body is really demanding more carbs today than ever! between stress, being tired, early morning go go go ... and the blood sugar crash, today is just one of those bad food days. whenever my routine is thrown off, my brain goes chaotic along with my eating. now, i remember why i do not work for someone else. my need to take care of myself on my schedule and work according to my rules is what is most important to me. i doubt i'll be doing any more charity events in the near future. too much pressure in my humble opinion.

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1342 kcal

Fat: 62.78g | Prot: 43.84g | Carb: 170.35g.   Breakfast: Great Value Large Curd Cottage Cheese, Coffee-Mate Original Powder Creamer, Coffee, Sugar in the Raw Stevia in the Raw. Lunch: Doritos Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips (28g), Progresso Light Chicken & Cheese Enchilada. Dinner: Del Real Foods Chicken Tamales in Red Sauce, Tamale with Chicken. Snacks/Other: Hershey's Milk Duds Snack Size, 3 Musketeers 3 Musketeers (Fun Size), Market Pantry Sugar Substitute with Stevia Extract, Espresso Coffee, Reddi-wip Extra Creamy Whipped Cream. more...