Sarit,

Good job figuring out how to make *within the hour* for breakfast work for you!

It helps me to remember *why* within the hour is so important. Do you know the *why*? Slumpy for me can also be from not getting enough...or not eating on time. Then it creates a vicious cycle.

Colette

: I am committing to within the hour,
: and have made an important discovery,
: (though it's really quite
: self-evident...)

: I have recently posted about having
: fallen off the 'within the hour'
: wagon.
: And I have also written about
: spending many sedentary hours on
: the computer.

: Well this morning I understood that
: they are very much connected.

: Yesterday I was in the kitchen
: cooking and then in the early
: evening, I painted our deck for
: three hours. By bedtime, I was
: very tired - a "healthy"
: tired that signifies energy well
: spent.

: This morning about half an hour after
: I got up, I felt really hungry.
: I haven't felt that in a long time.

: Point is, the "sedentary
: track" makes me feel not
: hungry for breakfast.
: So BF is late, and then lunch and
: dinner are late too.
: And though the content of my meals is
: spot on, I'm in a slump and don't
: feel much like doing anything.

: In contrast, the "active
: track" makes me hungry for BF
: within the hour, and lunch and
: dinner should then be on time as
: well.
: I suspect this will have a positive
: effect on "the slumps".
: Feeling less slumpy should make me
: more inclined for some activity.
: And more activity should help make
: tomorrow's BF within the hour as
: well.

: Seems like 'activity' and 'within the
: hour' are closely linked.

: In view of this discovery, I
: understand I must commit to
: within the hour AND more activity.
: These two components will support
: each other,
: and if I support the both of them,
: they will in turn support me

: Sarit