I just finished writing Year of the Dog ! It had a massive plot hole that I had to fix which turned out to be more work than I expected. Here’s a snippet: “Hey, Auntie Nell.” He wrapped his arms around her, bussing her on the cheek and breathing in pikake flowers and shortbread cookies. And suddenly he was nine years old again, and her solid presence had made his chaotic world stable once more. “What are you doing here?” He usually took her to dinner on Wednesday nights, but today was Tuesday. The edges of her smile faltered a little before brightening right back up again. “What, I can’t visit my nephew?” She angled around him to enter his home. “Is this your new house? Looks lovely.” Which was a blatant lie, because the fixer-upper was barely livable, much less acceptable to a neat-freak like his aunt. She also left four matching pink and purple floral suitcases on the stoop behind her. Only then did Ashwin notice the cab driver standing slightly to the side of the walkway. “Can ...
So I went monkey crazy suffered from a slight lack of self control last week when I pigged out on tortilla chips and some cookies. I think I know why I ate so many chips.
I hadn’t run for a while because of my plantar fasciitis, but I went for a run yesterday for the first time in a while and took my salt tablet like I usually do. I have a tendency to sweat a lot, and I found when doing my marathon training that I had to take a salt tablet every hour I ran or else I suffered from hyponatremia, which is basically low salt in my body.
I suddenly realized that while I’ve been exercising the past couple weeks, I haven’t been taking any salt tablets. And tortilla chips are loaded with salt.
I think my carb binge was more about the salt than the carbs. My body was craving salt and the chips were right there.
That doesn’t explain the cookies I ate, but I guess I have to put that down to lack of self control. :)
So now I’m going to make sure that I intake enough salt and electrolytes, especially if I’m on the exercise bike, where I don’t normally think to take salt tablets, but where I continue tosweat like a horse glisten excessively.
Hopefully the salt tabs will help me exercise a little more self-control over my snacking. At least I won’t crave the tortilla chips for the wrong reason. What do you think?
I hadn’t run for a while because of my plantar fasciitis, but I went for a run yesterday for the first time in a while and took my salt tablet like I usually do. I have a tendency to sweat a lot, and I found when doing my marathon training that I had to take a salt tablet every hour I ran or else I suffered from hyponatremia, which is basically low salt in my body.
I suddenly realized that while I’ve been exercising the past couple weeks, I haven’t been taking any salt tablets. And tortilla chips are loaded with salt.
I think my carb binge was more about the salt than the carbs. My body was craving salt and the chips were right there.
That doesn’t explain the cookies I ate, but I guess I have to put that down to lack of self control. :)
So now I’m going to make sure that I intake enough salt and electrolytes, especially if I’m on the exercise bike, where I don’t normally think to take salt tablets, but where I continue to
Hopefully the salt tabs will help me exercise a little more self-control over my snacking. At least I won’t crave the tortilla chips for the wrong reason. What do you think?
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