stupidity

[rivendellrose]

Curses on me for getting distracted by the phone ringing at 9:40 this morning (it was a telemarketer, of course) while I was trying to throw together a lunch. Whatever possessed me to think that oatmeal, two clementines, and a single tamale would be enough for me to eat today? Why do I have this delusional notion that I don't eat that much during the day when, in actuality, this amount of food means that by 1:35 I've eaten all my food except one of the clementines, which I'm desperately saving for after lecture, plus a lollipop and 2.5 really big cups of tea, and still feel pretty certain that I will be hungry again in... oh, two hours, tops?

I will clearly never learn. In the morning, when I'm rushed, that amount of food looks so oddly reasonable... and then I remember that I'm trapped on campus until 5-fecking-30, and usually don't get home until six, by which time I'm ravenous, if I haven't already knuckled under and bought a bagel or something to tide me over.

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[differedfrom.livejournal.com]

I do the same thing. Well, sort of. I make or bring enough food to work that it should, in theory, last me through the day, as long as I eat this for breakfast and that for lunch and the other thing for an afternoon snack. Never works out that way, though. By lunchtime I'm starving and I eat everything I have, then I get hungry again by the late afternoon.

Stupid stomach. It never listens.

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

Yeah... I can usually ration pretty well, but when I'm stupid and don't bring enough to begin with, I always end up eating what I have too quickly.

...And then my boss comes back from errands with Ivars chowder for lunch and I get really jealous. Damn.

[cirakaite.livejournal.com]

I'm the opposite- I eternally think that I will be able to eat that much, and bring it in- then don't eat lunch, and end up wasting my salad or whatever I brought. Is there anywhere you can get cheap soup or something in the area? There's often some nice & tiny places near uni campuses . . .

[rivendellrose.livejournal.com]

There's places, I'm just a bit neurotic about trying not to spend money on lunches away from home when I can just as well pack something... if I just remember to do it, and do it in a timely enough fashion that things actually get packed in my back. *Sighs* It worked out, though, and I ate a huge bowl of soup with cheese and avocado in when I got home.