illness n cravings

woke up this morning feeling achey n coughing n had little energy, went to uni for a couple of hours n was craving sugar, so on my way home i bought a pack of 4 cookies and i'd resolved i'd have 1 or 2 at most, and i ate them all!!! later i googled the calories n there 400 cals each!!! i had no idea....AND if id not been feeling ill this wouldn't have happened.

Next time you wake up feeling achey how about having a nice simple breakfast?  Some scrambled eggs, a little toast, a glass of orange juice?  Good nutritous stuff that might have prevented the sugar-cravings two hours down the track...  An empty stomach when you're already feeling poorly is just asking for trouble.

Never mind... everyone slips up from time to time.   Eat plenty of nourishing food for the rest of the day, drink plenty of fluids, keep warm and look after yourself.

thanks for the advice gi-jane! i'm not going to beat myself up about this...and i will make sure i take good care of myself today!

One thing that happens when you are ill is that your cortisol levels rise, making you expend more of your blood glucose, your body senses this and sends a craving to your brain for carbs.  Try a bowl of high fiber cereal with some added fruit or a half tsp of sugar.  The extra fructose or sucrose will satisfy your craving until the complex carbs start to register on your system.