Starting in 2010 Snickers commercials featured the tag line "you're not you when you're hungry"; my favorite commercial features Betty White, in a game of back yard football. Linked here: Betty White
While my situation isn't the exact same, I've come to mentally call odd moments my "Betty White Moments" where I know a decrease in nutritional need is affecting my mental or emotional state of being. More simply stated, not eating solids can make me moody! To my understanding I have not become erratic or unbalanced, but I'll verify and monitor with those close to me. Mostly, I crash more easily or am sometimes flustered at things that typically do not phase me. The reason that Snickers comes to mind so quickly is because a Snickers bar would quickly fix the situation.
A normal Snickers bar has 28.8g of sugar and 34.5g of carbs, so the energy hits you fast. They also contain 271 calories with 13.6g of fat and 5.2g or saturated fat so the calories burn hot and strong. I would not want to supplement a typical diet with Snickers, but in pinch, they work great.
In college, when cutting weight for wrestling and struggling before practice started, I used to eat a Snickers bar and by the time it wore off, adrenaline carried me the rest of the way. Nowadays, I don't have that option and I'm typically crashing after adrenaline. V8, Fruit Juice and Slimfast are great supplements to my diet but not so great as emergency pick-me-ups. If crashing I know that I have to be patient, which is not always easy. Kids and clients are not sympathetic to a daily random crash. The same holds true for a mood swings; by the time I've become aware that a mood swing is occurring, my nutritional needs are so messed up that it takes 45-minutes to balance it out.
Thankfully I realized the need for structure and routine caloric intake around Day-3 and stick to a regimented schedule as best I can. I mostly get off track when intensely working on a big project or if I stay up late and do not drink a shake before bed.
A first glace Betty White has little to do with Jesus Christ, but I can tell you it is HARD to look for Jesus when you are mentally road raging, at Honda Civic, that is inconsiderately driving the posted speed limit, when heading to the bank. Also, you do not focus well on spiritual needs when your inner mantra is chanting "eat a snickers, eat a snickers, eat a snickers, eat a snicker." As it turns out, Betty White has a lot of influence with this Lenten experience and I need to pay attention to what I do, in order to keep her out of it.
Random Notes: Started the day at 200 Lbs, will finish around 2,000 calories, thanks heavily to a McDonald's Shake. Also, "if you threw a party and invited everyone you knew. You would see, the biggest gift would be from me and the card attached would say: 'thank you, for being a friend'"
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