Which would you choose?
During yesterday’s early evening run, I was telling Steven how I’m having a hard time knowing when I’m hungry in the afternoon and for dinner. I wake up and feel hungry for breakfast, and usually feel hungry for lunch, but my cues are off for later in the day. So much that I’ve accidentally bonked some of our early evening runs because I was low on fuel (I specifically had a snack before this run and didn’t bonk it).
Anyway, so we get home, and I’m started to get irritated. Okay, the hangry is kicking in – I must be hungry. Steven says “let’s get ready and decide what we’re doing for dinner,” and I sassily say “you already brought up taking me out for Mexican during our run. If you don’t, you’re going to have a situation on your hands.” Ha.
We drive to the restaurant and we’re expecting them to bring out chips and salsa – at this point we’re both really hungry – and they don’t! They must have changed their policy and you have to order them now. So they come over to order our meals and I am SO out of it.
I tell the waitress I’d like the two avocado tacos dinner without cheese and she asks “corn or flour tortillas?”
And I sit there, processing the words. Looking at her blankly. My mind is telling me, “you know the answer to this Kim! You always order the same thing!” but I can’t figure it out. Which do I like…?
I was legit like this:
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Finally, I figured it out “corn, please!” Then she took Steven’s order and left.
Steven looks at me, and is like “What was that? You looked so confused and out of it! I was about to whisper to you ‘Corn! You like corn! Then I thought, wait, is she actually going to ask for flour?!'”
I told him I didn’t know what happened. I was apparently so hungry that my brain was no longer functioning properly and I just could NOT figure it out.
Then he told me he was going to use the “corn vs flour tortilla” question on me in the future to make sure I was okay. Later, during dinner, he starts telling some story and randomly says “so would you pick corn or flour tortillas?” Ha!
The first time he did it, it took me a minute. Then as I had more to eat, I was able to answer it. And I just kept laughing about it, because it was funny and ridiculous, but also because I was so out of it.
So to bring it back around, apparently being a bit out of it can be a sign I’m hungry too. I know this sounds odd (and problematic), but I have been waiting for my stomach to tell me. I’ve been a binge-eater my whole adult life and I am trying to relearn my eating cues and it’s been hard, but I’m getting there.
Oh do I feel this. Last week I stopped by the mini mart for a bag of Bugles, a big bag of cheese popcorn, and a cheese stick. The guy ringing me up asks me if I want a bag (Washington State makes you pay 8¢ if you get a plastic bag). I just stood there and didn’t know what to say. Obviously I didn’t need a bag… I would just take them out to the car and put them in my backpack… but I didn’t know how to respond. The only thing in my head was “A bag??”
Ha! You needed all those yummy snacks so you could comprehend what a bag was! LOLOL.
A brain freeze! They happen 😉
I am a 100% flour tortilla girl, though.
They do!
I wonder what the percentage is of corn vs flour! Always corn out for me, always flour at home.
Oh, boy. I can do nothing when I’m hungry, so I get this. My husband has a “are you hungry?” line that seriously riles me up when I’m actually hungry, but makes me laugh when I’m not. I’m glad you’re able to see the humor in it!
Oh yes! You totally get it! He needs to hand you a snack if he is asking that when you are obviously hungry 😉
Oh man, I’ve been there where my brain just won’t brain. I’m Team Flour but every once in a while I like the corn tortillas just to mix it up.
Glad it’s not just me! I should do that with flour! 🙂
A brain fart! This happens to me way more than you would think. Sometimes, my brain just goes completely blank. When I’m hangry like that, I just need someone to make decisions for me. I just lose all mental abilities, it seems!
I am so glad it’s not just me! Makes me feel better. We need to not get so hangry, lol!
I think the comments tell you that you are certainly not alone in this. I had a similar experience in a restaurant. I was so hungry that I literally stared at every tray coming out of the kitchen, hoping that it was ours. Being hangry is no fun! Also, both types of tortillas work but I prefer flour. 🙂
I definitely feel less alone! And am LOLing at you staring at the trays coming out of the kitchen because BEEN THERE! Ha!