My two cents (as someone who still suffers from cravings/hunger):
1)Try to get the most calorie-d meal in your breakfast when you wake up with that raging hunger (studies to support this method I hear)
2)Physically distance yourself from junk/triggers (smells! they kill me) whenever possible
Protein highest- fiber filled vegetables second (available quickly)
Play around with meal frequency. For me, three larger, protein filled meals with coffee/water in between has usually been enough. You may be in the frequent meal crowd. Physical and mental stress adds to that hunger…
Stop me if you’ve tried all these… just a few things that seem to be helping hunger (for me).
Woke at 210.6 lbs. First time I’ve seen 210 two days in a row.
I ate 2900 calories on Friday night too and I woke up at a new low yesterday
Some days I’m just hungry. I woke up at a new low yesterday so I’m sure I was a bit depleted. And I actually do worse if I eat early. As soon as I have food it fires up my metabolism. I feel better if I don’t eat until 10am compared to eating at 6:30. If I eat first thing then my hunger is worse at 10 than if I eat nothing at all.
I’ll have to try it. I can do the scapular retraction stuff; I just lose it when I’m moving my humerus in a pressing movement. I never had any trouble prior to this biceps tendon problem.
That will only happen if I don’t blow it tonight! It’s date night, and I’m hungry.
The really good news about this morning was that it was 210.6 lbs on a short night of sleep. I only got about 5.5 hours of sleep. I think I would’ve been lower if I’d slept for 8 hours. I’d like to think I’ll see 209 tomorrow but I might mess that up a bit tonight.
Well, work ruined date night. I guess it’s not ruined but we didn’t go out. My day started out bad and finished bad. I’m exhausted.
My first two calls were for schizophrenic people. The second one was a bit intense. The calling party received a text from a friend that said to call the police. The male half is crazy and has a history of hallucinating. He’s even fired guns at his hallucinations. He’s flagged as armed and dangerous. The calling party also said he has a history of holding women hostage.
All good things, right?
We arrive and there are cameras all over so he knows we’re coming. We knock and hear nothing. And then I hear someone banging on a wall. Then silence. And then a woman screaming help me.
It’s the first time in my career that I genuinely thought I was about to be in an armed engagement. And to be honest, I actually thought I was going to get shot.
We tried to force open the door but the male half cried out and said not to kick it down.
All ended without incident. He ended up going to jail for kidnapping. It took almost two hours for my heart rate to come back down to normal. It was running in the mid 60s for awhile.
Later in the day I get asked to check for a rape suspect and to secure the scene. Lie and behold, we find him.
As we’re doing that my co-worker gets into a chase with a stolen car. It goes three blocks and t-bones someone while running a red light. Another car was struck and cars and people went everywhere. They killed an innocent person in the car and a pedestrian was struck and killed by one of the cars. What. The. Fuck.
Sorry for venting and sharing the darkness of my job, but I need to get it out and this seems like a somewhat private medium. I definitely can’t post this stuff to Facebook.
Today was rough and I’m having a tough time shaking it off. It’s a reminder about how dark the world can be and how poisonous this job can be. On top of everything I experienced today, I saw that an officer from a town about 100 miles away committed suicide last night. We lose more officers to suicide than line of duty deaths every year. I completely understand why, too.
It’s not right or acceptable but you can only spend so much time in the dark before it gets to you.
I’ll bounce back from today. I just hope my co-worker who initiated that chase comes out of this alright. Everyone blames us when this type of stuff happens.
Woke at 209.6 lbs and with a headache. I’m not sure what I’ll do for training today. My daughter is home with a sore throat so I guess we won’t be going to the Y. My wife has her very last night class for her Masters tonight so I can’t go to the Y when she gets home either. I’ll be stuck using my home gym. I shouldn’t complain; I’m just spoiled. It’s back day and I really enjoy using cables. I’ll find some good substitutions. I guess worst case scenario - everything will be heavy rest/pause sets.
Easter day was a nice lunch with ham, cheesy potatoes, broccoli salad, etc. The dessert is what got me. I had five pieces of cake/pie. And then I ate handfuls of my kids candy every day the following week - Hersheys eggs, mini Reese’s peanut butter cups, bite sized Snickers, Twix, etc.
Thanks, Simo. Found out this morning one of the deceased was 12 years old. I’m glad I just started my regular days off so I can be away from work for a few days.
No m&ms but I had three beers. The part that resulted in the headache was the Crown Royal - Apple that I drank straight. I probably just had a few ounces of that but if I drink it before the beers then it seems to amplify its effects.
Sorry your day was so rough! Thanks for doing what you do though. Police officers are definitely under-appreciated nowadays. Your right in the regard that this is a nice private oasis if you need to vent with a strong group of encouraging guys. Hope today treats you much better.
As someone who lurks on these forums to help with my training ideas I felt compellled to post.
I’m a cop (Detective) in the UK and also ex Army. The day you described is not untypical of the day in the life of your average police officer.
You are often expected to be all things to all men, in the face of pressure, emotionally charged situations and hardship that the general public are not. This can have a cost, often met by your loved ones, friends and close family.
If posting on here helps, then more power to you my friend. Stick in, talk about it and chin up.
