Why chocolates?

Bit of a mixed day yesterday. I knew I was going out for lunch with a friend and had no workouts planned, so I had a good breakfast and a light morning snack. I was quite happy with my menu choices at lunch, as it’s not often I find gluten free blinis (a buckwheat pancake) and it’s not the sort of thing I make at home. I then spent the afternoon shopping with my friend.

What I failed to take into account is the lack of drinks while spending the afternoon walking around. By the time I was starting on my way home at 4:45pm, I was exhausted, thirsty and craving sweets. I ended up buying some mango in the supermarket, thinking to settle my sweet tooth with that, but then couldn’t resist the siren call of the sweetshop - which was right next to the bus stop where I was waiting for my bus to take me home. I’d buy a small bag of chocolates and only have a couple, sharing with my husband and saving the rest for later. When I got home I did have the sense to make up a large bottle of water with an electrolyte tablet and eat the mango first, but then I just couldn’t put the chocolates down!

So an entire bag of chocolates later, I’m wondering if there is something more going on. While it is very like me to have chocolates, it’s not very like me to eat the entire bag in one go! Maybe I’ve lacking in some vital nutrient, or maybe my hormones are all over the place. Rather than feeling guilty over my lack of willpower, I think my time would be better spent figuring out why it happened so I can fix the problem. Fortunately I have this detailed food diary thing so checking for diet problems should be easy!  

The Score:

Calories:	Protein:	Carbs:	Fat:	Alcohol:	Fibre:
2294.17	104.01g	281.76g	73.79g	14.30g	15.37g
	18%	49%	29%	4%
Calories burned through exercise:		Rest Day

What I ate:

Time	Item	Amount
07:45	Vitamins - Centrum Advance A to Zinc, 400iu of Vitamin E, 1000iu Vitamin D3 and 500mg Glucosamine sulphate	1 each
	Cold water	200mL
	Mattesson's Turkey rashers	3 rashers
	Gluten Free fruit muesli	70g
	Alpro Soy milk	120mL
	Sainsbury's pressed apple and cherry juice	225mL
09:30	Black Tea	500mL
10:45	Irish Yoghurts Diet	125g
	Cox Apple	100g
	Green Tea	250mL
13:15	Butternut squash soup	about 1 cup
	Black tea with milk and sugar	300mL
13:45	Buckwheat blini with sour cream and chives	1 pancake
	topped with scrambled eggs	about 2 eggs
	and smoked salmon	about 50g
	Black tea	300mL
17:15	Fresh mango	100g
	Orange Nuun electrolyte tablet in water	750mL
17:30	Continental collection by Thorntons	96g
20:30	Chicken and butternut squash risotto	300g
	White wine	150mL

Plus 500 to 1500mL of cold water sipped from a water bottle throughout the day.