Changing things up a bit....

 Well, fall routine is back. Get up early with the family, work, take dogs for walk, make dinner, watch some TV, take dogs for walk, night time bathroom routines, read book, bed....

At least that is my Mon to thursday routine. On the weekends, I change it up a bit. :) 

I thought I would change up my routine slightly as it's been pretty much the same for years and my eating pattern has been pretty much the same all summer. 

Get up 6:30, black coffee at 7, electrolytes at 11, protein smoothie at 1, lunch/snack at 2:30, dinner around 5. 

Although I'm not really a breakfast person, I think that is likely due to the fact that I've just been in such a regular pattern that I just haven't missed it.  So for the next few weeks I'm going to change only WHEN I eat. I'm going to eat pretty much the same foods, but just change when I eat them. 

On Mon to thursday I'm going to get up 6:30, black coffee at 7, protein smoothie at 9, electrolytes/snack at 11:30, lunch/dinner 2:45 - finishing up eating by 3.  

So essentially I'm changing my eating window from 11-6 to 9-3. I am eating the same pretty much the same amount of food, but I've been doing some research that changing the time you eat can trick your body in how it uses the fuel. I also start winding down my day at 8:30, so if I'm finishing up at 6pm, that's really not a lot of time between my last meal and when I go to bed.  It's really only a few hours different so might not make any difference at all, but worth the experiment. 

The caveat is that on Friday/sat/sun I'm going back to my old routine. I just enjoy going out for dinner on Fridays and cooking dinners on Sat too much. Sundays are family dinners so it's easier if I just eat with the family. 

It's only been a few days so I haven't noticed any really big changes. I do feel slightly more tired at the end of the work day (between 3-5) but then my bed time routine and falling asleep has been about the same. 

At the end of next week I'll check in with weigh in as well as how my blood glucose looks. I've been peeking at the scale and so far I'm happy.  But we will see how it goes over the weekend and into next week. 

At least it keeps things interesting for the next little bit! :)