So I remember explaining the phenomenon of stomach-jetlag to someone recently and being laughed at, kind of like when people laugh at my theories about foliage.
But I just returned to Sri Lanka (through Kuwait, only one stop, not bad), and let me tell you folks, stomach jet lag is real! Definition: just as your sleep schedule is off because your body is used to a certain sleep schedule, your eating schedule is also off, so you're hungry at weird times.
Exhibit A: I arrived back in Sri Lanka yesterday at 6am, which is the worst time to arrive somewhere, because you can't just crash. So I take a nap and am groggily awake for the rest of the day, but then of course can't sleep at night, right, because my body thinks its daytime even though it's tired. BUT, at 2am when I'm lying there awake, I'm also really hungry. Then this morning I ate breakfast but wasn't hungry again til dinner time (which, let me tell you, is not how I roll). But now its 10:30, like 3 hours after I ate dinner, and I'm super hungry again!
Let this be a lesson to the skeptics. Stomach-jetlag is real. And it could get you next.
Monday, September 28, 2009
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Been there, in a way. I'm hungry all the time, as it is, and jet lag just adds to that hunger the joy that is confused stomach nausea . . . but that's gross. Point is, I, too, believe stomach jet lag to be a real and serious phenomenon, not to be scoffed at.
Other point: glad to read you arrived safely.
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