So the week after my period I don’t have the biggest appetite. Also, I’m not very hungry after exercise. Both of those things were in effect tonight.

I was able to eat dinner fine. I usually have a nice big yummy dessert after dinner every single night, I have a huge sweet tooth.

Tonight I wasn’t really that hungry for dessert. I noticed myself having the thought that my lack of desire for dessert was a good excuse to not eat. It was hard to decide if I should “listen to my body’s cues” (I wasn’t full, just not hungry) and not eat dessert, or if I should eat dessert anyway because that’s how I always end my night.

I did eat dessert and I enjoyed it. I could’ve gone without it, it was a ‘I could take it or leave it’ situation. But I didn’t freak out about eating it. I guess I could’ve waited to see if I would become hungry for dessert, but I feel like that would’ve caused me anxiety/overthinking rather than just following my usual eating routine.

Did I do the right thing? I know no one has the right answer, I’m more just journaling to myself. I guess I’m not sure if it was mechanical eating (good) or eating out of habit without listening to my body (bad???)