you’re eating high-carb foods every few
hours, your insulin levels stay elevated, so
glucagon rarely has the need to ask cells to tap
into fat stores for energy—not that you could,
since you are so heavily reliant on sugar.
Your lunch (leftover spaghetti-and-
meatballs and a glass of skim milk) recreates
the same pattern for the third time today—
blood sugar spikes and crashes, provoking a
cortisol response. By 3 p.m., you’re hungry
again. A fig bar and a small iced coffee stave
off hunger until you head home.
When you get home, you’re cranky,
lethargic, and totally beat, but you still take
the time to prepare a healthy dinner (brown
rice, a lean steak, some honey-glazed carrots,
and a whole-wheat dinner roll). Since your
brain is leptin-resistant (and can’t tell that
you’re already overweight), you still have
room for a fruit salad with yogurt and granola
for dessert.