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about a week ago, i woke up at around 06:30pm (i work at night) and went to play badminton without eating anything. the first 4 matches were good, while i was playing the 5th, i noticed a lag in my perception, my reflexes had a delay, we lost that match.
after half an hour i realized "i haven't eaten anything" and whatever
carbohydrates i had were utilized during the first 4 matches. i
realized the mechanical nature of the body. after that day, it stayed
with me subconsciously and i found that knowing the effect of an
action helps us take wise actions.
like i now make an active effort to not drink water for about an hour after having food and as a result the stomach is happy, it's hard to sit for long hours with a bloated stomach. keeping water and food intervals separate helps with that.
i usually feel sleepy after lunch and before i used to sleep off for a few hours, but that messes up the schedule or plans + it's not a good idea to just sleep off when you feel like. so now when i feel sleepy in the afternoons, i know "the food is being digested" and i shift to some light fun coding/scripting/configuration tasks. when i feel sleepy otherwise (other than after meals), i look at the clock and if it's too early like 14 hours into the day, i defer it for a few more hours.
environment has an effect on brain, i realized it recently. based on the type of digital content you consume, your mental state is shaped and thus your thoughts. now impuse youtube watching is less of a problem for me as i see what a developer's mind should be consuming and what not, i watch content at 1x now instead of 2x which helps understand things better and limits the number of things i can watch, so only the good ones get a chance.
impulse eating has reduced significantly, although some days i make up for the missed ones, but i expect it to change. and i think being regular at a sports academy really helped understand that there's more to life than just small instant pleasures, things which are built over years, which stay with you for decades.
