I have been in Hawaii for a little under 3 weeks, and I can not even being to explain the difference the weather is having on me It is warm here ALL THE TIME. It might rain a little, or a lot, still warm. It might be midnight or 3am, or October.....still warm. Sometimes its down right hot, humid, tropical...i LOVE IT. There is something sexy about being sweaty and wet and humid....
But most importantly, I feel like my body is starting to alkalize and my eating habits have been impacted Immensely. There is a giant crazy difference in the way that my body has decided that it needs, or doesn't need calories. For example, because it is always warm here, I am not really hungry, snacky, munchy like I usually am. Its like the heat turns off the little bear in my brain that is saying, store up for winter...Its going to be a long one! Which is how I feel in Humboldt, ALL the time. The weather has this emotional and psychological affect on me that is so powerful, it has started to affect me in a physical manner, aka weight gain. Not to mention the fact that waking up every morning ( really rather, sleeping in until like noon, i call it depression sleeping) to grey cloudy skies and bummer rain that lasts for months (well, it seems that way anyways...) really was starting to take a toll on me. I am already prone to depression, and that was not helping....which makes me want to eat comforting carby foods....and in Humboldt winter, spring, most of summer weather, is things like macaroni and cheese, or chicken pot pie (from scratch of course)....and always a nice glass of vino
In Kailua, I wake up around 8 am ( i NEVER do that!) to warm sunny skies and warm breezes filling the house with sweet smelling air. I WANT to get out of bed, and I WANT to eat something light and not too filling, maybe some hot tea....I WANT to walk 4 miles to the beach and back and grab a quick swim while I am there. I don't even think for a second about something heavy or starchy or filling, cause it is just too dang warm for that!! I literally only crave foods that are cool and light....grilled fish with cabbage and cilantro slaw (no mayo).. And water? I thought that I use to drink a lot of water...woo wheeee! Not even close to amount I am chugging every day now! Not to mention the fact that i don't have an oven, which is good. There is just something about living here that makes me want to LIVE...more so than Humboldt...Humboldt is really a very lovely area, and it is chocked full of places and people and food that I love, but I think that I am just too sensitive to the weather there to prosper as an individual human being. Its so crazy to not have to leave an extra sweater in the car or always be wearing one.
As you have more than likely established. I am in LOVE with this place. I feel like it makes it easier for me to be the person that I want to be, a better and healthier version that runs and swims and does more yoga, not the she-bear hiding in her den and storing calories and carbs for the longer winter.
