tuesday!

I'm hoping to do the same thing I did last entry- keep recording throughout the day so I keep myself very accountable and at the end of the day, when (not if) I've been good, I can be proud of myself.

Since I'm home alone all day studying for my exam tomorrow, it's a volatile food situation. Now, I believe my willpower can handle it. It's doing alright so far but it has to be extra good because I didn't run this morning. I'm hoping to run about 1-2pm with Mia instead. I was going to do both but my muscles need a rest. I'm hoping tomorrow will be my rest day. I'm not having a rest day to be lazy, I'm having one because my legs and ankles and feet really need recovery time.

I'm sleeping well, about 8 hours generally this week. I've really trained my body fast. Whoever I read that said 'even if you aren't used to it, if you keep waking up at 6:30am every morning, your body will adjust fast' was right. Because I'm waking up earlier, I find myself tiring out earlier. Also I most likely have less stimulants in my body that keep me awake like sugar, and I'm physically doing more than I usually do.

It's Shark Week, but I'm dealing with it. It's not a big deal for me, but it does mess with numbers on the scale so that's the only annoyance. But I have hope that once it's over, I'll see another decrease.

So anyway, it's 9:50 am. I had porridge at 8:30 and I'm not hungry yet. In another hour or less, I'm going to have my snack of yogurt. It's been in a zip lock bag from where I didn't eat it on Saturday so hopefully it's still good. I haven't had it the last few days because I didn't think my calories could take it but hopefully today will be fine and as long as I have a light dinner I'll be right...

Actually, maybe not because I want a banana this afternoon before I run. I had one before the last time I ran phenomenally so I'd like to do that again. But that would mean 290 calories just in snacks, and my lunch is gonna be 400.

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At 10:30 I changed my mind. It isn't a decision I regret yet, but I had chocolate instead. I only just finished it 15 minutes ago, so i enjoyed it for three quarters of an hour. It was 195 calories. I can live with that. I have to decide what I want to do for dinner.

Dad just offered me PIZZA for lunch. I have 3 weaknesses. Clickers, Salt and Vinegar Chips and Pepperoni pizza. All of these things are available to me most of the time. Sigh.

I haven't had any of them since I started this diet again but... I've had 3 caramellow koalas so I'm not completely being deprived. I'm just not sure how well this bodes if these are the slips I'm allowing in week 2. Come back week 5 and I'll probably be allowing whole Clinker packets or half a bag of chips. Pfft, in a week I could be doing that if I don't keep up the game.

FOOD IS NOT THE ONLY THING THAT GIVES ME PLEASURE IN LIFE.

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I had homemade pizza for lunch that I made myself. For a fifth of the calories of a normal pizza. Hurrah.

I also went running and got a pb. I did three 10 minute runs. In a row. With only 5 minutes of walking between them.

30 minutes is my longest amount of running yet. I did 27.5 on Sunday where I did my longest straight run, 12.5 minutes but I didn't do that three times like I did today! I did 6 laps around Beaton Park. And halfway through the 6th lap I caught up to my bffl (I lapped her) so we jogged together to finish.

So I'm thoroughly impressed and proud of myself and my body. GOod job legs and feet and muscles. I'm gonna get some frozen peas and band-aids for them soon. Maybe a moderately warm shower would be nice first though.

I'll have something yummy for dinner, probably in the 400 calorie range. I mean, it's not a big deal now because I got 350 exercise calories but I don't want to eat all of those back; just a few :)