Weigh In: 69kg (1 kg lost!!)
Weekly Goal:
* Lose 1 kg - achieved today!!!
* Increase exercise - Salsa lessons, walk around the school, walk along the river - Achieved!!
* Get set up for tracking/monitoring thinking, eating and exercise - BLOG/food & exercise diary - achieved!!!
Today's Goal: Slow down my eating, chew my food and think about what I'm eating. Feel the sensations and taste of the foods and enjoy my meal. When with friends, spend more time talking with them over the meal, this will also slow my eating down.
Emotional rating:
Morning: - hard to get out of bed but once I did I'm starting to feel quite bright. I really think the weather has a lot to do with that!! It's been so bright and beautiful outside it really affects me in a good way.
Afternoon: Woah, last night I didn't sleep too well. I went to bed at 10:30pm (I'm aiming to go to bed at 10:00pm and well, I think the last week has caught up with me, too many late nights. I've already developed a little bad habit to be awake until midnight. So even though I tried to sleep earlier, it didn't actually sleep until 11:30 or so.
It has affected me today. I've been tired all morning and went to drink coffee for a boost and then had a diet coke to give me some more boost in energy. I think the reduced sugars is taking affect also and I might be going through some withdrawl symptoms. Anyway, I think I'll go home and take a good rest before heading out again at 7:15pm for a night of Salsa.
Today's Sucesses/Challenges:
I was really hungry at lunch time and although my goal today was to slow down, I did slow my eating a little, but my hunger seemed to take over. I feel very satisfied and a little full, I could have eaten a little less, but I think I'm glad I ate enough to feel full and I hope that will keep me from being tempted by other snacks this afternoon. I've got an apple and some tea as my back up plan if I start feeling a need to munch.
The biggest thing I noticed is how I react when I'm tired. Also, I suspect I'm having some withdrawls from sugar! A couple of months ago I realised I'm addicted to sugar. I've been starting to cut back, but I guess now that I'm seriously looking at what I'm eating and making a real effort to cut back the sugars, I'm noticing some symptoms.
Symptoms: Feeling tired, cranky, dizzy, light headed, difficulty in concentrating and even a little blurred vision.
Seriously, I really don't think I've deprived myself of food, I've been having decent, solid meals, just not all the snacks and sugary stuff. Whoah! I'm sure these symptoms will pass soon enough, and it's good because they help me to realise that sugar really did have some kind of hold on my life if it's kickin up such a stink in my body when I say "NO", ha,ha. I don't want to be addicted to anything, and it feels good to be finally dealing with at least one problem area and changing my life for the better.
Food/Exercise Diary:
Breakfast:
40gm low fat high fibre cereal (1 grain)
1/2 cup milk (0.5 milk)
200ml water (0.2L water)
Morning Tea:
1 pre-mixed coffee
1 250ml can of diet-coke
Lunch:
medium rice (1.5 grain)
1 small potato (1 vegie)
80gms chicken (1 protein)
Spinach and egg soup (1 vegie & 0.25 protein & 200ml water)
Afternoon Tea:
1 green tea (250ml water)
Dinner:
Tuna Gimbap (0.5 protein, 0.5 grain, 1 vegie)
1 can of green tea (375ml water)
Supper:
1 can of green tea (375ml water)
3 small slices of smoked chicken (0.5 protein)
175ml coke (1 sugar)
Exercise:
1 hour Dance class (1.5 bonus)
2 hours open dancing (3 bonus)
