How can it be Thursday already?
Dear Food Diary,
Guess that the week got away from me. This going to an office 8:30 to 5:30 plus the commute plus the gym every day - well, I’m just not used to it, I guess. The flip side to going to an office all day, every day is the constant mental stimulation and lack of access to food. Actually, the lack of food part turned out not to be such a good thing, as a couple of days my blood sugar dropped (I can always tell because my hands get very cold, and I start to get a bad headache) and by the time dinner time rolled around, I was nauseous, I was so hungry. But the flip side is that I have dropped an average of a pound a day. So it’s tea, modest breakfast, a litre of water by lunch, a salad with protein, another litre of water, a modest dinner (on the early side), and more tea. And a workout. Trying to do 45 minutes of cardio a day: 15 minutes on the elliptical trainer, 15 minutes on the bike, and 15 minutes on the treadmill. Two weight training work-outs this week, too. The change makes it bearable and gives my arthritic hip a break for the middle part. Realizing that my trip to Atlanta was a mere 2 weeks away, and wanting to look great in my Anne Klein suit, gave me the extra push of discipline that I needed.
Net effect: down 5 lbs since Monday. (One more pound and I’m back where I was a week before that. Whew.)