Day 2

This morning I was feeling better around my waist. I had nice energy for my workout too. I really enjoyed it. Lately it seemed like as I was working out, it was more of a struggle. I'm looking forward to see how much better I get as I've mostly been maintaining in my progress. I also had a hard time getting out of bed, so I'm really hoping that this change in my diet will give me better energy and help me to be more alert sooner in the mornings.

I lost 3 lbs when I stepped on the scale this morning, but I am not surprised by that because I can really tell how inflamed I was yesterday not only from my carbs over the weekend, but also from the muscle soreness I had after the 5K run on Saturday. I could barely walk up and down stairs yesterday which means that my muscles were fatigued and inflamed. Today I'm still a little sore, but I'm having no trouble on the stairs or even standing up out of my chair.

Afternoon: I gave in to a Crunch candy bar after my unsatisfying lunch. It was a fine lunch yesterday, but I added cheese today and it wasn't more appealing. Broccoli Spinach Egg Casserole. I can make my own rules, so I allowed myself the bite size bar and I'm happy. The decision is to not have anymore for the rest of the day and hopefully not for the rest of the week. I am used to eating out of that dish at LEAST three times a day and many days more. My goal is to get better and last week I had already started. I'm just being real with you and myself. It seems as though I get hungry not long after lunch, but then once I get over that hump, I'm not really hungry for anything healthy, but if there is junk to eat, it sounds good. Since I'm not eating it, I'm fine not eating anything.

Evening: Didn't have an afternoon snack. Felt a little tired on my way home from work, but not like yesterday. Ate later than I wanted to after 7, but only had a half of a chicken breast and one stalk of asparagus cooked in butter. I was planning to make pork chop, but I wasn't hungry for anything. It's made, so I'll have it for my lunch tomorrow. Didn't feel the need to snack on anything tonight.