Day 63

I am finally out of my funk! Today was nothing but positivity and good feelings all around. Well except for the fact that I slept through my alarm and missed my 9am crossfit session :-( But consider it a blessing in disguise because I felt truly dead last night after spin and my abs were just in a ridiculous amount of pain. Now that I'm all healed I'm ready to work out tomorrow and at least I won't strain myself. I woke up around 10, ate a good filling breakfast, did some work and showered and by the time I got to work it was 3 already and I hadn't even thought about lunch since I was constantly doing something. I ate my lunch at 3, and immediately afterward I felt a craving coming on (or, I should say, a mindless urge to eat) so I got up and made myself a cup of tea. I drank it while reading a book and that took my mind off things for a good while. I then had my snack, read some more and when another urge came on to eat I made a second cup of tea. By the time I was done with that, it was time to leave, so I got home, had dinner, went upstairs and did some work on my computer, got a snack 3 hours later and now here I am. Granted thursday is a shorter work day than normal (tuesdays seem to be the toughest so I'm not going to speak to soon) but getting up, making a cup of tea and then taking my time sipping it really distracted me from the zombie-like urge to munch. I am happy about what I ate today too, looks like I'm back to the good routine. Here is what I did eat:

Breakfast:

-1 egg scrambled with 2tbsp fat-free half & half
-1 TJ's hash brown
-2 pieces turkey bacon
-1 tsp ketchup
-1 cup of coffee with 1 tbsp ff half & half
*ALLLL this was fantastic. I feel like I'm eating a big deal breakfast at a restaurant but i'm putting together the poor man's (or in this case, healthy man's) version.

Lunch:

-Turkey burger on a whole wheat bun with lettuce & 1 tbsp "special sauce" (chipotle hummus mixed with ketchup)
*I think i'm realizing i'm not a huge fan of the turkey burger. But the sauce I put together was awesome!
-1 piece of a philadelphia roll (sushi)
*First time trying this and it was GOOD! An entire roll is really not so good for you because it has cream cheese in it but one piece was no biggie.

Snack:

-1 blueberry greek yogurt

Dinner:

-2oz whole wheat pasta with 1/4c tomato sauce, 1/4c ff mozzarella cheese & 2oz tomato-basil chicken
*This was just ok. The mozzarella cheese really isn't great and I'm not too crazy about that marinated chicken. Someone please remind me to resist the urge to buy it yet a third time.

Snack:

-6 pieces of TJ's frozen chocolate-covered banana slices
*These are REALLY good.

Not bad if I may say so myself! I feel great, am nice and energized and refreshed and am ready to take on the world tomorrow (or at the very least, work out). I also don't have any intentions of "slipping up" this weekend since I don't really have any plans that would cause such a thing. Unless you count going to a bar saturday night in which case the only thing I might have is a light beer, which I'm going to try my best to avoid. I'm glad that I'm back on track (even if I wasn't really before), I like what I see in the mirror and I enjoy noticing the results of my hard work. And followers just keep popping up! I love learning that new people (or unexpected people) are actually reading my blog and are going above and beyond by being proactively attentive and giving me advice and suggestions. I really appreciate it and as much as it's cliche, the support I'm getting is really helping me through this, so thank you everyone!

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