News

I felt: Relief at having had good news. I think it was like a pressure cooker suddenly letting off steam. I ended up eating really badly :(

I thought: About how I'm not particularly enthusiastic about talking about the news I received, even though it's good. Unusual, I'm normally a loudmouth ;)

I slept: 6 1/2 hours in 5 chunks.

I worked out:  30 minutes of Sleek Sculpt Express with Ellen Barrett. I only used 1/2 kilo (1lb) weights, but still felt challenged.

I ate:  I started about 3pm, then had more after dinner :( 190g of chocolate, 100g chocolate biscuit, 200g sorbet/brownie/choc sauce - 490g = very, very bad!

I am grateful for:  Feeling so sick that I'm pretty much guaranteed not to do it again today.

Meditative Exercise

I felt: Entitled, nervous and lonely. Entitled because I haven't had sugar or chocolate for so long, nervous about the news I'm expecting tomorrow, and lonely because my DH was out for a boy's night. Altogether, it led to overeating, totally ignoring the advice of the cards :(

I thought: About how meditation and exercise are related. Doing some yoga in the middle of the night was very meditative. I've noticed this before with nighttime practices when I don't turn the lights on :)

I slept: 6 3/4 in 4 chunks

I worked out:  Got up at 2.45am, having been awake for 45 minutes already, and did half an hour yoga. I noticed a couple of twinges in my finger, but at least it calmed me so I could get back to sleep again! Later, I did Erin O'Brien's Strong Body, Ageless Body, a 43 minute weights workout aimed at old folk, but it's pretty good.

I ate:  80g choc, 50g mango sorbet, 140g choc florentines, 45g choc biscuits - total - 315 :((

I am grateful for:  Tomorrow being a new day.

Cathe Challenge

I felt: Happy that something I put in motion a couple of weeks ago has started moving finally.

I thought: About stuff I want to do, once I've completed my current work deadline.

I slept: 5 1/4 hours in 3 chunks :(

I worked out:  42 minutes of step with Cathe's Low Impact Challenge - I've lost a lot of cardio fitness over this detox time :(

I ate:  90g brownie, 38g mango sorbet, 45g choc biscuits. Not great, but it is still under 200g, and made me think Tuesday night's feast probably was, too.

I am grateful for:  Delicious shops that sell tempting brownies ;)

Whimper

Tuesday's brownie with mango sorbet and home-made choc sauce

It seems my detox time has ended on more of a whimper than a bang.  On Sunday, I had a small bag of Maltesers (37g), on Monday I had a chocolate cake with mango sorbet after a meal out with my DH (at a guess, 250g), and on Tuesday I had 67g of choc biscuits after lunch, followed by a brownie with mango sorbet and chocolate sauce for dinner (I'm guessing about 200g) and another 45g of choc biscuits.  I had hoped the detox vibe would last a little longer, or that I could incorporate it more into my everyday life, but as it is I guess I'd better start making myself accountable again, else I could go overboard and lose all the progress I've made.

I figure so long as I can return to my practice pre-detox of just having one sweet treat after dinner, I should be fine.  So, no more biscuits after lunch!!

As for exercise, I've still been working out daily, and yesterday even got on the static bike again, which I've been doing very little of.  Yoga may have to go on the back burner for a while, as I've done something to my left ring finger.  Not sure how I did it, but chaturanga's sure don't do it any favours :(  At the moment, I have it splinted to my middle finger with some micropore tape, more as a mindfulness reminder than anything else.  Makes typing a bit of a hassle, but I need to do something as it's been bothering me for nearly a week now, and is visibly swollen.

Quick Weigh-In

Today, for the first time in a while, I decided to do a weigh-in.  Although I haven't felt I had the time to write about it, I've been following an almost totally sugar-free diet since I went on blog hiatus.  Still working out daily, though a lot less cardio than before: mainly yoga, ballet, pilates and weights.

It's funny, because I do wonder whether decreasing my cardio decreases my appetite.  Yet, I do love cardio so...  Anyhow, this has been a strange time-out over the summer, and I can't claim credit for special powers of self-discipline, it's been kind of enforced on me by my family situation.

All this to say, I weighed in today at 63.3 kilos (139.5lbs).  Adding to that the fact that I got my height taken yesterday and was assured that I'm a centimetre taller than I thought I was, that puts my BMI at 23 exactly - woot!

On the down side, I dream of chocolate cakes with scary regularity, and have started salivating at the thought of poor quality chocolate I would normally turn my nose up at.  When things settle, I can't see this lasting...