Counter to success

After giving it some considerable thought, I've decided what I want to give up this Lent for the sake of my own health. I haven't yet decided if this will be for 100 days or just for Lent, but I'm sure I'll figure that out eventually. The most important thing is that I'm going to give up sweets and weighing myself. I want to focus on being more healthy, rather than focusing on a number, so I thought that both these things would help me get back on track.

I've tucked my scale into the bathroom closet (so as to avoid temptation) and I will hopefully easily avoid sweets since I don't keep them in my apartment. That being said, I think if I'm offered a sweet, I'll simply say, "No thank you," or "I'm good." I don't want to make myself feel compelled to give a reason because then I won't feel as though I have to explain my future diet either.

I'm also going to try to go this 100 days without eating after 8pm. That'll be hard (I think), but I'm pretty sure if I can use this as extra motivation, I could kick the habit for good.

Anyway, today was my second "full" day on psych. I'm discovering that "full" days on psych are not full days at all. Today I worked from 8:30 to noon, which was awesome. Yesterday I got to leave at 2pm. I like it. I think this will help me get my butt to the gym more.

My goal is 3-4 times per week. I haven't been yet this week. It was my intention to go today after class, but I was suuuuuuper hungry. So I came home for a snack and then decided I could watch a lecture while I digest. Next thing I knew, I was super nauseated. I waited three hours for my stomach to settle and ended up making some soup and eating some salty pretzels for dinner. I'm guessing that my body is detoxing a bit from all the hell I put it through yesterday. So, I will try again tomorrow. I'm bringing my gym bag to work with me so I can just go right after since my drive to work is right past the gym.

Food photos for you:

Breakfast feast since I've found that eating more in the AM helps me avoid 11am hunger pains

Lunch, which I got to have at home!

Afternoon snack, which may or may not have made me nauseated

Dinner: light clam chowder with saltines

Salty pretzels to help settle my stomach...didn't work.

I also decided to add this little counter at the bottom to count my success. It'd be cool to see the numbers creep closer to 100 (or in the case of the gym, 42-56).

Counter to Success!
Gym days this week: 0
Total gym days during this challenge: 0
Days without sweets or weighing myself: 1
Days without eating past 8 p.m.: 1