Keep on Keepin' On

Another day over with. It was ok, but I'm very happy to be back home, ready for bed, and have the day off tomorrow. Sweet.

I slept a little better last night, but still woke up feeling not so great. I decided not to go workout. I feel a little guilty about it, but I still felt pretty crappy and I figured since I haven't been eating much the last two days, I may be sabotaging myself by also working out. I don't know. I did walk to do some errands this morning, but the round trip was only 1 mile. Better than nothing, I suppose.

I didn't eat much today either...I had an orange when I got up. Then I went to the grocery store on my walk and got some more healthy foods. So for my "official" breakfast I had cottage cheese and strawberries. I was going to make some chicken before work, but ended up taking a nap instead (hands down, the best sleep I've had in weeks! I could have slept for like 6 or 7 more hours!), so I had a peach when I got up because that's all I had time for. When I was at the store, I was really craving chocolate. I think it was partly because I felt crappy and that's always been a remedy for me. I figured since I've been nowhere near my calorie limit the last couple of days, it would be ok to get a small piece just to satisfy the craving and keep me from feeling deprived and binging later. I spent a few minutes looking for my best option calorie/health wise. I ended up deciding a Hershey bar was the best. It was 210 calories for the whole bar. There were some slightly lower calorie options, but they were for a serving size that was half the bar, or a 1/3 of the bar, etc. I figured mentally, it probably feels better to eat the whole thing - even if it's less than those other serving sizes, because I'll feel like I ate more. And I wouldn't have any leftover, so I wouldn't be tempted to eat more than I was supposed to. However, I ended up only eating half the bar (only 105 calories) and feeling satisfied. So I put the rest away. Victory!

I haven't eaten anything yet since I got home from work about 30 mins ago. I just haven't felt hungry lately when I get home from work, but I know I need to eat more.... Unfortunately, when I'm not hungry, if I think about eating I only feel like I'm in the mood for things that satisfy things other than hunger (i.e. comfort food), so fast food and the like is the only thing that really sounds good. Ugh. I'll probably just have some fruit or something, but that's not going to help too much in the way of calories.

Side note: I realized I haven't ever mentioned how many calories I'm aiming for. I generally do a straight forward calorie counting diet, but this time I'm focusing more on eating good, healthy, and whole foods (for the most part) and not worrying quite as much about calories - since by doing this, it's hard to eat way too many calories anyway. But the low calorie plan I've followed in the past calculates that at my weight, I should eat about 1600 calories, which will allow me to lose 1 pound a week. I also try to add in enough exercise to burn another pound worth of calories, so I can lose roughly 2 pounds a week. So while that's not my main focus, I am trying to kind of keep in the realm of that.

Anyway, I guess that's about it for today. Day off tomorrow. Hopefully I'll wake up feeling like my normal self and I'll have energy and motivation to workout! Good night.