I did OK yesterday until the very end, and that has screwed up this morning as well. Let's start at the beginning.
Really wanted eggs for breakfast, but piddled around in the morning until it was too late. Made Green Juice (recipe below), brought in lunch and snacks
Had tea in the morning with light cream (24 oz + 30 oz)
First "food" was Green Juice at 10:30 - didn't feel hungry before then, but afterwards, I was REALLY hungry
11:00-ish, 1/4 of a fresh pineapple, my new favorite fruit!
Then I ate an unplanned zucchini muffin that a coworker brought in (that 420 calories hurt)
1:00, salad of mixed greens, feta cheese and lunch meat turkey
mid afternoon, handful of wasabi almonds
7:00, baked potato with crumbled bacon, american cheese and sour cream
Green Juice recipe:
6 leaves kale
2 cups spinach
1/2 cucumber
4 stalks celery
2 apples
1" ginger root
I thought the 1" ginger was a typo and so used about 1/2". But I can't taste the ginger at all, so next time I'll use the entire inch. The celery/apple/cucumber combo tastes good. I serving is about 25 or so ounces, 243 calories, 58 gm carbs, 1.4 gm fat, 5.5 gm protein. I added ice cubes and seltzer water to make 30 ounces.
Mood:
Calmer because the property manager sent an email last night about showing the property and I was hopeful it'd be rented. Planned to take Maggie for a walk after work, but it started raining a bit and so I took out a window AC unit and put the window back in instead. I had been thinking of hiring someone to do it, so feel empowered that I could do it myself. Did a backup of my laptop, washed dishes, and got into bed a bit early to read, feeling pretty darned good.
At 10:41 pm, we got a structure fire call, and I ended up being at the call or at the station until 2:30 am. I came home amped and hungry, so cooked 2 hotdogs that I ate with mustard and american cheese slices. It took a long time to get to sleep and I woke up this morning with only a few minutes to leave the house for work. (= McDonalds for breakfast and no lunch prepared).
Exercise:
Didn't walk with Maggie like I had planned, but I did sweat and exert moving the AC unit and putting the window back in, up and down the ladder carrying the window, etc. That counts for something. I have trouble on ladders because of how my knees crack, so those are movements I need to work on (especially in turnout gear carrying a saw or halligan/axe). At the structure fire, I went into the house on air and opened windows (there were plenty of guys wacking the wall and the ceiling to ventilate, so I didn't need to do that). I rolled a few hoses. And that's it.
A few notes:
-It's like I'm afraid of being hungry. I'm a little bored at work, and that boredom translates to me feeling hungry. I get hungry every day at around 10-10:30, no matter whether I ate a full breakfast or not. I think that's boredom, not hunger, but I still feed it.
-I'm exhausted right now and full of McDonalds breakfast, but I'm really, really happy with yesterday. I spent 2 hours at the station with the guys waiting for 4-2 to get back (from midnight to 2am), and it felt comfortable and fun and like I fit in. I can see that I'm picking up things quickly. Even though I have much less experience than others who've been in the department for 2+ years, I'm doing some things right and am gaining respect for being willing to do the hard work and for showing up.
-Losing weight for me is about being able to do things. I tend to give myself a pass on eating and let myself eat whatever I want. I need to be more mindful of that. In the future, taking care of myself will mean something different than giving myself food.
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