Phew.
Okay, so for some reason I have been feeling completely unmotivated when it comes to eating and exercising. We know I blew it big time last night with a HUGE amount of cheese pizza for dinner, which I later followed down with 2 mini Snickers bars (ack! I know!) and I also did no exercise at all, other than walking around a wildlife park for our school excursion.
Today I was finding it so hard NOT to go crazy. It's like I was noticing foods, justifying myself about to make a bad decision, craving things like chocolates and icecream and things I don't even usually eat. It's not even that time of the month. My belly has gone haywire! I bought a summer roll type chocolate nougat bar at lunchtime to satisfy the sweet tooth craving which was about 250 calories, so worked that into my points for the day.
But then I came home and saw the Mars Bar my brother had bought for me in my junkfest last night. God, it's been tempting not to eat it. I even opened it up to sniff the chocolate. But sense came to me at last, it's sitting on his bed right now as a treat for him when he gets home. What the heck is wrong with me? Why am I wanting this stuff now? After a loss last week, too. Bleh.
In other news, I'm up to Week 4 of Couch to 5k and CRAP it's hard. This is today's run structure:
10 minute brisk walk
3 minute run
1.5 minute walk
5 minute run
2.5 minute walk
3 minute run
1.5 minute walk
5 minute run
I cannot believe I can run for 5 minute intervals now! I'm not saying it was easy, it was tempting to cut it out and just walk for a bit longer but I made myself keep going. I love the feeling of your legs going numb/tingly after a while. I also need some better breathing practice. My right side starts paining in the middle of my longer stints at running, so obviously I'm doing something wrong.
Breakfast today: half a bowl of cereal, green tea
Recess: low fat yoghurt, green tea
Lunch: small plate of rice noodles w/veges and chicken, coke zero
Dinner tonight? No freaking idea. Am too exhausted to think about it just yet, but we'll see.