Scales
Unsurprisingly given the low volume of food I’d eaten yesterday I was considerably lighter today, almost two kilos in fact. I was also very thirsty and this told me that a lot of the weight loss was down to being dehydrated. This didn’t stop me being pleased with myself and deciding that I’d do it again later in the week. Next time though I will drink a lot more water and not quite so much tea.
Breakfast
I spiked into the kitchen and prepared my poached eggs on toast washed down with a cup of tea. I’ve been reading up on high protein diets recently and I’m starting to think that the on-toast part of my breakfast should be consigned to history. However, I’m not too fond of throwing food away so the “on toast” will stay until the end of the loaf. At that point I’ll re-evaluate the situation.
Journey
The journey in was neither good nor bad this morning. I feel that not being in any rush helps make the journey easier so I toyed with the idea of inserting a dialy meeting between 9:00and 9:30 into my work calendar to make sure that I never had a nine o’clock meeting. I decided against it in the end as it would be a little too obvious. I need something much more subtle.
Work
The morning flew by in a series of meetings, none of which I had much interest in. I hope the facade of interested held up as behind it I was planning all the things that I needed to do in the near future.
Comment
Comments about doing things early in the morning always rub me up the wrong way. I am yet to be convinced that getting up any earlier is better despite many people claiming that getting up obscenely early is. Someone I follow made a comment about a five o’clock run, I felt compelled to comment. I just hope they take it in the spirt is was intended. I have no issues with anyone doing anything early in the morning, it’s just that attitude that it is somehow better that doing the same thing later in the day that I rebel against. We all have approximately the same number of waking hours, starting earlier only means finishing earlier but for some reason the early morning is seen to be more “pure” than late at night. Being a creature of the late mid-morning I don’t really understand either extreme.
Brownie
I met a friend for a tea and a chat in the café this afternoon. We normally share a slice of cake as well but she was on a “sugar detox” so I had to manfully struggle through the very rich and very tasty chocolate brownie that was recommended to me by the lady behind the counter. She was absolutely correct, it tasted divine. After essentially inhaling this little slice of heaven I felt just a little queasy but I managed to keep the feeling at bay. I made a mental note that no matter what I must sit on the bike trainer tonight and use the calories I’d consumed this afternoon.
Bike
I had my usual session on the bike trainer this evening. It may have been wishful thinking but it did feel a little easier this time. I still ended up with wobbly legs at the end of the session but that is normal.
Dinner
After getting washed and changed I prepared a very simple salad and doused it in balsamic vinegar, I wanted to use the thick balsamic but the bottle was empty. I’ve no idea why I put the empty bottle back in the cupboard last time, that was just silly.
Evening
I spent the rest of the evening dealing with little bits of trivia before falling into bed tired and contented.