June 14th 2013

Well, that was frustrating.

So my treat day was a mixed bag. On the one hand, the bolognese was amazing. I've been missing pasta and rice while I've been doing this diet, so it was a perfect treat for me. However, when I got to the gym last night, I suddenly realised that I may have been overdoing the exercise this last fortnight.

I started on the cross trainer, like I normally do, but my legs were like lead. Seriously, after 2 minutes I was sweating like I'd done 30, I had no energy and I was really struggling. I pushed on to 10 minutes worth but I was pretty much dying on my feet at that point. I managed to get some weights done after that so the trip to the gym wasn't entirely a wasted effort, but I just felt ghastly.

This morning it took every ounce of self determination just to get out of bed. I think I'm well and truly exhausted now, as in, exhausted to the bone. I've decided today I'm having a day off from exercise.  I need to give my muscles a chance to repair themselves and get their strength back, otherwise I'll never be able to work out.

I'm also going to fuel myself today, so I'll be having sweet potatoes with my dinner and I've bought some nuts into work with me to keep myself going.

It is really frustrating because I know how little time I have left this month to make a difference for the target event, have a day off from exercise feels like a waste to me. I'd rather not have a day off, but I realise that my body is telling me it needs to rest.

Bah. Stupid body.

June 5th 2013 part two

Seriously tired...

Today hasn't been anywhere near as intense as yesterday was. I've managed one walk today. My feet are still blistered and sore from yesterday, which puts the kybosh on walking.

I was planning on doing a bit of exercise at home but, I didn't. Simple enough. I'm far too tired. In fact, my eyes are still burning, I'm that tired.

I didn't have any nuts with me at work today so I came home from the office hungry enough to chew through a wall. On this diet of mine, I'm allowed up to 100g of carbs a day, though the idea is to minimise that as much as possible. My lunch (which was the same as yesterday) contains about 4g of carbs, so I have pretty much my entire day's allowance to play with.

So tonight's tea consisted of chilli, broccoli and potato waffles. That's right, potato waffles. Going off the package breakdowns, the portion of chilli worked out at 50g of carbs, the broccoli is free and the waffles were only 30g of carbs in total. Really nice, really different dinner and completely within the constraints of the diet. Win.

Tonight is the weekly visit to a friends house where we normally engage in beers to break up the week. Now, for the last 4 weeks I've not been drinking anyway and bringing pop but because I'm being so strict I can only really bring water. Big bottle of flavoured water it is, then.

However, I maintain, so tired...