And They're Off!

Today was a rather weak and uneventful start to this process. It's going to be a lot harder than I thought...

For the most part, I feel like I did a lot better with managing my food. I started with a fiber-packed light multi-grain English muffin, with a tiny bit of PB&J at 3 a.m. Blah. (The muffin was good, the wake-up call was not.) Last night I pre-packed a breakfast for my internship - I took a packet of oatmeal, added a good-sized teaspoon of brown sugar and a pinch of cinnamon, and made it with some milk. (I skipped the packet of sweetener I usually use, and cut back on the amount of brown sugar by a third.) I also took a whole Jazz apple, peeled and cored, as well as a banana. I ended up eating the apple and oatmeal, but wasn't feeling that hungry, so I skipped the banana and saved it for later. When I got home, I had a bologna sandwich on wheat bread, lots of lettuce. Yum! And for dinner I made 2 scrambled eggs, no salt, my banana and a glass of OJ.

I managed to skip any unnecessary snacking, and avoided any type of guilty pleasure like cookies or soda. Here's where it got tough though... I was so wiped out from being up at 3, and quite sore from my frozen bike rides the last few days that all I could manage to do was crawl in bed and nap for a few hours. No walk, no bike ride today. Quite upsetting.

A further explanation for skipping my bike ride is because I've been dealing with some rather uncomfortable pain in my lower body. I've been seeing a chiropractor for the last 8 months or so, and have been feeling a lot better than normal, but with the loss of my job (twice now), I had to cancel my appointment for today and can't reschedule until I find another form of income. It's rough because this pain not only effects my ability to be active, it also impairs my bowling and causes me to lose sleep because I can't get comfortable. No amount of stretching, ice, or heat has helped reduce or relieve the pain. Regular visits to the chiropractor and Aleve have. However, I'm not a big fan of taking medication unless absolutely necessary, and since this isn't blinding pain, I'd rather not take anything. I might have to take it easy some days, and just do as much physical activity as my body can handle. I'm not sure what else I can do, but if anyone has any advice, feel free to share because like I said before, I want to do this more than anything, but my body isn't exactly cooperating.

Oh, one more thing before I go... I swear, if I see one more person quoting Billy Madison about going back to school, I might just lose it. Good night =)