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Good morning, guys!
Today is one of those days where I am happy to have my smart smart scale. I'm up in weight by 200 grams, and I know I did pretty good yesterday, staying within RDI, reasonable portion sizes, etc. - there really isn't anything I did that indicates a weight gain.
So, looking and comparing the stats from yesterday, I see that I am a whopping 2% down in body fat. This indicates a nice weight drop coming. Still, I'm in no hurry, as longs as I do right, I do right. Right? Right. :)
I have been reading up a little in intermittent fasting. I'm not sure if that's my thing at all, or if I really am a fan in any way. I'm not sure I could really break out of my three meals a day routine, as I really enjoy it.
However, I have been giving it some thought. I do see the point.
1. Obviously, if you eat fewer meals, you will have less hardship sticking to RDI.
2. The whole eat-many-light-meals-theory seems to get debunked many places. Personally, I never did it, and it never seemed to slow me down.
3. The cavemen couldn't necessarily count on three (or more) meals per day, and they survived. lol.
4. - and this is really what I think I can use from it - it can teach us that it IS okay to go a little hungry as long as we control it.
The last part is useful I think. If I can control it. Of course, the trick is to NOT give up half way through the day and go get something I don't want/need. That's obviously the hard part.
I'm essentially curious about this approach. I read about people who practice this, fasting from right after dinner and until the dinner the day after. They do this every other day, and supposedly eat "normal" (whatever that is) the other days.
So anyways, here goes.
I had dinner last night. Very nice dinner, beef boiled in tomato sauce, with green beans and carrots. Man, I love Wife's cooking! lol. That's the last I had.
Today I skipped breakfast. I've doubled my water intake, to not feel too hungry. I have black coffee.
Next meal will be dinner.
As a "back-up" plan, and because Wife is a sweetie, she packed enough lunch that I can have some if I change my mind in a few hours. I plan NOT to. LOL. But knowing myself, never say never. :)
Today is cake day at work. There will be layer cakes, candies, cookies and all kinds of other hell spawn items. I think today is a GOOD day to be fasting. It will be (hopefully) easier for me to skip it all. This is what seems to work for me. If I don't START eating, I won't have to STOP eating. And with Wife's cakes, it kind of and all-or-nothing thing. They are so hard to resist.
I have no interviews at work neither today or tomorrow. I had one planned for tomorrow, but it's canceled. I think I don't mind. I can dedicate to my administrative tasks and get more of that out of the way. I need time for that, and it's a more than welcome break.
I'm still sick. I still cough, it seems so hard to get rid of. I try to stay warm, but essentially, I AM sick. Just not sick enough that I feel that I can justify staying home and delay my work. If I do, there will just be more work to do later.
But I appreciate these days that I can just sit in my office, close the door, and do my thing on my own. It's almost like working at home. I have my tablet hooked up, internet radio going (I'm really starting to like Spotify! - if anyone else is on Spotify, let's share some playlists!) - and I can take it kind of easy.
I'm still coughing, and could maybe benefit from cough drops. That'll have to be no-go today. I don't need them THAT much, and I have noticed that I like them a little too much - love the flavor! So they turn into candies for me, and that's not good. They will have to be replaced with more tea.
I drink a lot of tea at work. After a while, especially when I'm sick, coffee gets to be a little too much for me. I love coffee, but it doesn't agree with a sore throat much. So tea it is. Also, it's smoothing out my throat. I like that.
So there it is. I'll be looking forward to dinner today, I'm sure. It was kind of weird skipping breakfast and have Wife eat hers alone with me there only with water and coffee. She felt bad, she said, but I don't her to please not feel bad, as this was my choice. She isn't doing anything wrong by eating breakfast. :)
I'm surprisingly okay with not eating breakfast. I don't really feel that I missed it. Of course, it's only an hour ago "we" had breakfast. lol. I'm curious how it goes further through the day, only one way to tell, right? I know that I can do this, and that determination helps a lot. Besides, it's just through the day. How many times in the past haven't I gotten out of bed, skipped breakfast carelessly, gone and done stuff with no lunch just to end up only having eaten dinner? This is no different, only it's a conscious choice.
Today, I am thankful for:
- Intermittent fasting. Let's try it on for size. I like experimenting!
- Gary Moore's Blues for Jimi DVD playing right now. Man, it's good.
- Morning Coffee.
- A good chance to SKIP cake day!
- Wife for being a sport with all my crazy antics. :)
Life is good!
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