euheide's Journal, 14 March 2014

inaccurate body fat percentage from body composition scale: 9.2 %
inaccurate waist measurement horizontally across navel: 81.5 cm (meh...)
Blood pressure and heart rate: 116/64 - 64 bpm

I can't believe I have been off sweets for this much time. I don't consider myself a person of strong will and lots of things so far have pointed to that. But this appears to be an exception. There are times, especially when I'm hungry, that I really feel like eating sweets (not nearly as much as during withdrawal but still enough that the imaginary adds for sweets will start developing in your mind at those times when I'm hungry).

Then I think about all those things that improved both with my body and mind since I've abandoned sweets and how throwing all that away and wasting all the effort so far would probably leave me seriously depressed and about how this diet is reason to feel good in itself and so I optimistically turn to other equally tasting natural alternatives (usually fruit), and I quickly forget about the sweets.

When you're trying to avoid sweets, it's good not to let your brain think about them for more than 2, 3 seconds. Usually, in my case, an image of a chocolate will occasionally come to mind. 2 seconds afterwards I'm already consciously thinking about the next thing in the "brain" list. That way the brain doesn't develop the process and the desire doesn't grow. At least that's how I like to think the brain works :). If you let your thought fix itself on sweets for too much time, there's a chance you start obsessing about them, and then, it might get difficult to resist them. Each second thinking about it is a second your willpower is under attack heheh.

131.2 lb Lost so far: 13.0 lb.    Still to go: 7.7 lb.    Diet followed reasonably well.

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1852 kcal

Fat: 118.52g | Prot: 98.45g | Carb: 105.24g.   Breakfast: goji berries, Water, Pistachio Nuts, Hazelnuts or Filberts Nuts, Cashew Nuts, Almonds, Dried Pumpkin and Squash Seed Kernels, Raisins, Sesame Seeds, Walnuts, Whole Milk. Lunch: Black Pepper, Lemon Juice, White Table Wine, Garlic, Tomatoes, Olive Oil, Bell Peppers, Onions, Sardines. Snacks/Other: Whole Milk, Whole Milk, Cashew Nuts, Grapes, Black Olives, Grapes, Almonds, Whole Milk, Cashew Nuts. more...

1918 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Calisthenics (heavy, e.g. pushups) - 10 minutes, indoor cycling intensity level 6 (light), 11.5 to 14 km/h, 6.4 km - today I also pedaled at a higher-than-comfortable rate. I'm watchful for signs of mental exhaustion from exercise though. This is usually a problem for me wh - 30 minutes, Resting - 15 hours and 20 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...