-Nadja-'s Journal, 28 May 2024

~ * Listen to your body - it's trying to tell you something! * ~

I think my scale is broken!!! 3 days of barely moving, my weight should be way up there! I am very thankful that it isn't, but, as they say, proof is in the pudding that; sometimes our body truly needs a break!

I have been pushing my physical limitations, working in my gardens and yard, these past few weeks - to the point of not only physical but mental exhaustion and I do NOT recommend this but for me it worked. I used, abused and damaged long inactive muscles and believe me - it hurt and my body revolted!!

I listened to my body, I rested and gave it what it craved - in moderation of course, I ate chips and cookies, I even drank pop but I did keep it all within my daily, self-imposed, allotted caloric intake. I needed the sodium to restore what I lost through excessive sweating and I needed the carbs plus protein to help repair my damaged muscles

Now that I am rested, it's time to use and strengthen those damaged muscles so that they continue to do their job and help me burn some fat!!

180.5 lb Lost so far: 11.0 lb.    Still to go: 10.5 lb.    Diet followed 100%.

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1420 kcal

Fat: 46.31g | Prot: 120.18g | Carb: 136.01g.   Breakfast: Neilson Dairy Light Cream 5%, Nescafe Taster's Choice Instant Coffee, Oasis Oasis Hydra Fruit 60% Less Sugar, Selection Quick Oats, Great Value Fruit Salad with Cherries Packed in Water, Pure Protein Rich Chocolate Protein Powder - Rich Chocolate, Nescafe Taster's Choice Instant Coffee, Neilson Dairy Light Cream 5%. Lunch: Neilson Dairy Light Cream 5%, Nescafe Taster's Choice Instant Coffee, O'Doughs Everything Bagel Thins, Wally Parr Wally Parr Mild Sausage Breakfast Pattie, Vanilla Shake (39 g). Dinner: VH Sweet Thai Chili Sauce, Farm Boy Toum, Bacon Grease, Bacon Grease, Minute Rice White Rice, Your Fresh Market COLESLAW - 3 COLOUR, Chicken Thigh Meat (Broilers or Fryers). more...

2940 kcal

Activities & Exercise: Watching TV/Computer - 8 hours, Grocery Shopping - 1 hour, Washing Dishes - 30 minutes, Resting - 6 hours and 30 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...