I had some cheese [2] and an orange [0] after I blogged last night.
Today begins my 28-day no artificial sweetener challenge. No diet drinks, no neotame, sucralose, saccharine. aspartame, or similar in my coffee and tea. The ONLY exception I will make is for my protein powder, which I hardly ever use but may need in a pinch. I am not replacing the artificial sweetener in my coffee with real sugar or stevia or honey or agave nectar. Real sugar is the only one of those that I actually like, but it's not worth the points it would take to make the coffee/tea palatable. So I guess I'll go without for a week or two, then try it unsweetened. I foresee a lot of broth in my immediate future because I need warm drinks with flavor.
Today begins my 28-day no artificial sweetener challenge. No diet drinks, no neotame, sucralose, saccharine. aspartame, or similar in my coffee and tea. The ONLY exception I will make is for my protein powder, which I hardly ever use but may need in a pinch. I am not replacing the artificial sweetener in my coffee with real sugar or stevia or honey or agave nectar. Real sugar is the only one of those that I actually like, but it's not worth the points it would take to make the coffee/tea palatable. So I guess I'll go without for a week or two, then try it unsweetened. I foresee a lot of broth in my immediate future because I need warm drinks with flavor.
negative pull up 5x5
chest dip 5x5
bb good morning 5x5x65 lbs
bb squat 5x5x115 lbs
bb shrug 5x5x85 lbs
chest dip 5x5
bb good morning 5x5x65 lbs
bb squat 5x5x115 lbs
bb shrug 5x5x85 lbs
stability ball jack knife 5x20
2 activity points.
I'm going to be honest. I did not want to work out today. I woke up at 5 AM, got my gear on, brushed my teeth and promptly went back to bed. I haven't been getting enough sleep. I figured I'd workout when I got home. Then I decided I'd do it tomorrow and shift things around. Then I decided to keep my schedule and workout after work and taking Sebastian to his swim lesson. By the time I got home, I was so exhausted and cranky. My head was killing me from the caffeine withdrawal and I had a million things to do. So I texted my workout buddy and told her I didn't want to work out. She told me to go ahead and do it anyway, that it would help my headache to get some blood flowing. I cursed her in my head and got dressed. As I was starting my first pair of exercises (pull ups and squats) my kid went nuts, the dryer went off, dinner needed to be put away. Into my third set, I was so overwhelmed with trying to do things between sets that I just sat on my kitchen floor and cried. My head hurt even worse, I was having problems with the new barbell and I just wanted to guzzle a Diet Coke. But I didn't. I took some ibuprofen, took care of my dishes and laundry and put the kid to bed, then resumed my workout. It sucked balls but I finished it. By the time I did, I felt better. Not flowing endorphins better but better in the sense that I wasn't such a lazy asshole.
Food:
poached eggs w/ cheese & turkey bacon [10]
crap at work [12]
skim milk [2]
skim milk [2]
apple & cottage cheese [6]
crock pot chicken salsa w/ broccoli [11]
orange & baked oatmeal [6]
46 ounces of water, and a few ounces of nasty, unsweetened teas that I tried to gag down. I used all of my daily and activity points and have 35 weekly points remaining. I was still pretty hungry after my last meal though :(
orange & baked oatmeal [6]
46 ounces of water, and a few ounces of nasty, unsweetened teas that I tried to gag down. I used all of my daily and activity points and have 35 weekly points remaining. I was still pretty hungry after my last meal though :(
1 comment:
Go you! You amaze me with your will power to do something you set your mind to. I have no doubt that you'll be able to torture yourself, I mean restrain yourself (LOL!) enough not to have of those bad sweeteners for the next few weeks.
Also, good job with getting in the workout! I know all too well about how it feels to come home exhausted and just want to vege out because you're beyond exhausted. You are awesome! :)
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