1066 All Stars

Day 67 - 6th November

Food Log

Breakfast - Some sort of honey grain boulders that the girls didn't like

Lunch - Ham salad roll

Dinner - Italian chicken with sweetcorn, brocolli, cauliflower, peas and pasta

Dessert - 2x biscuits and tea

In Between Meal Snacks

* Apple

* 3x rice cakes

* Go Ahead Fruit Bar pack (x3)

Thoughts & Feelings

* Tired today and this has seeped into low mood. There is nothing definable behind it, just a background feeling of sadness. But that is okay. Sadness is one of the core emotions, it is natural to feel it. It should not be suppressed or rejected. Mindfulness teaches us to acknowledge and observe, not judge. Only if it persists and becomes a sustained low mood will I have concerns, at which point it becomes important to understand it.

* The low mood always seems to want to be satiated with extra food. Apart from the additional rice cake, I have resisted, each time I do so representing a victory to me.

* It has become natural to go to bed feeling hungry. I think this is a good thing to an extent however I am conscious not to allow this to become an unhealthy obsession. My weight loss plan is based on a sustainable, balanced diet and exercise regime, it is not about starving myself. I will need to realistically observe if I am burning additional calories through exercise and increased metabolism, thus requiring additional intake.