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Day 73 - 12th November

Food Log

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

Lunch - Pasta with salad

Dinner - 2x bowls home made chicken and vegetable soup

Dessert - 1/4 strawberry swirl cheesecake

In Between Meal Snacks

* Crisps

* Handful of grapes

* Banana

* 2x Go Ahead yoghurt breaks

* Some left over chicken

Thoughts & Feelings

* A slow start to the day as I find motivation difficult. There are some specific reasons behind this state of mind and I may explore them further in another entry.

* Interestingly though, my lack of enthusiasm does not translate to a desire to snack, which it most certainly would have done in the past. There are extenuating circumstances in that I am off to the dentist at lunch, so could snack even if I wanted to. Perhaps then it is partly just an acceptance by my mind. but I think there is more. I have broken the link between low mood and poor diet. One does not have to come hand in hand with the other. The solution to my lack of enthusiasm lies not at the bottom of an empty crisp packet but in the choices I make and the direction I point my life. I am in control.

* With a visit to the dentist, exercise time was limited but I squeezed in a short walk. It was nice when I realised that I would have missed it, I sought out an opportunity to exercise rather than (as it were) running away from it. My mentality has changed.

* A second bowl of soup today. With a trip to Hastings looming, I wanted to try and use up all the fresh food in the house and so sacraficed a slice of bread for a second bowl. Given that the soup is basically just flavoured water with some veg, I figure the calorie count can't be very high. I polished off the chicken partly for the same reason and partly because I was ruddy hungry.

* I have a couple of ideas for some new pieces of writing. It is always exciting when a new idea comes to mind, a confirmation that the creative juices are alive and flowing. Look out for them on the site soon.

* It is far easier to criticise than to create. Just a thought.