1066 All Stars

Day 3 - 3rd September 2014

Food Log

Breakfast - Tea and Bran Flakes (with sultanas)

Lunch - Salad with bread roll and half corn on the cob

Dinner - Leftover chicken with mini corns (x6), broccoli, peas and boiled potatoes

Dessert - Ice cream

In between meal snacks:

Crisps

1 dry cracker

Apple

Thoughts and Feelings

* I went to bed last night feeling hungry but refused to snack further.

* I implemented a lifestyle change several years ago which saw me lose over a stone in weight. One of the things I allowed myself was a single packet of crisps once a week. Crisp wednesday. It seems a reasonable compromise.

* I felt terrible this morning. Really lethargic, poor concentration, tired, lots of aches and pains. I felt light headed, my neck felt strange when I rolled my head. More than that, I felt uncertain of myself, manifested in a twitter related issue I will blog about another time.

* This may in part have been caused by taking a co-codamol tablet the previous evening. The pain is a constant that I am used to, likely the result of the fused vertebrae in my neck. I pop a pill, roll my neck, take a deep breath and get on with it. Some days are easier than others.

* I enjoyed a 30 minute walk at lunch and returned to the office invigorated, full of energy. I still had pain and some light-headedness, my brain still felt foggy, but I felt infintely better than I had in the morning. I felt the need to tweet something epic (nothing occured to me). Exercise works!

* And I finally remembered to buy milk for my tea.

* I cooked too many potatoes for dinner. Initially I put them all on my plate anyway, not wanting to waste them. But, on second thoughts, I took them off again, rationalising that I could have a mini potato salad with lunch instead. No food wasted and carbs controlled, a win-win.

* Not so much desire to snack today. I happily rejected biscuits when offered. When the girls didn't finish their dinner, I binned it rather than finish it like I normally would. I had a passing fancy for some sweets when I saw them but nothing more.

* Having said that, I'm ruddy hungry.

* Beetroot makes your pee turn a funny colour.