I am *definitely* feeling more restriction. Today at work, I had to eat a granola bar really super fast, and I had the worst restriction, and had to run to the bathroom and throw it up. I was kind of laughing because I was thinking that God forbid someone had walked into the bathroom, suspicions would fly, I’m sure, that I was bulimic! Kind of ironic! I am anything but! But sometimes, you just have to let out what the band won’t let in.
Things are going pretty swimmingly this week. Work has been great. I got to meet President Jimmy Carter today! That was really exciting. When I say, “meet” – I mean, I said “hello” … it’s not like he and I got into a long discussion about foreign policies. But I am sure if we had more time, President Carter would have enjoyed such a discussion with me. I also got to meet an Art writer from the New York Times. All extremely exciting for me. I have been busy-busy at work, but it’s great.
My workouts have been going well. I have upped the cardio. Not so much as in time, but as in how much I am pushing myself. Tonight I ran for 25 minutes total and walked for 5-minutes. I pushed up the speed to 4.5-5.0 and the incline. My heart was pounding! It felt great though. I haven’t weighed myself since Sunday, but on Sunday I had lost 1 pound.
Last night Terrence and I went out for dinner to Copeland’s Cheesecake Bistro. I swear I ordered the healthiest thing I could find on the menu. An Asian salad – seared Ahi Tuna with vegetables and ginger. It wasn’t half bad, except I should have gotten it with the dressing on the side. I did get some French Onion Soup (my favorite!) but asked for it with no bread. I guess since they took the bread out, they supplemented it with more cheese than I knew what to do with. I couldn’t eat that much cheese. Terrence was cracking up watching me swim through the cheese … and I LOVE cheese … but I kept picturing my heart saying, “What the hell?” So I guess I ate about half of it. And half of my salad and brought the rest home.
Tonight for dinner I heated up some Moroccan Trader Joe’s dinner – which was really awesome – and again, I ate about half. I guess that’s where I’m at now since my last fill.
