Gotta Have Faith

The paper finally got finished and turned in yesterday afternoon, but not before it had managed to induce some serious carb binging. I pulled an all-nighter trying to finish the stupid thing, meaning that I totally screwed up my inner clock and needed a lot of food and caffeine to stay alert. I got mildly sick and couldn’t stomach anything with a lot of fiber in it. Thus, I was pretty much gorging on white flour for 36 hours. I haven’t eaten like that in a very, very long time.

Today was my “reset” day. My goal is to remind my body what the normal routine looks like (or at least should look like). I had the day off from school today, which helped. I got a good night of sleep and hit the gym first thing when I woke up. I got in a good hour long workout, then walked to the grocery store and stocked up on produce (three mile round trip!). I wasn’t really hungry at first, but I did my best to make myself eat some light, tasty, nutritious food on a semi-regular schedule. I’m loading up on water, and I’m trying extra hard to get in my protein and veggies. This feels a lot better!

Food log (so far):

–One egg omelet with goat cheese and basil
–Two roma tomato “flowers” with salt and pepper
–Leftover roasted asparagus

–Two light rye crackers with hummus
–Big bowl of husband’s chicken vegetable soup (it’s the best I’ve ever tasted…I don’t know how he does it)

–1/2 cup high fiber cereal with a sliced strawberry and lowfat milk

–Diced mango
–Spicy roasted chickpeas
–3 oz. herbed catfish with tomatoes and fresh basil
–Crunchy mixed veggies marinated in balsamic vinegar