Hahaha, somehow 10% doesn't feel like it's too significant… but we're making progress, and I think as I start to get more comfortable with the diet, it'll get even better.
I'm still feeling a little lost with the diet… I am okay with breakfast and lunch… but still have a few questions that I'm trying to sort out. I grilled up some chicken (not a fish eater), and will have to figure out how to use my new steamer over the next few days. Dinner has been a little tricky since I'm not always at home right after work in the evenings… going to have to figure out how to make that work from a timing perspective.
Really struggling with cutting out the caffeine... definitely hit that afternoon lull. I'm not a coffee or a tea drinker, and I know that coke isn't natural, but definitely helps to keep me awake (not good to sleep at your desk, I don't think? :) ). An overall goal in life... and maybe I should add it specifically to my PCP goals (might as well since I'm making all these other changes) is to get more sleep.
I can definitely feel a bunch of new muscles in my back… trying to figure out if that's from the new exercises or from playing squash yesterday. Also starting also to get shin splints… not sure if it's the running or the skipping, but hoping that it will pass because marathon training is no fun with shin splints.
Off to sleep - up early tomorrow for the mid-week training run (7 miles). Yipee!
Hi Nic, Tom here - not sure you need to cut coffee if you have it black and without sugar. Snipped from Sunday's missive "If you want a beverage, make sure it's around zero calories. This includes coffee, tea, and water." Good luck on the 7 miler today! T. :-)
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