Step Away From the Cake

So in spite of myself I managed not to gain weight this week. This week was a struggle and I'm not sure exactly why. I was very tired - again, not sure why. I wasn't all that hungry but did crave sweets more then normal. It was really hot here, really, really hot and humid. I know that may have affected me a bit. Also, my eating was not good. I didn't go shopping last week so every morning it was a struggle deciding what I should eat. I have to take lunch and eat before I leave school if I plan on going to the gym. Which I plan on every day but somehow manage not to do. I absolutely can not eat lunch at school because it gives me gas. Not a little gas but GAS!!! So school lunch is pretty much out at this point. One of the reasons I started doing this was to stop that gas I seemed to be getting every day and I think I've narrowed the cause down to bread. I'm going to go to Whole Foods this weekend and get some Ezekiel bread. That is sprouted grains and no wheat a

Yesterday and I today I have been feeling exceptionally good. Yesterday I went to the gym after school and ran. And I got up to 5.3 mph or ~11 min miles - woot, woot, woot! I also wore one of my favorite t-shirts that I haven't worn in a while because I did not like the way it fit across my stomach. Now it fits fine :) Today was a little tiny bit of a struggle just due to some poor planning on my part. I finish class at 11am and usually grab a quick lunch then head out to the gym. Today I didn't have anything to bring for lunch so I thought I would buy something at the cafeteria. When 11 o'clock came around I wasn't that hungry and decided to just head home. By the time I got to the bus I was starting to get hungry. Oh, no! On the bus ride home I was getting hungrier and hungrier. Bummer. Today I was supposed to do strength training but since I was getting hungry I figured I'd head straight home. By the time I got home I had a bit of a headache coming on. I

For a week now the inside of my right ankle and arch have been hurting. Because this has been hurting, I walk funny. Because I walk funny my knee also hurts: See the things that are labeled cartlidge? I don't have those. I had them removed almost 40 years ago, 37 to be exact.  So I have bone on bone going on. Have had for years. 99.9% of the time it does not bother me one little bit. But when it does - OMG!!!! So because of the ankle pain, the knee pain followed.  Initially I thought it was from Zumba and weights and running and generally getting off my ass and moving. But it wasn't really getting better. At least not a lot better. I had started wearing my orthotics because I thought they would help the ankle - and they do.  But still the pain persisted. If I tried to walk in no shoes I had ankle and knee pain and it was not fun. Interestingly enough though, it did not bother me when I ran yesterday....hmmmm... So I was thinking about the pain I'm having. I know