ISHT - Burj Dubai edition

So me and my old friend 146 are still hanging out, apparently we’re dating now, I’m hoping it’s not serious, I still think I can do better.

My struggles this week have been mostly with hunger. With the new addition of bike riding added on to my exercise routine and my harder strength sessions and the fact that I’m not eating (as much) meat, have all led to me being pretty hungry the past few days.

This is one of those things where I know what I should do and I … don’t. I eat a good breakfast, but about 2 hours after I actually get up, and then its yogurt, fruit and granola, then I end up eating a light lunch, mostly salad or fruit these days, then I go home and work my freaking ass off for sometimes almost two hours and by then I’m starving and I eat a lot of carbs, because that’s what I’m craving.

And lately even when I shove a bunch of food in my face, I’m still starving.

So, I’m going to work on loading up more in the morning, stick with my yogurt and fruit, etc. but maybe also get some whole wheat bread and make peanut butter toast. I need to figure out what to do about lunch, I still struggle a lot with it, I have relied heavily on turkey sandwiches in my life, and without them, I find it hard to make good choices besides just salad…I’m getting sick of salad, and I don’t want to, because salad is my mistress.

And since I lost those few pounds (I can’t believe I lose like 3 pounds and that’s it for me, I just don’t get my body sometimes) I got kind of wonky about food. Like “now that I’m losing weight it feels so good that I’m going to get really stupid about eating”, and I really need to stop that. I need to eat when I’m hungry and not deny myself. That one day last week where I struggled in the Whole Foods and really didn’t eat much, well…I had a terrible run that day, and I was in a foul mood and I know, I KNOW, that if I ate something healthy and filling and good for me, I would have run faster and longer and not been pissy.

Balance.

Stupid balance.

Does anyone ever achieve it? Ever?

Tonight I go see Adrian Smith speak. I’m very excited; it’s kind of a chance of a lifetime…sorta.

Adrian Smith designed this:




And this:




And someday we might see this: