Sorry for missing Day 8! The challenge is now a week and a day old. Are your new habits starting to come more easily, or are you (like me) still struggling a bit? Don't know what I was thinking when I bought Clif bars at the grocery store today. OK, that's not true; I was thinking "they're for DS, not me..." What I really don't know is, who I thought I was kidding! Already ate one for my afternoon snack.

However, on the bright side, I ran for more than 30 minutes today before rowing practice and my speed was never below 6 mph. Pretty good for me.

What are you doing today?

OMG what a night! DS had a screaming, crying, stamping feet, jumping up and down, red-faced tantrum because he didn't want to do his homework. He has complained about homework in the past but this was a meltdown for the ages. I had a BIG glass of wine with dinner and I'm feeling stressed beyond belief. Things should be better tomorrow. No homework on Friday nights.

Not a great day here. I had wine with dinner and some dessert both which were unplanned.

That means no wine and no dessert tomorrow which would have been the plan.

Everything else was good and I did eat slower.

Food was OK today. I did sit for all of my food, but added a serving of Trisc. crackers. Then I added 1/2 c skim milk after dinner. All together I ate about 300 extra calories today.

I am super fired today. I think I added food because I was looking for rest and comfort after work- I am going to relax tonight!

ahhh!!! what to do with hunger? I feel especially hungry after runs, and tough weight training.

i still dont know what to do about this, except just feed my physical signs. hungry? then eat!

Yesterday was a lot of feeling never satisfied with my meals, but I had so much going on that I didn't really have time to focus on eating anything extra. Plus, I worked until 9pm and had to be up by 5 for my morning run, so I didn't have time to snack either since I had to pack my lunch and dinner for today and to reorganize my backpack before heading to bed by 10.

Today I did an extra .5 mile (I'm 1.4 miles over my mileage for the week already) and was starving by breakfast. I didn't eat any more than usual and have lunch and dinner packed. Tonight will be more of a challenge since I will get home and collapse on the couch in exhaustion. Snacking becomes really tempting at that point.

I did well with food and workout yesterday but not so good with taking my time at dinner. I was in a rush to get to band but I still had enough time to eat slower.

Plan for today:
focus more on being mindful and slow when eating, stick to the food plan, workout this afternoon.

I have a cold, so I'm even more derailed than I was before. It's way past 2 pm and I haven't been out the door yet. Phew.