I fasted all day yesterday but got home and eventually just had to have something to eat. I’ve tried to describe it before, but what happens when fasting is not so much about getting hungry (although hunger does come and go) as it is about just feeling empty. It just feels like I need SOMETHING in my stomach. Anyway, I had (too many) raw almonds, an apple, and some yogurt and blueberries. Today, I’m just a pound lighter.

I’m proud of myself for writing a blog entry every day, but I need to review them from time to time. There are obviously patterns to my dietary misbehavior (and the triggers for that misbehavior), but I’d probably have a much better sense of them if I actually read my own blog. And there are ideas that I sometimes write down in an entry but forget about before implementing them. For example, I mused recently about writing down everything I eat in a day, but, until just now, I forgot about it.

I did hit the gym before work yesterday, and it was a more intense workout than usual. The intensity was driven mostly by the fact that I just didn’t feel good psychologically. Mondays are always hard because on them I return to a job I’ve grown to loathe, but I was also a bit depressed over the weekend (probably because I’d missed going to the gym for a few days). The workout helped, but today my arthritic shoulders are sore and my right big toe is still bothering me.

I have to make a trip to the grocery store this morning to pick up stuff for my boring vegetarian salad. I’ll try to keep my head down and avoid the chocolate-covered almonds.