Yesterday was not a fasting day, and yesterday I did not lose weight (I actually gained a bit). I can’t be surprised, though. I ate my first meal before noon, and it consisted of more buttered noodles (the same basic recipe I’d indulged in the day before). I’d decided that I should use up the spaghetti that was left in the cupboard to avoid future temptation, and I didn’t want to just throw it away (I often succumb to the sunk cost fallacy). Anyway, dumping that many carbohydrates into my body was not going to result in anything but weight gained.

My other meal of the day was two or three hours later. I ordered a burrito bowl from Chipotle without the beans and rice (since I’d already had my fill of carbohydrates). It had half steak and half chicken, fajita vegetables, guacamole, pico de gallo, corn and chile salsa, and romaine lettuce (hold the E. coli, please). It was a good meal: plenty of protein, fiber, and good fat (the guacamole). Had it been the only meal of the day, yesterday would have been a good day.

I actually had a bit more to eat just before bed (you’re not supposed to eat that late, although I don’t know the reason). It was just yogurt and blueberries, and I felt like I needed it because Monday (today) would be a fasting day. Anyway, I went to bed knowing that I wouldn’t be lighter the next morning.

The other problem with yesterday was the lack of physical activity. I spent a lot of time on the couch. It was an overcast, gloomy day, and the weather tends to have a significant effect on my mood. Because my gym is at work (and I have no desire to be on campus when I don’t have to be), I haven’t been working out on weekends, and this is problematic. I need to incorporate some sort of strenuous exercise into every day, and I just haven’t been good about doing that.

I’ve also experienced a recent falling out with a friend (although I don’t know the reason for it), and that was depressing me yesterday as well. Interestingly, the friend involved is the one I’ve gained weight with over the past two years. For whatever reason, she’s decided to stop communicating with me, and that’s been not only depressing but bewildering. So yesterday was not a good day overall, but it doesn’t appear that I can do anything about this aspect of it.

My moods have always been a significant factor in my eating patterns. I’m prone to depression (despite my best efforts to avoid it), and I tend to crave sugar and other bad carbohydrates when I’m depressed. I also tend to eat when I feel like it, so that presents a challenge when trying to fast for even just part of the day. I’m not ambitious enough to do this, but it would be interesting to look at the correlation between my caloric consumption and my moods.

Anyway, today is a fasting day, and I’ll return to the gym, so tomorrow’s weigh-in should be back on the downward trend.