Lunch was yum but I’m full now.
I had a great weekend. What am I going to be doing this upcoming weekend? Maybe I should try to have a quiet one.
I need to do Uni this week. 2 hours a night minimum or I will get stupidly behind again.
Man, I really am full!!
Last night we had a few friends around at our place to celebrate St Patty’s Day, plus to play some poker as we hadn’t played in such a long time.
What a great night.
It started with a few games of Football, then progressed to a card drinking game, then poker, then back to the drinking game for another few rounds.
The rules are simple: draw a card from the deck, and that card corresponded with the rules on the whiteboard. There were games within the games, like Fuzzy Duck and Whizz Bang, speaking games that I clearly fail at. Most of my penalty drinks came from those games. Others included thumbs on table, where you had the power to put your thumb on the table, last to notice and do the same had a penalty shot. New rule meant you could make up your own rule (we banned the use of right hands, swearing, and a “hand on head” game similar to thumbs on table).
It was brilliant, and so much fun.
Needless to say that game will be coming on our Thailand trip with us, and will even make an appearance on the plane. Within reason.
Today passed in a blur of sleeping and thinking about sleep, as we all had some pretty sore heads. We also spent $80 on McDonald’s for everyone for breakfast, a mean feat.
How was everyone else’s weekend?
A friend at uni emailed me recently asking if I had seen the announcement about the update to my degree that I’m doing, a Bachelor of Science.
Um, no?
Panicked, I had a look and was relieved to find out that the course I’m doing this term (environmental science) is still part of my degree. It looks like I will need to email my programme advisor to make sure that what I have done to this point will be credited towards my degree, as it would be horrible to think that it’s all in vain.
I’m excited to see a new forensic science topic in second year though.
Bring it on.
I cant wait to do second year.
Why am I so stubborn?
Why can’t I just let people do what they want to do?
Why do I question everything?
Why don’t they understand the points I’m trying to make?
Why don’t I understand the points they’re trying to make?
How long until it’s all better again?
How did they know to play that song on the radio at that exact moment?
When will he be back?
So many questions…no easy answers. But today I learned that the way we react to things is a choice we all make.
Time to make better choices. Time to change my habits. Time to let things truly go. Time to really let myself be vulnerable. Time to think about perceptions.
I ask why and when…but thankfully I still have time to make a change.
Sorry for my vagueness.
Well I’m pleased to say that I have been sugar free for a week. Well, mostly. We are still having natural sugars and stuff. The only slip up that happened was a glass of flavored natural mineral water that C thought I had bought so poured us both a drink. Turns out it had 10g of sugar per 100g, so higher than my limit of 6g. But given the grand scale of it being a week since we started, I think the slip up of 4g barely registers.
The first day and a bit was tough with with cravings, and it wasn’t until the second day the headaches truly started. They were BAD; one to the point that I had to put sunglasses on to work at the computer because my eyes became so sensitive to light. I barely fought off the migraine that time.
Thankfully the headaches have gone, and at the moment I think I’m just feeling a bit fatigued. That might also be from my body clock being out of whack having worked night shift last week.
I asked C for his opinion, and he said those first two days were hell. His cravings were insane. He also had a strepsil for a sore throat, only to see his cravings intensify. Turns out there was sugar in the strepsil, so that little bit just made him want even more. Thankfully he managed to resist.
Weight wise I have dropped about 2kg. This may have been aided by finishing “that time of the month”, but given that last week we were still having chips and dip, and cheese and crackers, I can’t say my diet was too cautious otherwise, and I have never lost 2kg from a period before. We even hosted a BBQ on Saturday night with some drinking (friend’s birthday) which we kept to vodka lime and soda. C also ended up having a tuaca & mother shot (spirit with energy drink), but only one. I still resisted.
My cravings have reduced noticeably. I still wouldn’t mind a juice in the morning, but the urge for morning tea and post lunch snacks have gone. That’s a relief. I wouldn’t say I would trust myself if I had a sweet at the moment, but will see what happens in another week. On the 16th we will be attending a wedding, where I will have nearly no say in what I eat and drink. I’ve told C that can be our first proper blow out, then back to our controlled diets.
I will be sure to update you all again on my progress in the next week. I’m hoping to start seeing a difference in my energy levels, and another weight drop would be nice! Wish me luck!