Weird

Something unexpected happened to me today.  I found myself on the verge of thinking my way out of dinner.  I did, in fact, cook dinner, and it was tasty.  This is about my third week into my 'diet' and I noticed that yesterday and today I have been far more lethargic than usual.  I firmly believe this is because I'm not eating as correctly as I should.  Without doing any research I would say I need to make sure I'm getting more protein.  The past two mornings I skipped breakfast, not necessarily intentionally, it just happened.  For lunch today I had a salad.  When I got home from work this evening, I almost immediately laid down for a quick nap.  After I got up and figured it was dinner time, but I just didn't feel like it.  I didn't feel hungry, and I just wanted to go back to bed.  All of these decisions, somehow, made sense in my head and the thought of not needing dinner was just fine.  In my days I have skipped many many meals, been so busy I've forgotten to eat, but never have I convinced myself that a salad was all I needed for a day, at least not in the way it was making sense to me tonight.  It kinda frightened me.  So, I grabbed a steak and made some instant mashed potatoes...not the greatest meal, but one I was sure was going to stick to my ribs and fill me up.

I'm very happy a little alarm went off in my head and that I was able to hear it.  I have a feeling my body is in a semi-starvation mode, not really where I want it to be, so I'm spending the rest of the night working on a food diary and a calorie chart to work as more of a guide to make sure I'm not hurting myself.

Let's see what we find out...

Accept the pain, Frank!  Accept the pain!