Listen to Your Body

Happy Thursday, Everyone!

We are just two sleeps away from Free Day! Are you excited about that?
Normally, I wouldn’t be. As I wrote a few days ago, food has somewhat lost its appeal in my world, so free day really doesn’t have much meaning anymore. But this week, it’s special! It is Valentine’s Day! You know… chocolates, champagne… romantic horse back ride on Nordhoek beach… AND I will feel much more comfortable in the jeans that I could hardly button a month ago!

Plus, this Valentine’s day happens to be the middle of my 12 week program, so I am really proud of myself for sticking with it for so long. Are you guys still hanging in?

And on the more boring side – here is the account of my day:

I went to gym in the morning and did my legs and abs workout. I was under time pressure but managed to complete the whole thing in 30 minutes flat!

Breakfast was oats with yoghurt and an apple. Then, I had a Myoplex for snack, around 9-ish. But then, suddenly I was feeling rather hungry and around 11 ate my “lunch”, which was a tuna fish and low fat cheese wrap with some veggies inside. At about 1pm I had my protein bar and then around 3-3:30 I ate my fifth meal = the same tuna wrap as earlier. This was supposed to be my early dinner as I had a late meeting scheduled and I knew I won’t be home on time, but that didn’t quite work out…

At my meeting there were these snacks and seeing that it was already 6 o’clock, I had to have some. They were very healthy, though – tiny crackers with tuna and cucumber and baby tomatoes and that sort of stuff. (And just FYI, I was in a meeting for 4 hours this morning with a bunch of chocolate croissants staring straight at my face and I didn’t eat a single one!)

By the time I got home (which is right now) I was hungry again… So I stole one ostrich burger patty from hubby. He was making these for himself. And I had a pear with it. Sorry Jeni! I know I am not supposed to eat fruit at night…

Mel

Jeni:
Hey guys,

What Mel is experiencing is completely normal. Some days your body will feel hungrier than others. You will want more. You might even have cravings for something that you don’t usually eat. It’s OK.

The only advice I can give you for this is LISTEN TO YOUR BODY!

Unless you are a fitness competitor in pre-contest phase or an athlete preparing for an event or something of that sort, eating a bit of excess calories on a day that your body asks for it is perfectly fine.

The only thing to watch out for is that the “hunger” you feel is real and not perceived. It is in your tummy and not your mind.

Have a good evening!

Jeni