Day 10

The tale of the work woes, the weight barrier and the depression.

What with work keeping me up late at night, exercise becoming very limited and a seemingly impenetrable weight barrier of 18x pounds, I’m starting to get depressed. I’m still eating really well, but the results are slooooow to materialize. I struggle to wake up early and then I have to get straight to work. At least Andrea and I managed to get onto the Tennis court today – and then it began to rain!

I just need to go for a nice, long run. Maybe tomorrow…

Day 9

Well the Lakers got hammered yesterday. Congratulations, Celtics. If that’s not depressing enough, I ate 1/3 a bag of crisps – you can’t watch sport without snacks! And wine…! This NBA turd is no Euro 2008, I’ll tell you that! But, when in Rome.

Lots of work again today, not much exercise; depressing.

Day 8

It’s sounds cliche, but you start to see things in a whole new light when you challenge yourself.

I’ve been really busy with work this week, so I’m only catching up on my “hobby” now. One thing I’m starting to realise is how seriously stress plays a role in poor eating habits. Work pressures or personal issues so often lead to “comfort eating”. I never thought that I had that problem, but now that I’m making a conscious effort not to give in to cravings, I’ve realized that I’m not immune! Maybe that’s another reason why it was so easy to stay in shape back in High School, when stress levels were hovering around zero. As this mad world goes crazier, we’re exposed to ever-increasing degrees of paranoia. Is this a key element to the global obesity crisis? Are we just gonna get fatter and fatter as the pace of life gets more hectic?

Probably.

When I’m really struggling with something and I feel that only a chocolate could save me, turning to a handful of carrots is not gonna cut it! Does anyone have any ideas on what to stock the cupboards with when I’m in crisis mode?

Stupid carrots.