Friday I had to go to the stables to help out so I didn't go weigh in. I was secretly kind of happy and needed the break from the pressure that I put myself under. I think my body secretly conspires against my brain. I told myself to really gear up and have this big hard slog to November 4th when we leave for Oklahoma and immediately my body said ok don't burn another calorie, she's going on a rampage again, and I didn't lose one week and put on a half pound the next week. I have learned my lesson, fat thighs, and I have returned to my day to day approach and concentrating on eating healthy things and staying on my points and not being a diet nazi. We will see on this Friday if that strategy works. I know I'm a lot less stressed out though.
My husband is having a really stressful day at work so I'm worried about him. I know we will be fine, but I do feel bad that he can't have a job that he enjoys and that I get to work from home and ride horses in the day. Hopefully if/when we move to America one day he will finally find happiness. Lord knows he deserves it after all the shit jobs he's had to put up with.
On a positive diet note, I'm finding the power of green tea. A friend at the stables told me to give it a try and she's like a bean pole, so I thought it couldn't hurt. I have had bad experience with the bitterness of green tea in the past but have since discovered that blends like green tea and jasmine are very nice and any of the fruit blends with it are nice as well. Also, you must not brew it too long or it will increase the bitterness. I do my jasmine and green tea for one and a half minutes and with two splenda tablets it is just right. I had a couple of large cups yesterday along with one of my usual instant espressos and I think my metabolism was burning over time because I was radiating heat like, well, like a radiator! I'm trying white tea and pomegranate this week so we will see if that works the same. I did feel a bit anxious yesterday but I don't know if its related. I'm a bit sensitive to caffeine but I think my daily espresso boost is becoming a bit of an addiction so I have trouble getting going in the morning without it.
I also have a question for my fitter comrades. I have been knackered lately and wanting to just sleep a lot. I have been doing lots of activity last week so my question is, when you exercise a lot, do you sleep a lot too? You always hear that exercise gives you energy, but I've been absolutely shattered at night. I know it sounds funny, but I've never been this fit so I'm not sure how it feels. Thanks for any help!!
Jonny Love
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So this is Jonny Ives, Senior VP at Apple and the man responsible for
designing the iPod, MacBook and more. He's so pretty! And british. And
married :(
17 years ago
1 comment:
Sleeping is good! It's one of the positive side effects of exercise that you will sleep well so just give in to it. Your body needs that time to recover. As for green tea I'm a MAJOR devotee. I've never been your regular hot drinks person. When I was younger only ever had traditional English tea if I could dunk half a pack of biscuits in it. I don't like the taste of it. Black coffee after a meal when eating out is about my lot. White tea is good (and even better for you in terms of antioxidants). Lidl do a very nice green tea with vanilla which I can recommend. It's a German brand but it's lovely. I've even managed to get Rich drinking it. Oh and recently read that Whittards do something called Purr-eh (I think that's how you spell it) tea which is meant to be fab for weight loss.
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