P.G. Snacks Personal Growth in bitesize chunks

[Day 2]: Saying no to habits and temptations

After day the first day it wasn’t too hard to continue with the challenge, since I felt my energy was high. I wasn’t sure I was structurally gaining anything but at least it sure didn’t feel like I was losing anything. But as it turns out, there were a few “surprises” I would be confronted with today.

Sleep:7 hours of solid sleep, from 0:30 till 7:30. But somehow I didn’t get out of bed right away, possibly because a 9:00 AM appointment I had was canceled because of the weather conditions. (It’s been snowing like crazy for our standards, and transportation is hard since the country isn’t really prepared for it.) Either way, 7 hours of sleep turned into 8.
A for my energy level at wake-up, I actually felt quite energetic after 7 hours, but I guess lying in bed with my girlfriend was more tempting then jumping out. Obviously, after another hour of sleep I was still feeling ready to kick off the day, and actually a bit jumpy. Kinda like I was bored with lying still and wanted to do stuff.

Breakfast:
Well, once again, because of the weather conditions the last days it hadn’t been a top-priority to go to the store and buy a lot of food / drinks. So I was still stuck with the same fruits I had on day 1. So no smoothy for me today, instead I had:
- 1 Banana
- 2 Mandarins - 1 Apple - About 500ml of tea
Luckily, I had a trip planned to a giant store with my mother, brother and girlfriend to shop for our two Christmas dinners. So I figured I could get all the things I wanted/needed while I was there. Although it wasn’t drinkable, I really enjoyed the mixed flavors of the fruits for breakfast, as well as the different textures you experience in your mouth.

Lunch-time: Nothing fancy either, as I had prepared a large bowl of mixed nuts the day before I just ate from that. Today however, I decided to stick a bit more to a “schedule” of eating, instead of eating small portions throughout the day. I guess that would make for a better comparison to a “normal” lunch. I did not weigh the amount of nuts I ate but it was about two hands-full. I drank some more tea with this, but I realized that I actually wanted something else. (But had nothing in the house at the time, lol;))
The thing that stayed consistent was that I did not really feel hungry between meals; No stomach rumbling or yawning because my body was crying for more food.

Shopping-temptations:
It really surprised me how this affected me, but let me first paint the picture for you. The store I went to wasn’t a typical one; It’s one of those giant industrial-like supermarkets for entrepreneurs. Everything comes in large quantities, is pretty cheap and very good quality of fresh food. They don’t sell 4 brands of .. euhm… let’s say potato chips, but 24. I usually really enjoy going there because I can buy things there that are not available in my local retail store. But today I noticed that I was almost drooling over all that “other” food. But seriously, I really felt myself being pulled from one corridor to the other thinking “Oeh! That looks good!”… “Oeh,. Check that out!” Vegetarians might not appreciate what I’m going to tell you now, but it got the worst when I entered their giant fridge. It literally had over 10 meters of steaks; all sorts, shapes and sizes. And in my mind I could see, hear and smell them sizzling on my barbeque.

I really felt like a bit of a caveman so I got the heck out of there and went shopping for greens. Pfew,..

Dinner:
My roommate had been bugging me all day about wanting to finishing his eggs before they expired. So he made a giant omelet with cheese and ham and I had a piece of it on two slices of white bread. (Thought it’d be easy on digestion) In return I gave the guy half of the ham&mushroom pizza I bought that afternoon. As for drinks, I just had two glasses of water with it.

End of the day:
Throughout the day I had felt really fit and didn’t drink a single cup of coffee. However, after dinner I got into a bit of a discussion / fight / makeup / cry / cuddle scenario with my girlfriend. And this just totally drained me. I’m quite a sensitive person and if you’re like me, you know that extreme emotions can really suck you dry quickly. Off course I was happy that the things that we fought over were spoken out instead of letting them fester inside. So looking back it doesn’t feel like a waste of energy at all, but it does take its toll

Related posts:
- New 30-day challenge coming up
- [Day 1] Kicking off the challenge