Day 6 - Week 1 nearly over!

Well, I got up a bit late today (well it's Saturday, so that's okay!) so didn't get breakfast until 9. This probably means one fewer snack today, and honestly I'm okay with that too. I don't really like eating straight before bed, and when I have breakfast at 9, that's pretty much what I'd have to do!

So far so good... it's 6pm and although I haven't done any formal exercise, I did spend most of the day tidying the house, and then went shopping with the kids. I bought them doughnuts, but didn't eat any myself. Go me!! Usually temptation would be too strong, but I just passed it up.

I feel as if I've lost some weight, or at least some cms. My stomach looks a wee bit flatter (of course, it's far from flat!!) and I know my muscles are more toned and tighter (especially my legs from the walking and riding). Although I'm female, building muscle has always come pretty easily to me. Of course, I don't want to get too bulky ;)

Hmm have eaten tea, but just still FEEL hungry. Or do I just want to eat?? What will satisfy me?? This is a challenging one... because it is an issue I do come across (and so do many others) that they just want to EAT. I know I can't logically be hungry as there's food in my belly! Maybe a cup of ginger tea or something will fix it?

One way I haven't been perfect, is I've been eating more vegetarian/vegan type meals instead of animal proteins. I realise animal proteins have less carbohydrates, but I'm getting to a stage in life where I'm seriously considering going vegan, purely for ethical reasons. It's a bit long to get into here, but for a long time I've been feeling that I've been living a hypocritical existence, that my beliefs aren't in line with my actions. This does make going on BodySculpt more difficult, simply because there is so much need for protein/fat foods, which is much easier to achieve when eating meat, eggs etc. Although, for me the jury's out on eggs... As long as eggs are non-fertilised and from free range chickens, I don't feel the chickens are suffering too much, because they'll make eggs whether they've been fertilised or not! So, as long as the chickens are kept ethically, I have less issues with eggs than with dairy or meat. Anyway, this is something to explore in greater detail at another time!

Well I made it till the end of the day, had a light snack at the end with cream cheese and chives (probably not quite the right proportions of fats/carbs/protein though).