Day 23: Need to Remember to Eat...

This is what I am going to do next week...

One more week to go! Next Tuesday I am freeeeee. But I am not going to go ape shit or anything. I have 6 hours of class the next day so it's going to be a rather calm night. I almost don't even want to treat myself because I feel so good with my progress. Today I joined a gym for the first time EVER. It's only $1 a day with no contract - I pay month by month and can cancel at any time. It's a super great deal and when I pay for things I feel obligated to use them. So exercise + Whole30 = (should equal) GOLD.

I don't have a lot of update today... except for I have been so busy getting used to grad school and all the reading that I honestly sometimes forget to eat. It's like I am not hungry until about 3 hours after I wake up and then if I eat meal 1 at that time the rest of my meals are thrown off. It is also hard not to eat an entire meal in the middle of class. For example, tomorrow I have class from 9-12 and then 2-5. So I should eat before 8, from 12-1:30, and then after 5. Well I am planning on working out early in the morning before class, which doesn't leave a lot of room to eat. And then I have an appointment at 5:30. So I am really going to have to make sure I eat enough and at good times throughout the day. People who say they honestly have time for everything they want to accomplish during the day are full of crap.

My "dessert" = pear with cinnamon 

The lesson here is that eating is important. I know that I should enjoy every meal and not scarf it down. But it seems like my life does not allow for this. Besides, my schedule changes every day so I am constantly on the go, not on the go, at home, not at home. I am not complaining because I enjoy what I do and my hard work is going to pay off. I am just saying there is a delicate balance between eating and my schedule. Sometimes I need to remind myself to eat, which is probably caused by stress but honestly I think that by eating fresh, natural, and unprocessed foods my stomach has "shrunk". Or I am more frequently satiated if you want to put it that way. Either way you put it, I am feeling full more easily and I am forgetting to eat. The good and bad of Whole30 coupled with grad school...