Cranky Pants

I am not a happy camper today (at least at 12:29pm as that is when I am starting todays post).

Maybe its the fact that I am on day 3 of detox.

Maybe its because I am just being overly sensitive.

Maybe because my hormones are out of whack (why they would be I have no clue)

Maybe I am going nutso.

Maybe I am just having a bad day.

In all honesty I dont think its the detox.  While I am indeed still getting use to

the alteration of how I eat again, I didnt fall far off the path, so its not as bad as it once was back in late 2009/early 2010. 

Today I altered the eats again mid morning snack to be 1/2 cup cooked oatmeal and 1/2 cup fruit.  Lunch I added the tofu again to my spinach salad and they had oven baked sliced sweet pototo rounds in the cafeteria so I got a bit of those!  If I had seen that they had been drenched in oil no way would I have gotten them, but they actually are now having a 'lighter' choice of entree and a side on the 'homestyle' section of the cafeteria so that worked out in my favor.

I still have salmon left so I figure I am going to have that for dinner with my broccoli instead of the scallops and save the scallops for tomorrow night!  Plus I have an extra nanner and leftover berries, so tomorrow morning we will continue the smoothie thing for breakfast.

All in all this little 'detox' did exactly what I wanted it to.  Remind me of some of the foods I love so much but had gotten away from...plus it taught me the what I think is key (at least to me) trick, and that is to embrace my hunger.  I got to where I was/am so hungry all the time with the combo of running and hot yoga, that I started just feeding myself every time I felt a bit uncomfortable.   As far as if it did anything more than that?  I dont know...I wont be getting on the scale again until probably Saturday?  But I know I certainly feel better, things are happening like they should be happening (and often if you know what I mean)...its all good.

And I was excited writing out my grocery list again!  Looks 'normal' to me for a change...Yes it takes a bit more time to eat like I like to eat (prep time) but planning is key to success and I just let myself get so busy that while I was eating ok, I was taking the easier routes a lot of the time, and I was being lazy with purchases, and never feeling satisfied because I do much better when I fill my house with a lot of options!  So I am anxiously awaiting Friday's grocery trip!

Wow.  From when I started writing this up to just now, I think I just wrote myself out of my cranky pants!

Hip hip hooray!!!  OK back to work....

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I really was dreading running this afternoon.  Its dreary out, cold (43deg w/ feels like of 39 when I started) and I knew part of my route was going to have me going into a headwind (even though it was slight it was enough to make me grumble).  So I broke the run up, running 3 miles; then stopping at the casa for a chug of water from a bottle I left outside, then heading off in another direction for a different route.  I meant to take this run easy since I have the 1/2 on Sunday, but because I was dreading the run to begin with I ran with music therefore I ran a lot faster than I intended.  I kept trying to slow my pace down but its next to impossible with my playlist :).

The first 3 miles did indeed suck, just lethargic, but then the last 3 miles went swimmingly.  I dont know what kicked in, but I was glad it did.  Thankful to get that out of the way...and now I sit here freezing waiting for my broccoli to steam...I am SO looking forward to dinner!!!

Am I the only one that had to succumb to the cold and dreary outdoors for a run today?