Haven't been keeping up with this blog

Mainly because of moving.

I'm back in Toledo with Anna. We've been eating out a fair amount, but even then we have been pretty good about being mindful of portions and sharing food and what not.

I've run twice this week--I hit a two mile run pretty quick. It almost killed me but I did it--I think I can stay at that level. I'm going to try to rope Anna into running with me tomorrow. I'm calling moving a workout too. I have to have burned a few hundred today by moving alone.

We were a little off today emotionally--I think moving and stress of school coming up may be getting to us. I just wasn't very skillful in a lot of situations today--it's really interesting how that affects my mood. In response to a little spat we had, I went downstairs and ate some left-overs. That was weird, it was like clock-work. I'd been wanting an excuse (another red flag? an excuse to eat?) to eat some bbq grilled chicken down stairs. After our little tiff, I helped myself. Um, I cut back on the potatoes?

Anyway, I think I hit my 3500 deficit for the week but I'm not really sure. I know I've lost a few pounds just from a change in diet and moving/running this week. I'm going to try to maintain this lifestyle throughout.

I'm trying to get into the habit (emotional eating aside) of "Eating to Live" rather than "Living to Eat." I had some dessert today, and I think I'm really going to try to get kids sizes or nothing at all from now on. Anna and I shared a portion of food today at Max & Erma's and it was perfect. I like this.

I'm looking forward to sharing a home with a health-nut like Anna. I'm getting better at just passing over cravings and trying to workout--I know I'm new to the scene again but I feel good. I just want to keep going.


Keeth Smart is my new hero.

I watched Keeth Smart comeback from a 10 touch deficit to win against the Russians 45 to 44 in Sabre tonight. It might be the best sports event I've ever seen.

It made me miss fencing a little bit dammit. I'm waiting until I hit 210. Not a pound before. I made a commitment to my health first. That's gotta be there before hurt myself doing something my body is not ready to do well.

More thorough documentation of diet and exercise to come :)

good night
matt