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Sugar. No. Cookies. Snacks. No. Cookies. Sweat. Suspended. Sleep. Not really. But I'm going now so I can be in bed, falling asleep, not too long after 11:30.

Sugar. Not really. Didn't have anything during the day but had far too many cookies in the evening. I really have a hard time controlling myself around piles of homemade cookies sitting around at home. I'm going to work from home tomorrow (waiting for an Instant Pot to get delivered, wheeee!), so I'm going to do my best to not have any during the day. Snacks. Mostly. The cookies were more like, uh, an appetizer before dinner and dessert after dinner. Definitely no snacks during the day, though. Sweat. Suspended. Sleep. No. It's midnight. On my way now, though! Today wasn't my best day...

Sugar. No. I've been on a quest to use up all the old, unused ingredients languishing in the back of the pantry. I worked from home today, so I took the opportunity to bake three different kinds of cookies to use up a bunch of molasses, flaxseed (including as an egg substitute), cornstarch, and baby rice cereal. The baby rice cereal ones were probably the best! The molasses/flaxseed ones are...not great, but edible, at least. Anyway, I licked lots of spoons and mixers and ate far too many cookies throughout the afternoon and evening. At least two of the three kinds are moderately healthy and low sugar, as cookies go. Snacks. No. See above. Sweat. Suspended. Sleep. Check. It's currently 10:40, and I'm going to go crash.

Lunch today was spinach, beans, and tuna (with olive oil, balsamic, and salt and pepper) with an apple for dessert. Tasty, simple, and delicious! Sugar. Check. One cookie after dinner. Snacks. Check. Sweat. Suspended. Sleep. Nope. It's 11:45. But here I go!

Ugh, that sounds terrible. I hope the last few days have been much better and that your challenge is going well!

Okay, I went off the rails a little bit, especially yesterday. And I didn't make as much progress on the project as I'd hoped to, but I still did a fair amount. I'm ready to get back on the nutrition and sleep trains, but I'm still going to suspend the sweat point for hopefully just another week. We got a jogging stroller over the weekend, though, so I'm really excited to start trying that out! After thinking more about slow carb, I've decided it would be too restrictive right now. It'd be hard to eat with the rest of the family. I'm still going to incorporate some of it, though, like eating beans in place of pasta/rice as much as possible, even if everyone else is perfectly happy with their pasta/rice. I'm also going to transition from a loose 14:10 intermittent fasting to more of a 5:2 style, which feels more flexible right now. It's easier to skip breakfast and lunch on a couple of work days than it is to skip breakfast on the weekends, when we're more likely to sit down and eat that meal as a family. My personal exception on those two days is that a piece or two of fruit during the day is okay. Finally, on those two days, I'm also going to strive to not eat any added sugar, so not even having a small thing after dinner. Sugar. Check. Nothing. Snacks. Check. Sweat. Suspended. Sleep. Mostly check. It's about 11:15 as I write this, but I'm going to post it and then run to bed!

Just checking in to say that I'm taking the rest of this week off completely (although trying not to careen too wildly off the rails!). Too much on my mind and not enough mental space to spend on this. Working hard to get close to finishing that side project and planning to restart with this on Monday. Also rethinking nutrition. My body responded fairly well to the time I did slow carb a few years ago, so I'm thinking about committing to that. (Really, my problem is _committing_ to something, anything—but I also largely enjoy eating the slow carb way, so that could help!)

Making some temporary changes this week, at least. I have a side project that's dragged on for far too long, and I want to make some major progress and get as close as possible to finishing it, partly because a friend is waiting and partly because having it hang over my head is a big mental burden right now. While I focus on that, I'm going to not pursue the goal of 5+ days of working out per week, and I'm going to push back bedtime by one hour to midnight. Sugar. Check. Two squares of dark chocolate and maybe a few too many handfuls of nuts and dried cranberries. Snacks. Check, except for the one piece of sample sushi at the grocery store. Sweat. Suspended. Sleep. Check (midnight).

Sugar. Check. Some cookies after dinner—maybe a couple too many, but not too overboard. Snacks. Check. Sweat. Rest day, I guess. I've been in a funk this evening and just not feeling like doing much of anything. Bleah. Hopefully the kid sleeps better tonight than she did last night so I get some quality sleep and feel better tomorrow. Sleep. Check.

Sorry to hear about the tough week, but I'm glad that things are looking up. Your afternoon at the rink sounds great, especially playing with the dog! Okay, I guess also the game that you did awesome in... That's a quality French phrase. I approve!

Sugar. Check. A few simple (graham cracker-like) cookies after dinner. Snacks. Not today. My willpower and determination were no match for this many days at home. The kitchen is just so close! Back at the "no snacks" tomorrow. Sweat. Check. SP. Sleep. Check. Really, I won't make it right on time, but this episode should only end a few minutes later, and then I'll run to bed!

How are things going? What's the most interesting French word you've learned lately?

Sugar. Semi-special occasion. Pancake Saturday! Okay, it's not a true special occasion, but we haven't been taking much time lately to sit down calmly to nice family meals, so I decided it was about time we did something fun like pancake Saturday. The pancakes had a bit of sugar in them, I put real maple syrup (that I brought back from Montreal last fall) on mine, and it turns out that the orange juice my partner and I used to make mimosas had some added sugar. Except for a little more orange juice with dinner, I didn't have any other added sugar the rest of the day. Snacks. Check. Sweat. Check. Super slow run in the morning. I wasn't expecting it, but somehow I just had...no energy. But I still managed to get 2.5 miles in, at least! Sleep. Check.

Sugar. Check. Two truffles after dinner. Snacks. Check. Sweat. Rest day. Would've liked to do an SP workout at night, but we decided it was time to sleep train the kid again, and by the time she finally passed out, I wasn't in the mood. That was my second rest day of the week, so I'll try to do something both days this weekend! Sleep. Check.

Sugar. Check. Two truffles after dinner. A side benefit of this one is that I'm eating more fruit. Instead of getting a slice of cake with lunch, I head back to the coworking space and have an apple or an orange. It's saving me a little money, too! Snacks. Check. Sweat. Check. Street Parking. Sleep. Check.