Day 5: Tuesday, October 22nd, 2019
At some point, I can probably stop mentioning that all I had in the morning was coffee and water because, well, that’s part of this whole thing now, isn’t it? If you read my post yesterday, you know I ate pretty late in the day yesterday, so I know there’s no way I will be eating anything before work. I leave the house around 6:30 in the morning, which is much earlier than I’d pretty much ever be eating.
I went for a walk during my lunch break. Unfortunately, it was a rather short one. I drove to a park which took a little longer than I’d anticipated. Sometimes, I wish I had an hour for lunch. It was just barely long enough to count as my 15 minutes of outdoor activity. It’s a good thing I did, too. The weather today was essentially the opposite of yesterday: nice earlier in the day and shitty later.
After work, I headed straight to band practice. I played drums for a couple of hours, which definitely counts as an activity when you play in a super loud metal band.
I ended up fasting all day today and will be until tomorrow morning. I do plan to probably eat early in the day, which is not something I typically do. When I’ve been fasting for over a day, I have no problem with it. I will stick to an 8-hour window, though. I’ll actually eat lunch on my lunch break tomorrow!
The featured image for this post is one I took on the walk during lunch today!
- My wife is avoiding drinking at home for a while to help me while I’m cutting it out for this challenge.
- Made family thanksgiving plans already and my mom offered to make me a big steak special just because I don’t want to have what everyone else is going to have.
- Band practice was good. We have a show on Friday.
Day 6: Tuesday, October 23rd, 2019
I ate before work today! I made some eggs for breakfast. I was going to make some bacon too, but that didn’t work out. I generally do not eat before work, but that’s just the way it worked out this time. So I waited a little bit longer to get into the coffee, as I’ve found it’s not ideal to drink coffee while eating food. That wasn’t much food, so I was still sort of hungry. I was fine until lunch, though. Unfortunately, I haven’t meal prepped and actually really need to go to the grocery store, so I ended up getting burger patties via the drive-thru today. I certainly realize why this is not ideal, but I also don’t mind doing it every once in a while when I’m out and about.
I get done with work at 5 pm, and I had an appointment tonight at 6 pm. I decided to drive to where the appointment was and then go for a walk. I’m not sure if walking is really the sort of activity we’re supposed to be doing on this challenge, but it’s certainly better than sitting at my desk in my office writing blog posts and/or playing Splinterlands.
I’ve been fasting since lunch. So I ate at about 6 am and then again around 12:30, keeping me within an 8-hour window. I'm definitely going to go grocery shopping tomorrow and get something good to eat at home.