What?! It’s been almost a week?

Wow. It doesn’t seem like it. I think that’s a pretty darn good sign that this way of eating/being is working well for me so far. I had absolutely no cravings for sweets today. I even left the sugar out of my morning tea (although I had it with milk) – I didn’t really want it. This is unheard-of for me.

I also walked a ton today. I have been trying to walk to the grocery store instead of driving or biking when weather permits. There and back is between 3 and 3.5 miles round-trip. I also walked to and from the Co-op (total distance a bit over 1 mile), and took a stroll through the “other park” near my house (the bigger one that I never go to, even though it’s closer). So I walked almost 5 miles!

It wasn’t hard, although I will certainly sleep well tonight! I really need to try to walk all the time if at all possible, even when the weather gets bad. Maybe I need a raincoat/pants and rain boots.

Oh! Almost forgot. On a whim this morning, I did three ‘negative pull-ups’ on a bar at the park. This means jumping up to the top position and lowering myself to start. Three was plenty challenging; I’m not a bad-ass yet. Still, it was damn cool to realize that I don’t need access to the assisted pull-up machine to work on pull-ups in the future! I am a little bit stronger than I thought.