Day 17 : "Getting there..."

As week 3 moves on, it's getting a bit easier again.  No more bad food cravings like I had on Monday. In fact, I worked from home this afternoon - as was having a new hands-free kit fitted in my car - and didn't even think about the crisps and sweets in the cupboard, or the pies in the freezer... things my mind would have used to wander to - and my mouth would have eaten - if I'd spent the afternoon in my study.

That said, I took advantage of being at home to have something different to a shop-bought salad for lunch, and savoured a cup-a-soup, plus some tuna, red onion & mustard on a piece of brown toast. Living the high life!

And then, just before I made my 17th consecutive trip to the gym (something I still find hard to believe), my wife made a big bowl of popcorn... one of my favourite snacks.  Banishing thoughts of Monday to the back of my mind, I ate 4 tiny pieces of popcorn and then happily stopped.  Although I did make a sharp exit to the gym.  Just in case.

Diet today:

- Breakfast:  An apple and a banana;
- Lunch:  A cup-a-soup, plus tuna, red onion & mustard on toast;
- Dinner:  A tuna salad

Gym:  Wednesday night shoulders (one of which now hurts - I think I might have pulled a muscle) and stomach workout, and 30 minutes on the exercise bike.  I'm actually starting to feel quite fit, and no longer feel like the fat bloke in the gym.  Maybe it's the Hulk Hogan moustache.

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17 days gone already... only 39 to go... God help me....