Day Three

Movement

While traveling the past 5 days I tried to stick to my goal of "moving" every day. As you've read I did pretty well in Tampa. We drove all day on Friday to Santa Rosa but stopped to walk around an Indian landfill (filled with hints of life from 600 AD) and then we walked a tiny bit around our friend's neighborhood. I made up for it on Saturday though ... I walked on the beach for 20 minutes in the morning then we took a nice long bike ride to get a better sense of the area. It was quite the change biking up hills I must say!

Nutrition

Eating out is difficult. Even if I make good choices from a menu the food just seems to sit differently with me. Then there is the vacation mentality (eat the treats!) which I did on Saturday. We went to a beer fest which was quite fun, but since my body seems to reject alcohol I splurged on 2 buttery pretzels. Not such a big deal until I share how I followed this with plates of cheese and crackers, yummy cashew nuts, and dark chocolate m&ms (so good!). This morning it was as if I had a hangover from rich food ... crazy hot flashes where I felt ill and lots more than normal. It was enough to make me resist the Cinnabon at the airport (not such a bad thing).

Dissertation

I got nothing done on Saturday but am okay with this as I was vacationing and hanging with friends. On the plane ride home I was able to read 2 articles and take notes. It still overwhelms me how when I read one article I feel like I have to read five more and add yet another section to the paper. But I can't look at the big picture - small steps is the only way to fight the anxiety of the task at hand :)