Well, that was fast

Tracking food and exercise is still too difficult for me. I found a bunch of old, unhealthy thoughts creeping back. I don't want to go back there, so I'm going to give it another rest.

I've still been eating healthy and exercising. Yesterday afternoon, I went for a loooong walk with Mr. Bojangles and his new friend, a black lab named Stella (as well as Stella's owner, my friend Stacy). Up and down the hills, wrangling dogs and disentangling from leashes. I'm loving the new push to incorporate more activity into my life. Also, I haven't had any cokes, diet or otherwise, in a couple of weeks now I think, so maybe I'll keep that up. It's been a long time that I've wanted to break that habit, and the cheap sparkling water at Kroger is a great alternative.

Last night my friend Asa came over for low key hang out. Jay made quinoa and heated up some black beans. I steamed some kale. I was ravenous and had two big helpings, then had a leftover cinnamon roll, and finally quelled the beast with a small bowl of grape nuts with molasses. No guilt: if I'm hungry, I eat. It's interesting to note, though, that the grape nuts and molasses did what the cinammon roll couldn't. They were both sweet and carby, but the fiber and whole grains plus the unrefined sugar and minerals satiated me in a way that the processed, hydrogenated, refined carb treat couldn't.

My body is telling me things all the time. I'm glad I've begun listening.