Day Twenty Five

Five more days until my first monthly measurements, and I'm nervous! What if after all the work I've put into changing my diet there are no changes? Is it realistic to expect there to be changes after a month of quitting sugar and doing regular exercise? I think so. I've had results within that time before. I'm just going to be thinking about what those measurements will be in 6 months time as I push to reach running 1km without stopping today. It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you don't stop!

So some changes I've definitely noticed since beginning this journey-

• My breathe smells worse most of the time, although I read that this is normal when in ketosis
• My nails are fantastic! Nice and healthy and strong
• My hair has been softer and growing a little faster, I know this because the greys at the roots are longer haha 
• I haven't been consistently bloated! That's a nice thing to experience. 
• My mood swings have been minimal, and what I feel is in a normal range of daily feeling. 
• I'm more energetic (though I wish the kids would let me get more sleep in the mornings, the tiredness of waking up so early is definitely there)
• I've been feeling more comfortable to tackle things that make me nervous like finishing my TAFE enrollment and not feeling anxious about my upcoming divorce hearing.  
• I was experiencing a daily bowel movement early in the morning that was diarrhea like (also can be normal on ketosis) but these fast two days I've been a bit constipated, which probably means I don't need to keep taking my iron supplement daily. 
• Willpower is harder to keep up all day every day over a consistent period of time than I thought. I thought I'd just spring into my exercise or turn my head away from tempting foods instinctively but it still needs a daily dose of motivation. Some days are harder than others. I just tell myself that every effort will add up and it's important to keep going now to see a change later. 
• My dandruff is gone. Not sure if that's related, but it's a thing!

Food
Breakfast- Pre-run Cheese and Zucchini muffin
Half a jar of banana chia overnight oats, sugarless instant coffee
Morning Tea- nothing
Lunch- Halloumi Bake
Afternoon Tea-1 lime ball
Dinner-pork egg roll in a bowl with a garden salad and pan fried halloumi
After Dinner- Cup of advent calendar tea with 3/4 teaspoon of natvia, 2 semi-circle servings of cheesecake fat bombs.

Exercise
Did 2km walking/running today. Smashed my first 1km! BARELY. But I got there. 
Tomorrow I've made a plan to go to the town pool and do some laps. I've got to take the bus somewhere I've never taken it to, and make sure I'm on the right side of the road to catch it home, and go swimming on my own in a place I haven't been to for years. But I'm determined to try!