Day Twenty Three

Food
Breakfast- Slept past breakfast
Morning Tea- Also was asleep.
Lunch- Halloumi Bake and a one of my keto strawberry cheese cake bites
Afternoon Tea- too hot to eat but will have a spinach and cheese muffin before my walk

Dinner- Cold large homemade garden salad with a veggie chicken schnitzel and light greek dressing
After dinner- Cocoa, coconut, lychee, cinnamon white tea with half a teaspoon of natvia and a cheese cake bite
Exercise
30 minute walk and 30 crunches is all the heat will allow me today.

What I'm NOT doing...
Ok, I want to take a second to add something in here about my keto diet. I don't count carbs or sugars or calories in the foods I eat. Frankly that's too much for me to be bothered with doing. I'm not sticking to a recommended food plan. Literally all I'm doing is making as much food myself as I can with approved keto recipes (I check the ingredient list, some say they're keto but sneak in an ingredient or two that's full of sugar), only eating when I actually FEEL hungry, not eating more than I need in a serve (as soon as I feel full, or that I'm starting to verge on overreating for the sake of it I've learnt to stop), and I don't bother reading any of the countless websites that exist saying what IS ok for keto diets and what isn't because they are ALL different. I suppose I'm not on a strict keto diet as such, more that I've quit sugar and most carbs, and I'm using keto recipes all while training to run 5km as personal goal. Why the running goal? Because that shifts my focus from weight loss (which I don't want to become obsessive about) to being strong and healthy. I don't feel like 5km is an unrealistic goal for me, I gave myself until my birthday in April and I'm following a 5km training plan at a very beginner level. I figure the combination of having a fitness goal and learning to eat properly (and well!) after years of relying on food to cope with emotional issues will lead to weight loss but more importantly a long term healthy lifestyle that suits me rather than a short term 'diet' that could leave me yo-yo-ing my weight (and consequently my mental health and self esteem) indefinitely.