Early nights.

It’s Friday, 1747 and you can guess where I am now. Regular readers will work it out, but I don’t have any, so you’ll have to guess. I’ll probably just tell you anyway if I’m struggling for my word count.

My Monday fast has changed me. The scales have just told me that I’ve lost 2KG this week and it’s only Friday evening. I’m still tired when I shouldn’t be tired, but I think I feel a little bit better. If anything, I have something to write about now. And the strange thing is thatI’m looking forward to another early night.

The thing about the early nights is that I still have the radio on. Not doing that would probably (definitely would) be a better a idea, but I like to think I’m still using my time and hearing stories on BBC World that I wouldn’t know about. I’m also looking forward to feeling well on a Saturday morning and not blaming the small amount of drink I have on a Friday. And the way to prove that is to not eat again until breakfast.

It’s warm and mid-summer. I don’t need the calories to keep me warm. It’s fine. When I feel hungry again I’ll start stuffing my face. But for now, we have what passes for summer these days.

We eat for many reasons. Many of these reasons are wrong. One of them is the idea of three square meals a day. I suppose that’s fine, but not all of the time. And let’s face it. We need to eat. But other reasons are for comfort and eating as a reward. Once this happens, your brain gets mixed up. Reward yourself when you actually deserve it. Buckets of ice cream confuses your brain. And if you do need comfort food, make it healthy food instead of two tubes of Pringles and a large bar of Dairy Milk.

The other food/snack type to stay away from is the childish snacks we grew up with. Mine is spicy NikNaks. I could eat bag after bag given the chance, but luckily it doesn’t happen very often. What get’s me is the Pringles, but only when they’re half price. Only an idiot pays £2.50 for a tube.

That’s it for this entry. Sleep is slowly making me feel better. Luckily, I can do this. And the reason why is because I can make the most of the weekends. What pisses me off more than anything is work runining the two days a week that are my own. This has taken a long time to realise.

Best stop now. I’m 10% over my word quota.