Ate homemade breaded fish sticks alongside broccoli and potato mash today. Also had a coffee in the morning and a glass of orange juice. Went cycling for 25 minutes in the evening. As always, I tried going as fast as I could. Had a lot of fun doing that. Was beautiful seeing the sun go down behind a mountain, with nature all around me and a small river flowing along beside me. Very peaceful.
I'm really feeling better now. I think I've realized now why weight loss has slowed down so much for me in the past 2 months. I didn't eat enough. Sounds weird, but it's true. When I started out, I reduced my calories by a lot, but I always ate a ton of vegetables to fill me up without having to worry about calories too much. Lately, I've simply started to eat less again, but for some reason I also reduced my vegetable intake. Big mistake.
I was constantly feeling hungry (which is a real downer in and of itself), which led to a number of minor but in their sum still "fatal" slip ups where I ate things I shouldn't have eaten. I also had a lot less energy than I used to have, so exercise intensity also suffered. This whole intermezzo slowed me down by a lot, but now that I know what I've been doing wrong, I can fix it.
I would've realized this sooner if I weren't so bullheaded sometimes. If I would've been more honest to myself, I would've stopped for a second and asked myself "Hey man, maybe you got a little lazy as of late and snuck some bad habits into your routine? May wanna re-evaluate some things, perhaps?", and I should've looked into the problem.
More than anything, I've realized how easy it is to slip and to reintroduce some of my former bad habits into my life. Need to be more careful.
