Now that my brain is working again: I know that´s why it happens. My strategy for keeping my brain halfway functional is exercise. Mostly walking. But then sometimes I´m too tired to walk, or I hurt myself, or I just... fall out of it. I haven´t walked anywhere near enough the past months. Plus of course covid took away some of the variation in my exercise regime. Mindless cardio is the best thing for my brain and the easiest way to do it is to go to the gym. No wondering about the weather, red lights, missing a turn, thinking of the next move, or checking my form. But right now even though the gyms are open it feels unsafe to go there so I don´t. I was literally craving the elliptical last Sunday but I didn´t get up and go because I was already kind of tired from hiking. So I definitely need more strategie. But for now let me get back to what I know works already: walk two hours a day and/or do cardio. Every day. 300 kcal of cardio according to the elliptical/rower/treadmill/bike counts for an hour of walking. I´m at 70 minutes today just from walking to work and back. I have an appointment for a haircut at 9:15 tomorrow morning and I will go to the gym before. Today I´ll just add another hour of walking.
Anyway: I felt like crap tomorrow and didn´t prep breakfast for today, thinking I´d just pack some salami and crackers. But of course in the morning I wanted to do better and was annoyed that I hadn´t prepped so I quickly threw some of the prepped pie filling into two tortillas, topped with cherry tomatoes, lettuce, and sriracha, and packed it up together with 4 plums and a chocolate protein pudding. Don´t know the calories but it kept me full enough and on the way home I picked up sushi for lunch as well as chicken&rice for some time later this week. Had two Twix bars for dessert but didn´t eat the other two that were still in the bag so that´s something. Further planning:
- Prep green pea mash for tomorrow´s wraps.
- Put filling into casserole dish and top with puff pastry so literally the only thing I´ll have to do for breakfast is stick the bloody thing into the oven.
- Pick up some kind of nice dinner. I know: that´s two take-aways in one day. Who cares. Another thing that helps to keep me sane is doing/experiencing new things. So I´m going to try and find something to eat from a place I haven´t tried yet. I live in a city and might as well make use of the options. I want something veggie-heavy and delicious that doesn´t feel too heavy.
Food tomorrow:
- Veggie pot pie
- Stuffed half-baguette
- Mango protein pudding
- Pea/feta wraps