Emergence from the lion's den

I survived the meeting in the lion's den this morning, although I'm still not all that happy with the outcome or the last 1.5 years. That said, following my new thinking and philosophy, I will put the past behind me and live in the moment, looking forward to a new day and a new beginning. I hope. :)

I weighed in this morning after the two cheat days and the weekend - 155 lbs. That SUCKS!!! I'm so pissed off at this. I hope it's water weight from PMS because otherwise I have some serious work to do. I decided to try an Atkins approach this week and see if I can drop 5 lbs fast. Although being 155 lbs puts me very close to what would be ideal for my body - it may be that I won't be able to drop weight fast anymore. That said, there's no harm in trying (except the fact that with no carbs in my system, I'm going to be a very trying person to be around!!). Amazingly, I went for an hour run at lunch and felt pretty good, not too weak, which was shocking. I think I've put myself into ketosis because I'm not really hungry and am not craving anything. So maybe a week and a half of this won't be so bad. We'll see what happens at the gym tonight.

With Canada Day tomorrow, the gym is closed, but I do have a key and can go in anyway. I'll need to. I need to do some more work. Actually, I need to spar more than I have been, but it's been so quiet at the gym, there aren't many people around that I trust to spar with. Since I'm going to fight without my contacts, I want to practice in the ring without them in, to get used to seeing blurry shapes in front of me!! At close range I'm ok. I won't be able to see my corner, but then again, I really shouldn't be looking there anyway!! It's a bad habit I have at the gym, looking over when Bob talks to me, but it's usually because I can't hear a word he's saying.