cheat day, etc.

The past couple days have been good - I've found that my auto-lunch, besides Chipotle, is the salad with cranberries and feta. Only now I finally got peeled walnuts to add to the mix. I'm usually so bored with salads but I love this one so much I don't even need dressing! I've also found perch = not a fan. I dunno if it was the cut or if they went bad or what, they just didn't taste like ANYTHING. Super fail on that one. I ended up eating the salad and a greek yogurt with honey when that went wrong.

Also, on Thursday night, I tried the You On a Diet workout thing, and holy crap. Firstly, I love that there are yoga poses incorporated into it. If I could afford yoga classes I would do it in a second, it's so invigorating and challenging. Also, I like that it uses standard workout routines, like crunches and the like, along with stuff I've only done with personal trainers, like step-touches and the "invisible chair", the latter of which will seriously make you tremble after 20 seconds. Most of all, I love that I don't have to buy anything to do it. I woke up sore the next morning. But in a triumphant, "fuck yeah I did it" way. I did it again last night for the hell of it. I wonder if not sticking to specific exercise days will fuck up my progress. Are scheduling workouts just to help automate the person's activities, or are there health benefits or no? Must look into that.

Saturday has been designated as Cheat Day. I mean, it's not like I'm going to eat a plate of foie gras and 3 bags of Doritos or anything - I'm not a binge eater. I'm definitely a bored eater, though, but I think I've been reprogramming myself well with apple slices or nuts.

Anyway, cheat day. My boyfriend and I always go to a diner an el stop away from my apartment every Saturday morning/brunchtime. At first I was getting standard skillets or omelettes or pancakes-and-bacon combos, but more recently (even before this "diet") I started getting their Greek omelette. It's pretty standard - spinach, feta, tomato. But more recently, I started getting it with egg whites and no potato. However, this week I found that there's a new Greek skillet! The same thing, only the feta, tomato and spinach are mixed with the home fries. (They're standard chopped up and cooked potatoes, no serious frying, although I'm sure they use crazy oil or butter.) I had it and it was fantastic. Of course, it kind of defeated the purpose of my "no potatoes" thing, so I probably won't be getting it next time. Regardless, the Greek things are probably the lightest things I've ever eaten there. So that's cheat number one!

Cheat 1 was tempered with a good walk and a stretch, and later a lunch-ish smoothie. Strawberry, peach, banana, tofu, splash of milk. And now, I'm all about dinner cheat - hopefully a really, really good burger.

I wonder if cheat days are counteractive. I suppose they are if I allow myself to slip back into my old habits afterwards. But this past week has been so good and cleansing that I'm really looking forward to starting it up again on Sunday. I guess now is the time for experimentation, to see if I can handle it or not. I almost feel guilty, but I'll figure it out. For some reason, this time around seems like the most productive I've ever been about my health. Crazy!