Feeling good

Today I woke up before the alarm again... only by 7 minutes this time and I was nowhere near as wide awake as the day before, but I felt good. Breakfast is becoming a breeze, as is sorting out the days food. I think it's saving me a fortune too.

During my dinner hour I went and did some shopping at M&S and a lovely assistant went away and came back with a huge printout of all the vegan foods they have. I was really quite amazed to see there are things on there I wasn't aware I could eat. It made me look up a list of ingredients to be wary of, and the list was practically endless. It also gave a description of what each thing was and I was horrified to find that something I *almost* bought (which sounded really healthy) turned out to have crushed beetles in it. I then found that some pretzels I'd bought the other day (unopened packet) were given their colour using uric acid (urine!). Urghhh!!!

On the way home I did my deep water running and did the whole 45 minutes using only my legs. I used a pretty fast cadence and felt super fit. I wasn't even tired once I'd got out of the pool, which amazed me. Maybe all this DWR is helping after all eh? It gives me hope for Llanelli.

On the way home I phoned my mam and said I wouldn't stay for Sunday dinner if it was too much hassle for her. It turns out she was annoyed to think I was becoming vegan just for the sake of one race. I honestly don't know where she got that idea but I explained the real reason. She more or less said, "Well, whatever... of course you can still come for dinner". I'm sure I haven't heard the last of it, but she knows that her opinion will not change my mind and I think she'll eventually just accept it's what I'm doing. She also told me that Luke has joined a gym with his friend today and has decided he wants to "tone up" as someone at school had joked he was getting a bit chubby around his middle. I was instantly concerned (his dad had anorexia when he was in his teens). My mam said he definitely wasn't going down that route and had actually used the words "tone up" not "lose weight". I felt happier. I said if he needed any help he knew I could advise him, but she seemed to think he wanted to do it with his mates and that's probably why he hadn't said anything to me. I can understand that! My mam said she needs to tone up too. She's lost about a stone in weight due to the onset of diabetes and said she's feeling flabby and could I help? Why of course!!!! She sees the dietitian tomorrow about it and said she'll probably need my help on that side of things too. Well... if there's anything I seem to be learning a lot about these days, it's food! :-)