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Hola,
It's been a while. A long while. I was away whole summer, kicking it in Cairo. Despite the unrest I still managed to have a good time and in the end I didn't really want to leave. I'm kind of sad to be home to be honest. (Already looking up tickets to go in december haha).
So food. I had a lot of stomach aches and the fast poopoo because I forgot to take injections and the heat and food change, plus ramadan schedule kind of took a number on me in the first two or three weeks. After that things went better and I felt fine. Everything over there is so full of sugar that i really didn't want any. So ate some sweet stuff, but didnt feel an urge to munch out and get a sugar high (which was positive). Also because of the heat I kind of burned everything i ate and was more thirsty than hungry. All of that resulted in a slight weightloss.
BUT. there's a but. When I came back (end of august), I fell into a very bad eating pattern, because suddenly I had acces again to all the goods I was used to and missed out on all summer. First week I just let myself go with the idea that I'd have my fill and things would calm down after a few days and I could start healthy eating/dieting again. Then school started and on days i have class all day, i'm always a bit confused in how to handle my food intake. If I put together a sandwich at home and take it with me, it'll be all gross after a couple of hours. yoghurts or fruit don't really give me energy for a whole day (like as a 12 o'clock mini-lunch, it'll work just fine, but I need something substantial somewhere in the day.) So I mostly end up buying food in the cafeteria, nothing really bad, just sandwiches or something. I try to keep it clean. But still I'd rather eat something I put together myself. (So if anyone has any tips on good, easy things that I can take with me, i'd love to hear them.) So now I had one week of eating the cravings I had all summer and couldn't get my hands on. And then two weeks at the Uni, eating badly and slightly too much. I feel bloated and I'm sure I've put on a few. Since i've been back I'm kind of scared to step on the scale.
So my plan (if anyone reads this, don't be afraid to remind me!!!), i'm going to try start eating good again. (Lots of fruits, grains, vegetables, 2L water, etc. no more sweets). And I'm gonna start the workouts again. I wanna aim for 3 times a week of at least an hour. (I'm studying at two universities -in the same city-, so I'm running back and forth across town, between classes and have to find time to do assignments, so energy wise, I think for now 3 times a week is my max.)
THEN, the first of October I will step on the scale and go from there, keeping up the weigh ins, etc. So Please, please please remind me about this and by the time the first of october comes. Because then I will really feel the presure to keep to my promise.
Hope all is good with you, have a nice day and thanks for reading :)
Love, Sam.
PS: I was kind of scared about fitting into the airplane seats, because I put on a few since 3 years ago which was the last time flew. But, in the end I had nothing to worry about. It was a bit cramped, but nothing to bad. Like, I didn't have to hold my stomach in and my legs clamped together or anything. Kind of ironic.. On the way back I was the first of my row to arrive at the seats. Then the second lady came, slightly bigger than me. Than the third, even bigger. :p And we all fit, and next to each other as well. In the end the last lady changed seats after take off, so me and the second lady had a little bit more space to ourselves. But all in all, things were fine.
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